Nihad Ahmad Hassan

Nihad A. Hassan is an independent information security consultant, digital forensicsand cybersecurity expert, online blogger, and book author. He has been activelyconducting research on different areas of information security for more than a decadeand has developed numerous cybersecurity education courses and technical guides.He has completed several technical security consulting engagements involving securityarchitectures, penetration testing, computer crime investigation, and cyber opensource intelligence (OSINT). Nihad has authored four books and scores of informationsecurity articles for various global publications. He also enjoys being involved in securitytraining, education, and motivation. His current work focuses on digital forensics, antiforensicstechniques, digital privacy, and cyber OSINT. He covers different informationsecurity topics and related matters on his security blog at www.DarknessGate.com andrecently launched a dedicated site for open source intelligence resources at www.OSINT.link. Nihad has a bachelor’s of science honors degree in computer science from theUniversity of Greenwich in the United Kingdom. Nihad can be followed on Twitter (@DarknessGate), and you can connect to him viaLinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/darknessgate.