Farouq Hassan

Farouq Hassan is a cybersecurity researcher and graduate of Al Hussein Technical University (HTU), where he specialized in offensive security. He underwent training at Jordan’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Masar Program and completed an eight-month internship with the Information Security Directorate at the Special Communications Commission of the Jordan Armed Forces (SCC-JAF). He previously served as a cybersecurity trainer at Mint Education and currently serves as a Cloud Security at Paramount Assure. Farouq is the creator of Déjà View, a picture-based multi-factor authentication system designed to be resilient against post-quantum threats, which forms the basis of his research presented at Black Hat MEA 2026. He holds HackTheBox Master rank alongside certifications including CDSA, CWSE, CAPT, CWES, NCA, AZ-900, and SC-900.