Salam, I’m Bassam.
I work across AI governance, cybersecurity, and digital trust. My work focuses on how organisations can adopt intelligent systems responsibly, securely, and with clear human accountability.
Read more →Current Focus
Adaptive Trust-Aware Privacy Framework for Secure Peer-to-Peer Federated Learning
Exploring how adaptive privacy mechanisms, decentralised trust models, and secure peer-to-peer collaboration can strengthen federated learning systems without relying on a central authority.
Latest Writing
View all writing →The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident Changes the Threat Model for AI Agents
The OpenAI–Hugging Face incident offers an unusual glimpse into what happens when capable AI agents persist, coordinate and discover paths beyond the boundaries humans intended. The deeper lesson is not simply about sandbox escape — it is about how agentic AI changes the cybersecurity threat model.
Read article →The Cybersecurity Metrics That Boards Should Actually Care About
Cybersecurity dashboards often measure what security teams are doing rather than whether the organisation can withstand a serious incident. Boards need fewer activity metrics — and better intelligence about risk, resilience and the decisions that require their attention.
Read article →AI Governance Needs an Incident Response Plan
AI governance has focused heavily on preventing AI failures. But as AI systems become increasingly autonomous, organisations also need a plan for what happens when prevention fails — and clear authority over who can stop the system.
Read article →Selected Work
Trusted AI Governance
Research and practical frameworks for ensuring that AI-supported decisions remain accountable, explainable, auditable, and aligned with organisational values.
Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning
Exploring decentralised learning architectures, adaptive privacy mechanisms, trust evaluation, and secure collaboration between distributed participants.
Cybersecurity Leadership
Translating cyber risk into governance priorities, operational controls, organisational resilience, and meaningful board-level decisions.
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