Cybersecurity Instructor at CODED · Co-Founder & CTO of NetworX
I teach hands-on cybersecurity and run NetworX, a cybersecurity and IT consulting company for businesses. My background is in IT audit, governance and risk, and Blue Team (defensive) security.
At CODED, I have trained 150+ professionals in practical security, from Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and incident response to threat hunting, digital forensics, and Active Directory attack paths. I also co-founded NetworX, where I am the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). NetworX gives small and medium-sized businesses managed security, SOC monitoring, cybersecurity consulting, and incident response. I am also the IT and cybersecurity consultant to the President of the American University of Kuwait (AUK). Before this, I completed 35+ IT and cybersecurity audits at Gulf Bank of Kuwait.
About
Ghareeb Thiab is a Cybersecurity Instructor at CODED and the Co-Founder and CTO of NetworX, based in Kuwait. He has over six years of experience in Kuwait's banking and government sectors. His core areas are IT internal audit; governance, risk and compliance (GRC); Security Operations Center (SOC) work; and Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR). At CODED, he has trained 150+ professionals in SOC, DFIR, and Red Team skills.
Since January 2022, he has led technology at NetworX, a cybersecurity and IT consulting company that he co-founded. NetworX focuses on business clients (B2B) and serves multiple clients, including the education sector and medium-sized businesses. It gives small and medium-sized businesses managed security, SOC monitoring, cybersecurity consulting, and DFIR support, and advises them on IT strategy, network security, and firewall design. Since May 2026, he has also been the official IT and cybersecurity consultant to the President of the American University of Kuwait (AUK).
At Gulf Bank of Kuwait, he completed 35+ IT and cybersecurity audits against Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) rules and was promoted from Senior Auditor to Supervisor Auditor. At the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS), he led the ISO 27001 certification and set up a new threat detection platform. He is a graduate of the CBK Cyber Security Leaders Program and holds the CISSP, CISA, and three GIAC certifications (GCIH, GSEC, GFACT).
Experience
Advisory, technology leadership, IT audit, and information security roles across the education, technology services, banking, and government sectors in Kuwait.
Salmiya, Kuwait
Kuwait · networx.com.kw
Sharq, Kuwait
Mirqab, Kuwait
Salmiya, Kuwait
Teaching & Training
Cybersecurity and AI teaching, lab development, workshops, and talks at CODED and across Kuwait.
Free Trade Zone, Kuwait
Instructor · Government awareness workshops
Cybersecurity awareness workshops for government personnel · Ministry of Interior & Ministry of Defence
May–Jun 2026Guest Instructor · Memory Analysis in DFIR
Workshop using Volatility 3 and MemLabs · Kuwait University
Dec 2025Instructor · PIFSS Security Awareness Week
Public Institution for Social Security
2021Lecturer · IEEE 2nd GCC Students & Young Professionals Congress
Kuwait
2019AI Security
Using AI to make defensive security work faster, and helping organizations adopt AI safely.
Kuwait
Certifications
Each date shows when the certification or program was completed.
CISSP
Certified Information Systems Security Professional · ISC2
Earned Dec 2024CISA
Certified Information Systems Auditor · ISACA
Earned Jan 2023Associate of ISC2
ISC2
Earned 2021CBK Cyber Security Leaders Program
Central Bank of Kuwait · 4-month program (three SANS courses and one Bank for International Settlements (BIS) course)
2023BIS Cyber Range Exercise
Cyber resilience exercise for the financial sector
2023GCIH: GIAC Certified Incident Handler
GIAC · SANS SEC504
Earned Sep 2023GSEC: GIAC Security Essentials
GIAC · SANS SEC401
Earned Aug 2023GFACT: GIAC Foundational Cybersecurity Technologies
GIAC · SANS SEC275
Earned Jul 2023GIAC Advisory Board
Invited based on GIAC exam results
2023CompTIA CASP+
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner
Earned Mar 2021CompTIA PenTest+
CompTIA
Earned Mar 2021CompTIA CySA+
CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst
Earned Feb 2021CompTIA Security+
CompTIA
Earned Dec 2020CompTIA Network+
CompTIA
Earned Dec 2020CompTIA A+
CompTIA
Earned Nov 2020Cisco CCNA
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Earned Apr 2021Splunk Fundamentals 1
Splunk
2020Introduction to Cybersecurity
Cisco Networking Academy
2020Education
American University of Kuwait (AUK) · Salmiya, Kuwait
Dean's Honor List (Fall 2015, Spring 2019)
Skills
Highlights
Official IT and cybersecurity consultant to the President of the American University of Kuwait, including a full IT and cybersecurity audit and advice on AI use.
Completed 35+ IT and cybersecurity audits at Gulf Bank of Kuwait and was promoted to Supervisor Auditor.
Trained 150+ professionals at CODED, plus government staff, KJO executives and managers, and high-school students.
Holds the CISSP, CISA, and three GIAC certifications. Serves on the GIAC Advisory Board and graduated from the CBK Cyber Security Leaders Program.
FAQ
Ghareeb Thiab is a Cybersecurity Instructor at CODED and the Co-Founder and CTO of NetworX. He is based in Kuwait City, Kuwait. He has over six years of experience in cybersecurity, IT audit, governance, risk and compliance (GRC), and Blue Team security operations.
He holds the CISSP and CISA, three GIAC certifications (GCIH, GSEC, GFACT), the Cisco CCNA, six CompTIA certifications (CASP+, PenTest+, CySA+, Security+, Network+, A+), and seven CompTIA stackable certifications. He is a graduate of the Central Bank of Kuwait Cyber Security Leaders Program and serves on the GIAC Advisory Board.
He is a Cybersecurity Instructor at CODED, where he has trained 150+ professionals in hands-on Blue Team and Red Team skills. He is also the IT and cybersecurity consultant to the President of the American University of Kuwait (AUK). He co-founded NetworX and is its CTO. NetworX gives small and medium-sized businesses managed security, SOC monitoring, cybersecurity consulting, and incident response. Before this, he completed 35+ IT and cybersecurity audits at Gulf Bank of Kuwait.
Ghareeb Thiab is based in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
At CODED, he teaches Blue Team and Red Team fundamentals. Topics include SIEM, digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), threat hunting, malware analysis, and Active Directory attack paths. He also teaches the basics of Linux, Windows, and networking, and has taught AI courses for Khafji Joint Operations (KJO). He has given a memory forensics workshop at Kuwait University and cybersecurity awareness workshops for government staff. Through the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) Al-Soor initiative, he gave cybersecurity awareness seminars to high-school students in all six governorates of Kuwait.
NetworX is a cybersecurity and IT consulting company focused on business clients (B2B) that Ghareeb Thiab co-founded in January 2022. It serves multiple clients, including the education sector and medium-sized businesses. It provides managed security, Security Operations Center (SOC) monitoring, cybersecurity consulting, and digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) to small and medium-sized businesses, and advises clients on IT strategy, network security, and firewall design. He is its Co-Founder and CTO.
Ghareeb Thiab has over six years of professional experience in cybersecurity and IT audit. Since 2020, he has worked at the Public Institution for Social Security, Gulf Bank of Kuwait, CODED, and NetworX, which he co-founded in 2022.
He has worked in banking and finance at Gulf Bank of Kuwait, and in government at the Public Institution for Social Security. He has also worked in education at CODED and the American University of Kuwait, and in cybersecurity and IT consulting at NetworX, which he co-founded.
Yes. He uses AI and LLM agents to support Blue Team work, such as alert triage, log analysis, threat hunting, and detection writing, and builds Python tools with LLM APIs, AI agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations. He assesses AI risk with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO/IEC 42001, and models AI threats with MITRE ATLAS. He designed and taught AI security labs at CODED and advises the President of the American University of Kuwait on AI use.
Yes. Ghareeb Thiab is open to opportunities and collaboration in information security, IT audit, and cybersecurity instruction. The best way to reach him is by email at ghareebthiab@gmail.com.
Contact
Open to opportunities and collaboration in information security, IT audit, and cybersecurity instruction. The best way to reach me is by email.