Hussam is an IT senior in computer science and IT security with concentration on cyber physical systems. Holds a PhD and masters degree in Information, network and computer security from Oakland university & New York institute of technology (2011) and Jordan university of science and technology, and a bachelor in Software engineering from the Hashemite university in Jordan (2007), ranked second on faculty level and of the top 10 on Jordan level

Worked in both the IT industry and academic domains for around 18 years, was a senior network and technical support administrator at Amman chamber of Industry and worked as an IT instructor and trainer at king saud university and the National Information technology center of Jordan, and hold some professional IT and leadership certifications

Currently doing research about malware detection and countermeasures for Industrial control systems and critical infrastructures, also worked as a graduate research and teaching assistant at the department of computer science at Oakland university since 2019