Saher Naumaan is a Senior Threat Researcher on the espionage team at Proofpoint. She currently researches state-aligned cyber operations, with a focus on hunting threat groups and activity originating from Iran and North Korea. She is also a Guest Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. Prior to Proofpoint, Saher was a Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. She was also an ECCRI (Virtual Routes) European Cybersecurity Fellow in 2022-23.
Saher holds a master’s degree from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, where she won the Barrie Paskins Prize for Highest MA Dissertation in War Studies. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Development from McGill University.
