Rania El Rouby

Eng. Rania El Rouby is the Chief Information Security Officer at Banque Misr. She is a seasoned security professional with 21 years of experience in information security consulting, governance, risk management, training program development, and managed security services.

Prior to joining Banque Misr, Ms. El Rouby held leading cybersecurity roles at VMware and Palo Alto Networks, the global security and technology companies. She also helped establish SecureMisr (now Cysiv), a leading Egyptian-grown cybersecurity consulting company. She started her cyber- security career in Egypt, joining Raya Integration and TE Data.

Ms. El Rouby holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the American University in Cairo. Her passion for information security started with her undergraduate education and continues to be her main drive to actively advocate for cybersecurity awareness and education in Egypt and the Middle East.