61: Content filtration, zero trust & life as a security engineer turned entrepreneur with Yasmin Abdi

Trigger warning - {child abuse} content filtration is a sensitive topic that covers some of the harsh realities of our world that folks on trust and security teams have to deal with on a daily basis.
In this episode, Taz speaks with Yasmin Abdi, CEO and Founder of NoHack and Security engineering manager at Snap. They cover a wide range of topics from Yasmin's career trajectory, her experience on a content filtration team and her transition into entrepreneurship as a new founder.
Yasmin Abdi is an experienced technical advisor on security, privacy, and data protection. She has over 5 years of experience as a software engineer and has built and managed in-house software and security solutions at Snap, Meta, and Google. Yasmin was also a founding member of Meemo, an AI-powered social finance app, which was recently acquired by Coinbase. The technologies she has built are currently being used by 100+ million daily active users worldwide.

Ms. Abdi has several years of experience leading organizations, providing thought leadership, and assisting private sector clients in the areas of software engineering, security infrastructure and best practices, IT solutions, and corporate strategy consulting. Given her unrelenting entrepreneurial spirit and keen interest for information security, Yasmin founded noHack, a government contracting company focused on cyber security services and solutions. As the CEO of noHack, Ms. Abdi takes a hands-on approach to delivering high-impact solutions. Her goal is to protect her clients by providing an extra layer of all-around protection.

Outside of tech, Ms. Abdi’s passion is to help bridge the gap between minority students and tech companies. Yasmin has mentored and helped over 50 students land jobs within tech.

Ms. Abdi also holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a focus in cyber security engineering from the University of Maryland.

Here’s Yasmin, hope you enjoy.
Links:

• https://www.nohackllc.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasminyabdi/