Curriculum vitae

Rita Sabri, Washington, DC. sabri@ritacyber.com, ritacyber.com

Education

  • Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT)

    Coursework in machine learning, artificial intelligence, algorithms, software engineering, operating systems, and data analysis.

  • B.A. in Mathematics, cum laude

Positions

  • Lead Computer Science and Cybersecurity Educator; District Computer Science Chair

  • Coordinator and Event Planner; FIFE After-School Program Leader and Instructor

  • Human-Centered AI Product Developer, “Interpret Me”

  • Teaching Assistant, CIS 160 and CIS 1951

  • Software Developer Intern

  • Software Developer Intern

Research

  • Stop Pressing 1: oversight fidelity in AI agent supervision

  • The Curriculum Patch: constraint-driven AI security curriculum

  • High school to community college cybersecurity pathway

  • Interpret Me

Publications and works in progress

  • Sabri, R. (2026, August). Stop Pressing 1: Measuring human rubber-stamping in agent oversight [Poster]. DEF CON 34 AI Village, Las Vegas, NV, United States.
  • Sabri, R. The Curriculum Patch: Constraint-driven design for teaching cloud and GenAI security in under-resourced K-12 schools [Preprint]. In preparation.
  • Practitioner white paper on a K-12 to community college cybersecurity pathway, with faculty at Prince George’s Community College, for the Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice. In preparation.

Talks

  • Cybersecurity in Every Classroom: 20 Ways to Embed NICE Work Roles Without Adding a Class

  • Threat-Modeling Vision-and-Action AI Through the OWASP Agentic Top 10

  • Stop Pressing 1: Comprehension Gates for AI Agent Oversight

  • Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Cyber Careers

  • Stop Pressing 1: Measuring Human Rubber-Stamping in Agent Oversight

  • From Python to Prompt Engineering: Modernizing Curricula for GenAI Security

Honors and grants

  • Decibel Scholarship, [un]prompted AI security practitioner conference

  • NAF Distinguished status, Cardozo computer science academy (academy lead)

  • Boolean Girl teacher grant

  • First place, PennTor hackathon, University of Pennsylvania

Service and affiliations

  • NIST NICE Cybersecurity Career Ambassador, Washington, DC
  • Member, NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education and Cyber Careers Communities of Interest
  • Contributor, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and OWASP Agentic Security Initiative; member, OWASP Washington, DC chapter
  • District Computer Science Chair, DC Public Schools

Credentials

  • DC OSSE Standard Teaching Credential, Computer Science
  • Praxis Computer Science (passed)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Python Institute PCEP, Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer

Skills and languages

  • Research methods: signal detection measures, experimental design, evidence-centered assessment design, design-based research
  • Security: OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, OWASP Agentic Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, NIST NICE Framework, GenAI red-teaming, threat modeling
  • Engineering: Python, JavaScript, React, SQL, Git, Docker, AWS (S3, Lambda), Linux, LaTeX
  • Languages: English, French, Arabic