Product Security Architect · Automotive & embedded systems
I’m Adel Belasker. I help engineering teams turn security risks and regulatory expectations into concrete architecture decisions, development practices, and test evidence — grounded in years of hands-on embedded and automotive engineering.
Focus areas
Most security problems in products are decided early — in the architecture, the process, and what gets tested. That is where I focus.
Turning product context and threat analysis into security concepts, requirements, and architecture decisions that engineering teams can actually implement.
Designing security activities, reviews, and work products that fit how product teams already develop and deliver — and that produce evidence worth having.
Shaping test strategy around the security assumptions that matter, from component interfaces to the full system — and automating it where it pays off.
Standards & regulation in practice
Regulation sets the expectation; engineering has to make it real. I focus on the practical connection between the two.
Automotive · UNECE
Requires vehicle manufacturers to run a certified cyber security management system (CSMS) and to demonstrate cybersecurity for each vehicle type seeking approval.
Official sourceAutomotive · Engineering standard
Defines cybersecurity engineering for road vehicles across the lifecycle — from concept and threat analysis through development, production, and operations.
Official sourceCross-sector · EU regulation
Sets cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements on the EU market, covering secure design, vulnerability handling, and support over the product’s lifetime.
Official sourceSummaries are educational. How these requirements apply depends on the product, the organization, and its conformity context; they are not legal advice or a conformity assessment.
Experience
I started by writing and testing the software that runs inside devices. That hands-on foundation shapes how I approach security today: concrete, testable, and close to the engineering.
Full profile on LinkedInAutomotive industry
Owns a secure vehicle development process from piloting to rollout, leads the vehicle security testing strategy, and drives cybersecurity activities during development of vehicles and components. Expert member of VDA AK11 for ISO/SAE 21434.
Adaptive AUTOSAR
Developed Adaptive AUTOSAR applications in C++, established TLS-secured communication between applications, and automated integration tests over SOME/IP, UDS, and DoIP.
Connected devices
Built embedded C/C++ software across the full lifecycle, from specification and design through testing and release.
Industry research project
Built an automated penetration testing tool for automotive devices over Ethernet — scheduling sequential and parallel attacks and evaluating the robustness of ECUs.
ENSI — École Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique
Writing & training
I’m building a library of field guides for teams who need to turn product security into everyday engineering decisions. Focused training will follow. Topics I’m working on:
Tracing threats and security requirements all the way to verification evidence.
Which activities and work products add value — and which only add paperwork.
What the regulation asks for, read from an engineering point of view.
Contact
I’m happy to exchange ideas with practitioners, discuss collaboration, or talk through how security fits into your product development. LinkedIn is the best way to reach me.