About

Farah Sattar is an engineer, researcher, educator, writer, and chef. Their work and research aim to examine existing technologies and explore alternative futures centering safety, digital responsibility, and equity.

They are an Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate from Wayne State University's College of Engineering and a former Racial Equity Fellow at the Wayne State University Law School's Detroit Equity Action Lab. Currently, Farah is a security consultant at DCRYPTD, where they develop and implement accessible security training programs with an emphasis on marginalized populations. Their work focuses on making digital security knowledge accessible to non-technical users and those facing technological threats. Farah is a member of the LaBac Hacker Collective and the NYC Cyber Abuse Task Force, where they help address emerging security challenges and support victims of technology-enabled abuse.

Farah's professional interests include risk mitigation and remediation, governance and compliance, digital equity, disinformation and misinformation, cyber ethics and law, and security awareness. Beyond their security work, Farah is a chef who runs Dawat, a community-centered and sustainability-driven supper club creating spaces for connection and care. When they're not working, Farah can be found walking around New York, dancing throughout Detroit, or biking in the middle of nowhere.

Affiliations

Consultant → DCRYPTD

Member → LaBac Hacker Collective

Member → NYC Cyber Abuse Task Force

Selected Engagements

Facilitator, Design Justice: Using Design Justice Principles to Shift Power in the Creation of Community Technology @ University of California, Los Angeles, Sept. 2024

Facilitator, Private Scrutiny Workshop Series @ 27th Letter, Apr. 2024

Panelist, Safe Spaces @ Spot Lite, Mar. 2023

Guest Speaker, CyPurr Session @ Brooklyn Public Library, Dec. 2021

Panelist, Reconfigure Project @ University of Oxford, Jun. 2021

Panelist @ Denim Day NYC, Apr. 2021

Speaker @ PancakesCon, Mar. 2021