Melissa Sirera is a Cybersecurity Operations Researcher within the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. Ms. Sirera has been working with the International Support Team at the SEI since 2023. The SEI International Support Team works with US partnering nations, assisting with cyber capacity building through the U.S. Department of State. Prior to working at the SEI, Ms. Sirera managed technical intelligence operations for a large U.S. bank.