The 2025 Spirit of Georgetown Winner: A Cybersecurity Leader with Heart
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From (Not Quite) ‘Problem Child’ to Spirit of Georgetown Winner | Georgetown SCS Skip to Main Content Sign In Alert Cart Menu Academics Academic Programs Professional Graduate Programs Online Master's Degrees On-Campus Master's Degrees Executive Master's Degrees Graduate Certificates Professional Certificates Liberal Studies Degrees Online Bachelor's Degree Completion Graduate Degrees English Language Summer Sessions High School Summer PROGRAMS FOR ORGANIZATIONS International Executive Programs Custom & Executive Education Special Programs Coursera for Campus Visiting Non-Degree Centers & Institutes Center for Social Impact Communication Institute for Transformational Leadership English Language Center Academic Resources Academic Calendar Student Handbooks See also: Resources for Current Students Georgetown & Manchester City F.C. to Launch Executive Master's Program more News & Events Admissions & Aid How to Apply Master's Degrees Graduate Certificates Professional Certificates Online Bachelor's Degree Completion Intensive English Doctoral Degree Summer Sessions High School Summer Application Resources for Military Students International Students Online Students Application Details Tuition Financial Aid Meet the Admissions Team Contact Your Admissions Advisor Georgetown & Manchester City F.C. to Launch Executive Master's Program more News & Events Faculty News & Events About About Georgetown About Message from the Dean Previous Dean's Reports Our Campus Leadership & Governance Resources Contact Us School Resources Maps & Directions Parking & Transportation Services Hours of Operation Sustainable Campus LG Digital Broadcast Studio Digital Media Center Visitor Policy Public Safety Our Location Georgetown & Manchester City F.C. to Launch Executive Master's Program more News & Events Contact Search Resources for New Students Current Students International Students Online Students Faculty Alumni Organizations Sign In Cart Academics Professional Graduate Programs Online Master's Degrees On-Campus Master's Degrees Executive Master's Degrees Graduate Certificates Professional Certificates Liberal Studies Degrees Online Bachelor's Degree Completion Graduate Degrees English Language Summer Sessions High School Summer Programs for Organizations International Executive Programs Custom & Executive Education Special Programs Coursera for Campus Visiting Non-Degree Centers & Institutes Center for Social Impact Communication Institute for Transformational Leadership English Language Center Academic Resources Academic Calendar Student Handbooks Resources for Current Students Admissions & Aid Master's Degrees Graduate Certificates Professional Certificates Online Bachelor's Degree Completion Intensive English Doctoral Degree Summer Sessions High School Summer Application Resources for Military Students International Students Online Students Application Details Tuition Financial Aid Meet the Admissions Team Contact Your Admissions Advisor Faculty News & Events About Message from the Dean Previous Dean's Reports Our Campus Leadership & Governance Resources Contact Us School Resources Maps & Directions Parking & Transportation Services Hours of Operation Sustainable Campus LG Digital Broadcast Studio Digital Media Center Visitor Policy Public Safety Contact Resources for ... New Students Current Students International Students Online Students Faculty Alumni Search facebook twitter youtube instagram linkedin Contents All Industry Trends Tips & Resources Academics Military Faculty Opinion Service Students Events Video Research Press Releases Dean's Messages COVID-19 Protocols From (Not Quite) ‘Problem Child’ to Spirit of Georgetown Winner News Events Topics All Industry Trends Tips & Resources Academics Military Faculty Opinion Service Students Events Video Research Press Releases Dean's Messages COVID-19 Protocols July 15, 2025 by Lawrence Hardy in Students , Academics Tagged: Master's in Cybersecurity Risk Management At about mile seven, Gini Khalsa turned to his graduate student and asked, “Are you sure you want to do this, because it’s going to be a long walk and a lot of time?” In fact, it had already been a long walk—and a lot of time. But Khalsa, who is 60, a resident of Hagerstown, Maryland, an IT specialist, and what you might call an enthusiastic walker, likes to make the most of his trips to Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS), where he teaches in the Master’s in Cybersecurity Risk Management program. And that means getting in a lot of steps each time. While it was certainly polite for Khalsa to ask Zaki Mohammed (G’25), the student he was walking with, whether he wanted to continue their hike, he had to know what the answer would be—for two reasons. First, they were already well into Northern Virginia and had to get back to SCS somehow; and second, there was absolutely no way Mohammed—who had been talking for several hours with Khalsa about everything from his cybersecurity project to the purpose of life—was going to pack it in. A Singular Honor Faculty member Gini Khalsa with Zaki Mohammed (G’25). On May 13 at the 2025 Tropaia Ceremony on the Hilltop Campus, Mohammed received the Spirit of Georgetown Award, which honors a graduating student or alumnus who exemplifies the university’s values of people in service to others, commitment to justice and the common good, intellectual openness, and leadership. He also won the Outstanding Student Award for the Cybersecurity Risk Management program. To win awards such as these, one has to have accomplished a lot of things. And it is easy to list at least a portion what Mohammed has accomplished in his two years at Georgetown: served in GradGov, the university-wide graduate student government as the representative for the Cybersecurity Risk Management program; founded the Georgetown University Cybersecurity Society; served as a research assistant for the program; published several scholarly papers published; and won the University’s Exceptional Master’s Student Award in 2024. "Georgetown didn’t just prepare me for a career," Zaki commented in a recent Q&A for SCS's Mission in Motion blog. "It shaped me into someone who sees technology as a tool for meaningful and compassionate evolution." But to really get a sense of what motivates him, you need to talk with him—maybe not for five hours, like Khalsa did on that walk, but definitely for more than one—and those who have worked with and gotten to know him. “Dedicated, enthusiastic, energetic,” is how Khalsa describes Mohammed: “Once in a while, you get students who are so committed to doing good in the field and putting their best foot forward—and continuing to do that.” Author and cybersecurity consultant Henry Sienkiewicz also taught Mohammed and, like Khalsa, recommended him for the Spirit of Georgetown Award. His impression sounds remarkably similar. Every so often, “you meet students who end up challenging you, and he clearly did that,” Sienkiewicz says. “He’s got a great mind and wonderful insights on a variety of topics, all related to some type of cybersecurity. But he, quite frankly, made me better at my game.” A Passion for Cybersecurity Zaki Mohammed (G’25) in academic regalia. Mohammed grew up in a small town in southwest India, where he and his three siblings were expected to excel in school. And all of them did—except him. “Problem child,’’ is how his mother labeled an online folder she kept about him. It was said in jest but had a ring of truth. Although he loved tinkering with electronics—and once short-circuited the entire house when one of his experiments went awry— Mohammed was, by his own admission, “naughty” in middle school: cutting up in class, not finishing his homework, and not particularly interested in what he was supposed to be learning. That feeling persisted into college, where he majored in computer science technology—programming, coding, and developing software—but didn’t find that very exciting, either. Still, Mohammed didn’t w…
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