Education, vendor certifications & verified competencies.
Formal university degree in cybersecurity, industry-standard vendor certifications, and an explicit competency matrix spanning application security, identity governance, full-stack web engineering, and DevSecOps.
2020 – 2024
Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity
Air University • Islamabad, Pakistan
- •Rigorous coursework in Cryptography, Network Security, Reverse Engineering, and Digital Forensics.
- •Practical labs in vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC).
- •Senior capstone research focused on defensive application architecture and threat modeling.
2024
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
- Network packet analysis (Wireshark, tcpdump)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Linux CLI & Python scripting for security tasks
- Incident response playbooks and triage
2024
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)
- Zero-trust methodology and defense models
- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) identity governance
- Cloud access security broker (CASB) controls
- Threat intelligence and compliance management
Verified Technical Competency Matrix
An exhaustive breakdown of methodologies, tools, and protocols actively applied across consulting audits and engineering systems.
Security Auditing & Defensive Ops
Practical threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, and incident response playbooks for web applications and cloud services.
Identity & Access Architecture
Formal access governance, least-privilege role models, and secure session handling across frontend and backend boundaries.
Full-Stack Web Engineering
Building fast, reliable web platforms with modern React frameworks, asynchronous Python APIs, and type contracts.
Data Modeling & DevSecOps
Type-safe relational databases, versioned migrations, caching layers, and containerized deployment pipelines.