QAZI
M MISBAHUDDIN AHMED AWARDED TOP INFORMATION SECURITY CREDENTIAL
KARACHI, Pakistan.
March 14, 2005 -- Qazi Mohammad Misbahuddin Ahmed of Karachi,
Pakistan has earned the designation of Certified Information Systems
Security Professional (CISSP), the premier professional certification
for information security experts. The CISSP is awarded by the
International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium
(ISC)2, a non-profit consortium dedicated to training and certifying
information security professionals worldwide.
"In today's
security-aware environment, corporations and government agencies
are implementing comprehensive information security programs to
prevent the network break-ins, virus infections and malicious
codes that have become a way of life," said Jim Duffy, managing
director of (ISC)2 based in Framingham, Mass. "With this
new sense of urgency and mission, the lack of highly trained security
professionals is getting a fresh look as an underlying problem
in meeting global information security needs."
Security Assessment
and Penetration Testing Expert, Qazi Ahmed, is the pioneer of
Security Assessment and Penetration Testing services in Pakistan.
He has performed several penetration tests, forensic analysis
and incident response procedures for many national and multi-national
companies. He is currently a member of Network Security Taskforce
working under the Technology Resource Mobilization Unit of Ministry
of IT&T, Government of Pakistan. He has conducted several
workshops for high profile companies and is a regular speaker
at many IT events and conferences like E-Merge, IT Expo, ProCOM,
ITCN Asia ProQuest and also served as a coordinator and Judge
at the ITCN Asia ProQuest Hacking Competition. Qazi Ahmed is routinely
called to comment and discuss on IT security events and has been
featured on several TV channels like GEO, ARY Digital, Indus News,
PTV and newspapers, magazines and newsletters like Spider, @internet,
YAHOO!, CISCO, Newsbytes, Wall Street Journal, India Times, Hindustan
Times etc. Qazi Ahmed is also credited for finding the most severe
security vulnerability ever discovered in Microsoft .NET Passport
services affecting millions of people worldwide. Qazi Ahmed also
enjoys the membership of renowned worldwide High IQ society, Mensa.
About (ISC)²
Based in Framingham,
Mass. with branch offices in London and Hong Kong, the International
Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC)2
is the premier organization dedicated to providing information
security professionals and practitioners worldwide with the standard
for professional certification. Since its inception in 1989, the
not-for-profit organization has provided training and certification
and has advocated the need for one industry-wide security standard.
(ISC)2 provides two forms of certification, the Certified Information
Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and the Systems Security
Certified Practitioner (SSCP), both unique by requiring years
of experience in their field. For more than 10 years (ISC)2 has
certified thousands of security professionals in more than 80
countries.
(ISC)² has an
extensive client list, including Deloitte & Touche, Washington
Mutual Bank, New York Life, the Social Security Administration,
Ernst & Young, IBM, the Federal Aviation Administration, Genuity,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, KPMG, the U.S.
Department of State, Interliant and Phillip Morris.
(ISC)² partners
with several organizations to offer exam and review sessions worldwide,
including both the international and domestic chapters of the
Information System Security Association (ISSA), MIS Training Institute,
the University of Southern California, Singapore Computing Society,
City University of Hong Kong, Dongguk University in Seoul, the
University of Calgary in Canada, and many others.
More information about
(ISC)2 is available at www.isc2.org
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