Lynx Information Security

ABOUT US

Lynx is the leading cybersecurity firm committed to assisting its clients in achieving security excellence. Every day, we continue to pioneer new solutions and lead the industry with tried- and-true techniques and award-winning customer service.

Our founders understand that technology alone cannot address the most serious cyber security and IT management concerns. They created a corporation based on a thorough understanding of the people, procedures, and technology necessary to safeguard most valuable data.

Lynx has embarked on a strategic position in the industry because of its seamless solutions and extensive development of indigenous IT products that are tailored right according to the client’s requirements and needs. The organization is continuously catering to the dire technical needs of enterprises by rendering its services in IT Security Assessment, Advanced Threat Protection, and Preparedness for Common Criteria (CC) product evaluation in order to safeguard the data assets and business technology of enterprises.

Our Executive Team

Dr. Haider Abbas

Founder

Dr. Haider Abbas is the founder and President of Lynx Information Security. He is a Cyber Security professional, academician, researcher and industry consultant who took professional trainings and certifications from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States, Stockholm University, Sweden, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship, Sweden, IBM, USA and Certified Ethical Hacker from EC-Council. He received his MS in Engineering and Management of Information Systems and PhD in Information Security from KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. In recognition of Dr. Abbas services to the international research community and excellence in professional standing, he has been awarded one of the youngest Fellows of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) UK; a Fellow of The British Computer Society (BCS), UK and a Fellow of The Institute of Science and Technology, UK. He has been appointed as 1st ACM distinguished speaker from Pakistan by ACM - Association for Computing Machinery, United States.

Dr. Muhammad Faisal Amjad

Co-Founder

Dr. Muhammad Faisal Amjad is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lynx Information Security Systems. He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Security, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science from University of Central Florida USA in 2015. He has served as a Research Scientist at the University of Nevada Reno, USA. Dr. Faisal is a Co-PI of the project titled National Cyber Security Auditing and Evaluation Lab (NCSAEL). He has extensive experience of cyber security research as well as consultancy with the industry and government agencies. His current research focusses on the application of machine learning and game theoretic techniques in the domains of IoT and network security and malware analysis. He specializes in dynamic spectrum access and defense against security vulnerabilities in Cognitive Radio Networks as well as wireless sensor and ad hoc networks. Dr. Faisal is recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship under the Institute of International Education, USA, President’s Gold Medal for Top honors in Masters’ program and Ministry of Science and Technology Masters’ Fellowship.

Dr. Malik M Khan

Regional Head (US/Canada)

Dr. Malik M Khan completed his PhD (Computer Science) and Masters in Science (Computer Science) from University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He completed his Postdoc (High-Performance Computing) from Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet – NTNU- Trondheim, Norway in 2014, as a Marie-Curie fellow under the ERCIM “Alain Bensoussan” fellowship program. Later he worked in the same institution as a Research Assistant on the EU-H2020 Cloudlightning Project being associated with the HPC lab. He has also worked as a Researcher at the School of Computing at the University of Utah.Previously, his research has focused on autotuning, code optimization and code generation technology and he developed his code optimization framework for CUDA Nvidia GPUs. He has also worked in the areas of Wireless Sensor Networks, Compiler Technology for GPUs and understanding and developing technologies and solutions for HPC architectures. He has worked in the development and deployment of virtualized solutions as services in the cloud, monitoring, and management of HPC systems and optimized CPU+GPU programs with a focus on compiler optimizations, code-restructuring & generation, for better performance. Currently, his research interests are in Software Engineering for Security-Sensitive Enterprise Systems, DevSecOps, Scalable Cloud-Native Applications and AI-based solutions.

Asad Raza

Regional Head (Middle East)

Asad Raza is associated with the field of Cyber Security for the past 15 years. He has served as a cyber security expert and consultant in many international organizations and institutions. He is one of the lead cyber security trainers for UAE Military program since 2016.He is currently pursuing doctoral degree in Cyber Defense from Dakota State University, USA and holds a master’s degree in Information Security from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He has to his credit some of the most prestigious certifications like (CISSP, SANS SEC560, OSCP, OWSP, CEHv11, ISO27001, Lead Auditor etc).  Asad is actively involved in research, and he has to his credit, several research papers which are published in reputed Journals and Conferences. Asad has been invited as a speaker to deliver workshops and trainings at numerous international conferences and symposiums. Asad has a very wide range of expertise in cyber security, some of which are listed below. Expertise in supporting the front-line defense of networking and protecting information from unauthorized access & violations, utilizing detailed knowledge of security tools, technologies and best practices. Conducting technical trainings to different types of professionals and users irrespective of their technical and non-technical background. Conducting manual penetration testing services conforming to the OSSTMM and OWASP Testing methodologies. Skilled in analyzing & assessing potential security risks, developing plans to deal with such incidents by putting measures in place. Conduct purple team activities by utilizing skills both offensively and defensively