Asif Iqbal
Digital Forensics, Fraud and Security Investigator, Founder
Athena Labs
Asif Iqbal is an IT GRC professional with 14 plus years of experience in diverse technical, leadership, advisory and Consultancy positions. An MSIT (Cyber Security) graduate from Zayed University earned Distinction with Honors. Certified as CISSP, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CFE, CobiT, ISO/IEC 20000, CEH, CHFIand many others with experience in IT service management, information security, business continuity management, disaster recovery, risk management, ISO27001, CobiT, cyber laws, audit and implementations, compliance & governance. Security, digital fraud and forensic investigations are his first love.
Asif works with government agencies and has conducted various workshops and has presented on BYOD, mGov, MDM, Security, Forensics and many others. Athena Labs works closely with law enforcement agencies across the Middle East.
Asif is also engaged in research projects with Zayed University. Recently Asif lead and mentored a team from ZU for the development of Smart apps for Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) as part of the mGov(Mobile Government) initiative by the UAE Government and got appreciated. He is an active researcher in mobile device security and forensic investigations.
Asif shares his thoughts on how there is an increasing need for mobile forensics in this era. Read it here!