// about
About Shahid Security
"Prevention is cheaper than a breach."
Shahid Security is a Pakistani cybersecurity practice founded by Muhammad Shahid Iqbal. I studied Computer Science with a focus on information security, and my final-year project was an attack study on an IoT-based smart campus system. Since 2020 I've worked as a cybersecurity analyst and SOC analyst — running vulnerability assessments, building a honeytrap to capture and study a live intruder on a client network, monitoring real security events with SIEM tools, and leading incident response when things went wrong.
We started because too many businesses only think about security after something goes wrong. Our job is to change that: find the weaknesses early, explain them in plain language, and help fix them — at a price growing businesses can afford.
Because we also build websites, software and AI systems, we understand both sides: how attackers break things and how developers build them. That means our advice is practical, not just a list of problems.
// cybersecurity expertise
Meet Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
Founder & Cybersecurity Consultant — who's actually performing your assessment.
// career timeline
2020 – 2021
Cyber Security Analyst
IMS Lubricants
2021 – 2023
SOC Analyst
Ravi Cables Pakistan
2023 – Present
Founder & Principal Consultant
Shahid Security
// education & training
- BS Computer Science — Qarshi University, Lahore
- Training: CompTIA Network+ & Security+ fundamentals
- Training: Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) methodology
- Training: CISSP domains
// values
What we stand for
Authorised & ethical
We never test anything without written permission.
Confidential by default
NDA before access; your data never leaves agreed systems.
Plain language
Reports your management can understand, with fixes your developers can apply.
Honest scope
We tell you what you need, not what costs the most.