Ali Tabish

Cyber Security Practitioner, Security Reseacher, and Public Speaker in Pakistan

What’s up, I’m Ali Tabish. A technically adept Cybersecurity and Offensive Security professional with 20+ years of hands-on experience architecting and leading Red Team operations, adversary emulation campaigns, and threat-informed defense strategies across enterprise IT and OT infrastructures in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Malaysia. Proficient in simulating real-world cyberattacks using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, CALDERA, and Atomic Red Team, and leveraging C2 platforms including Cobalt Strike, Sliver, and Mythic to emulate sophisticated APT tactics across hybrid environments.

Experienced in OT protocol exploitation (Modbus, DNP3, OPC-UA), ICS/SCADA network intrusion techniques, and evasion strategies tailored to segmented industrial networks. Skilled in conducting end-to-end threat hunting, post-exploitation operations, lateral movement, privilege escalation, and Active Directory attacks. Regularly performs zero-day discovery and weaponization, exploit development (custom shellcode, buffer overflow, ROP chains), API abuse, and advanced web application exploitation.

Leads cross-functional Red and Purple Team engagements integrating continuous threat emulation with SOC capabilities, enhancing detection engineering, log source validation, and incident response workflows. Provides strategic oversight for building offensive security programs, managing Red Team lifecycle, and embedding TTP simulation into SOC playbooks. Deeply involved in vulnerability lifecycle management—from discovery to coordinated disclosure—and has received acknowledgments from SAP, Kaspersky, Amazon, Oracle, and Adobe… to name a few.

Supports security governance through ISO 27001 implementation, SAP GRC assessments, SOC maturity evaluations, and risk quantification. Actively integrates LLMs, adversarial AI, and generative modeling for AI-driven attack simulation, automated exploit triage, and predictive threat hunting.

Frequently delivers technical talks and workshops on AI-based Red Teaming, cyber-physical threat modeling, and OT/ICS offensive strategies at global cybersecurity conferences.

Award

  • Best Male Cyber Expert Finalist in EU Cyber Awards 2023, Dublin – Ireland
  • Ethical Hacker of the Year 2016 Finalistin Atlanta, Georgia – USA
  • EC-Council Subject Matter Expert (SME)
  • PECB Certified Trainer
  • EY Badges – Bronze Badge in Cybersecurity
  • MicrosoftCharter Member* (Charter Member =First5000Microsoft Certified Around the World)

Member

  • Chapter Leader –DEFCON Karachi Chapter
  • EY Advance Security Center
  • EC-Council Advisory Board Member

Certifications

  • ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional – CISSP
  • Certified Information Security Manager– CISM
  • CertifiedinRisk and Information Systems Control–CRISC
  • EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker v 11 – CEH
  • EC-Council Certified Security Analyst– ECSA/LPT
  • EC-CouncilCertified SOC Analyst– CSA
  • PECB Certified ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer
  • PECB Certified Lead Pen Test Professional
  • PECB Certified Lead Cybersecurity Manager
  • PECB Certified ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer
  • CompTIA – Advanced Security Practitioner – CASP
  • CompTIA – Cybersecurity Analyst – CySA+
  • CompTIA– Security+
  • CompTIA– Pentest+
  • Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
  • CompTIA – Security Analytics Expert– CSAE

Professional Appearance

  • Seminar on Forensic & Cyber Hacking as a Guest Speakerin IEEE (Karachi Chapter)– University of Karachi (UoK)
  • Invited as a Guest - "Project Showcase 2018, - Project Evaluation (1st and Final Year)” in NED University of Engineering & TechnologyatKarachi, Pakistan
  • Invited as a Guest Speaker for “Addressing the MoU Signing Ceremony”between“Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Cell”&“Women Saver Foundation”atKarachi, Pakistan
  • Seminar on Ethical Hacking as a Guest Speakerin Aptech Computer Education (Metro Star Gate)atKarachi, Pakistan
  • Seminar on Ethical Hacking & Cyber Security Threat Management as a Guest Speakerin NED University of Engineering & TechnologyatKarachi, Pakistan
  • Workshop on Ethical Hacking as a Guest Speakerin Pakistan Air Force – Karachi Institute of Economy & Technology (PAF-KIET) Combat 18 Competitions
  • Workshop on Ethical Hacking as a Guest Speakerin Pakistan Air Force – Karachi Institute of Economy & Technology (PAF-KIET) Combat 14 Competitions
  • Seminar on Cyber Attacks & Future Threat Surface as a Guest Speakerin Institute of Business Management (IoBM)