Kashif Zarif

Kashif Zarif has extensive experience in the field of IT security and networking. Kashif began their career as a Security Analyst at ARPATECH (Pvt) Ltd in 2004, where they worked until 2005. Kashif then joined InterActive Group as a Senior Engineer - Networks and Security, where they stayed for seven years until 2012. Kashif then worked briefly as a Security Specialist at Dimension Data in 2012 before joining NTT Communications ICT Solutions as a Network and Security Specialist from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, they joined Klikon Solutions as a Network Engineer for a few months before transitioning to Quantium. At Quantium, Kashif has held various positions, including Network Engineer, Senior Network Engineer, and Senior IT Security Engineer. Currently, they serve as the Lead IT Security Engineer at Quantium.

Kashif Zarif earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Karachi University, where they studied from 2000 to 2003. In addition to their degree, they have also obtained various certifications in the field of information security and networking. These certifications include the Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate from Microsoft, the Microsoft SC-200T00 - Microsoft Security Operations Analyst from DDLS, CCNA from Cisco, CCNP ROUTE 300-101 from Cisco, CCNP SWITCH 300-115 from Cisco, CISSP® - Certified Information Systems Security Professional from (ISC)², Citrix NetScaler 10.5 Essentials and Networking from Citrix, ITIL Foundation v3 (institution not specified), JNCIP-SEC Juniper SRX Firewall Professional from Juniper Networks, and JNCIS-SEC - Juniper SRX Firewall Specialist from Juniper Networks. The specific dates of obtaining these certifications are not provided.