👋 I'm Awais Akbar

Skilled penetration tester with over 3 years of experience in cybersecurity, specializing in vulnerability assessment and testing of network, web, mobile, and smart TV applications.

Work Experience

• Co-Founder - Pentest Xperts (July 2025 - Present)
• Senior Offensive Security Engineer - Nayatel (July 2022 - Present)

Skills

• Penetration Testing: Burp Suite, Metasploit, OWASP ZAP, Nmap, Acunetix, MobSF
• Vulnerability Management: Nexpose, Nessus, Manual Testing
• Static Analysis & Code Security: Semgrep, Snyk, GitLeaks
• Detection & SIEM: Wazuh, Elastic SIEM, Graylog
• Endpoint Security: Trend Micro Vision One XDR, Kaspersky EDR
• Reporting: SysReptor, Manual Report Writing

Education

• BE Mechatronics Engineering - Air University, Islamabad (2018 - 2022)

Certifications

• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - EC-Council (Expires: August 2028)
• Certified Red Team Analyst (CRTA) - CyberWarFare Labs (No expiry)
• ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Internal Auditor™ - SkillFront (No expiry)
• ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Associate™ - SkillFront (No expiry)
• Trend Vision One™ Security Operations Advanced - TrendMicro (Expires: June 2027)

Get in Touch

If you’d like to know more about me or request my resume, feel free to reach out at hello@awaisakbar.com.