About Us

Founded in 2009, Cipher Storm is a privately held company registered in UK. The company was founded by a group of security architects and consultants working in various companies worldwide and experienced in providing wide range of security assessments, auditing, training, forensics, and compliance solutions.

As a respected and the most trusted information security advisor we apply proactive approach to help achieve your strategic goals by eliminating security risks. Our truly holistic security services can be adapted to cover your requirements from initial assessment through final security lifecycle. Our consultants highlight the key concerns in your requirements and derive the recommendations with industry best practices and standards. Cipher Storm consultants have delivered security assessment and auditing projects across the world including Middle East, USA, Indonesia, South America and Europe.

Cipher Storm Ltd is currently registered in England and Wales with company number 6791031.

Our People

Shakeel Ali
Founder
Shakeel is one of the core founders of Cipher Storm Company. His expertise in security industry has put up marvelous benefits to various businesses and government institutions. He currently holds the industry leading certifications including CEH, SnortCP, OSCP, CCNA, PCI-DSS Practitioner and MSc InfoSec. Shakeel is also an active and independent researcher who has been evangelizing security practices via articles and blog at Ethical-Hacker.net. He has also assessed and measured the security of several business applications and network infrastructures for global organizations.

Touraj Abbasi Moghaddasi
Chief Operating Officer
Touraj is a leading security expert holding both managerial and technical skills. His area of expertise includes designing secure network architecture, auditing the network security and assessing the business applications. Touraj is a certified BS7799 auditor and holds MCSE, MCSA, Network+ and MCP. He has served his knowledge and experience in various organizations across Middle East and Europe.

Mada R. Perdhana
Digital Forensics Examiner
Mada is an experienced digital forensics examiner and security analyst. He is a creator of famous Linux distribution “Stagos FSE” targeted towards forensic practitioners in government, commercial and non-commercial organizations. Mada holds several certifications including Network Security, Unix/Linux Administration, Computer Forensics and Cisco Network support. He has recently served as a forensic expert and witness in Indonesia to resolve some high-profile cases.

Armin Garcia Lopez
Forensics Malware Analyst
Armin is a lead security and malware analyst. For several years he has been practicing intrusion detection methods and malware analysis techniques to extract and develop the best-of-breed anti-malware solutions. He worked with some of the world’s best known organizations including UNAM CERT. Armin’s expertise have brought a valuable information base for service providers and enterprise networks. Armin also offered several training sessions to Mexican army and has been actively involved in Honeynet Project Capture HPC (New Zealand). He is the main organizer and representative of Expo ESCOM and BugCon conference.

Rafael Maita
Penetration Tester
Rafael is an excellent penetration engineer. He has been working as a security consultant for couple of years and has made a good standing in commercial sector. Rafael currently holds CEH, CCNA, OSCP, Security+, Network+, CCSI, CCSP and other qualified industry certifications. His knowledge and expertise falls within penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and application security audit. Rafael is the main founder of Ethical-Hacker.Net and also a part of Alianza Networks C.A., Venezuela.

Tedi Heriyanto
Information Security Analyst
Tedi has more than 7 years career in information security. He currently possesses (ISC)2 CISSP professional certification. His knowledge and experiences involve designing secure network architecture, deploying and managing enterprise-wide security systems, developing information security policies and procedures, doing information security audit, and giving information security awareness training. Tedi also retains a core technical knowledge and hands-on experience with firewalls, IDS/IPS, encryption solutions, digital forensics and application security. He has worked with several known organizations in Indonesia including government institutions, commercial sector, financial institutions and multi-national corporations.

Tayna Harley Skerrett
Penetration Tester
Tayna is one of the experienced security analysts whose IT background has emerged from the combination of penetration testing and malware analysis. His research studies and knowledge has put a step forward in securing several enterprises by constantly thwarting the threats via zero-day security developments. His technical view to assess and audit the system is qualitative in measurement and provides an extensive research options from both commercial and academic perspectives.