OPEN TO ROLES • PHD • COLLABS

MUHAMMAD
SHAHZAD

Cybersecurity researcher & engineer building autonomous AI defence, adaptive deception with containerised honeypots, real-time telemetry, forensics & behaviour-based attribution. MSc Distinction, UWS London — top of cohort. Founder & CEO, Cubix Code.

📍 Wembley, England, UK🎓 MSc Cyber Security — Distinction📄 2 peer-reviewed publications
FOCUSAI Defence
ROLEResearcher + CEO
BASEWembley, UK
ORGCubix Code
$ nmap --potential → hired
$ exploit doubt → patch with proof

01 ABOUT

Specialising in AI-enabled cyber defence, adaptive cyber deception, containerised honeypots, real-time threat detection, security telemetry, digital forensics, and behaviour-based attribution. Expertise across penetration testing, malware analysis, threat intelligence, incident response, network security, applied cryptography, and GRC.

CTF challenge designer, hackathon jury member, technical trainer, academic presenter — offensive & defensive security, CTF problem-solving, dark-web / TOR, privacy, ethical research.

02 ARSENAL

🛡️ Detection & Response

Intrusion DetectionThreat ModelingVuln AssessmentIncident ResponseThreat Intel

🤖 Deception & AI

Adaptive DeceptionHoneypotsTelemetryBehavioural AnalyticsAttributionForensics

⚙️ Build

PythonSQL / DBAMicroservicesDockerPentestCryptoGRC

03 EXPERIENCE

Cubix Code — Cyber Security Analyst Dec 2022 → Present

Autonomous defence, deception platforms, telemetry, forensics.

Cubix Code — CEO & Founder Jan 2023 → Present • Haripur, PK

Research → intelligent, deployable, resilient products.

Python Developer Sep 2022 → Present

Security tooling, automation, analytics.

SQL Database Administrator May 2022 → Present

Org / office / business databases.

Heavy Industries Taxila — Summer Intern Jul 2023 → Sep 2023

Industrial security exposure.

04 RESEARCH

Microservice-Oriented Cyber Deception Platform with Containerized Honeypots and Real-Time Telemetry
Peer-reviewed journal • deception • honeypots • telemetry
An Autonomous AI-Driven Framework for Adaptive Cyber Deception with Real-Time Threat Detection and Behaviour-Based Attribution
Peer-reviewed journal • autonomous AI • attribution

Certifications

Cyber Incident ResponseOWASP Top 10 '21Python Data StructuresIBM Data Analyst CapstoneExcel for Data AnalysisEnterprise Security Nanodegree

Community

CTF designer • jury • trainer • presenter. Dark-web architecture, TOR, privacy, ethics.

05 EDUCATION

UWS London

MSc Advanced Computer Security — Distinction
Jan 2025 – Mar 2026 • Top of cohort

Univ. of Haripur

BSc Software Engineering
Sep 2020 – Jul 2024

Udacity

Enterprise Security Nanodegree
Mar 2024 – Aug 2024

06 CONTACT

Let's build resilient security.

Research roles • funded PhD • scholarships • collaborations • projects.

LinkedIn: muhammad-shahzad-72baa2238 • Wembley, UK • Cubix Code