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Assalamu Alaikum, I'm Muhammad Abdullah Bin Tariq

๐Ÿ” DevSecOps Engineer | โ˜๏ธ Cloud Computing | ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ CyberSecurity Enthusiast | ๐ŸŒ Open Source Advocate

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โšก Quick Highlights

๐Ÿ† Achievement ๐Ÿ“Š Stats ๐ŸŽฏ Focus
Youngest CISSP @ 22 5+ Years Experience Cloud Security
ISACA Member Multi-Cloud Expert DevSecOps
Open Source Contributor Security Automation Zero Trust

๐Ÿ“‘ Table of Contents


๐ŸŒ Connect with Me

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๐ŸŒŸ About Me

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name: Muhammad Abdullah Bin Tariq
role: DevSecOps Engineer
location: Pakistan ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ
education: Cybersecurity & Cloud Computing
ethos: "Get better every day, conquer yourself, then the World ๐Ÿ’ช"
motto: "ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุฑุณูˆู„ู‡ ุฃูˆู„ุงู‹ุŒ ุซู… ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠ"

current_mission: |
  Building secure, scalable cloud infrastructure
  while advancing DevSecOps best practices
  
approach: |
  Security-first mindset in everything I build
  Automation over manual intervention
  Continuous learning and improvement
  
fun_facts:
  - ๐ŸŽฏ I automate everything I can
  - ๐Ÿงฉ Puzzle solver at heart
  - โ˜• Coffee-powered engineer
  - ๐ŸŒ™ Night owl coder

๐ŸŽฏ Current Focus

  • ๐Ÿ” Mastering: Terraform for Infrastructure as Code, Ansible for Configuration Management
  • โ˜ธ๏ธ Deepening: Kubernetes Security, Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and Cloud-Native Security
  • โ˜๏ธ Architecting: Multi-cloud strategies across AWS, GCP, and Azure
  • ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Specializing: Red Team, Blue Team, and Purple Team operations
  • ๐Ÿ“ Sharing: Writing technical articles on Medium about DevSecOps and Cloud Security
  • ๐ŸŒฑ Learning: Advanced threat modeling, zero-trust architecture, and SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

๐Ÿ’ฌ Ask Me About

  • โ˜๏ธ Cloud Security Architecture (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • ๐Ÿ” DevSecOps Pipeline Implementation
  • โ˜ธ๏ธ Kubernetes Security & Hardening
  • ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Penetration Testing & Vulnerability Assessment
  • ๐Ÿ”ด Red Team, ๐Ÿ”ต Blue Team, ๐ŸŸฃ Purple Team Strategies
  • ๐Ÿณ Container Security & Supply Chain Security
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Security Monitoring & Incident Response
  • ๐Ÿ”ง Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible)

๐ŸŽฏ My Journey

timeline
    title Career Journey of Muhammad Abdullah Bin Tariq
    section Education & Early Career
        2019 : Started Cybersecurity Journey
             : First security certifications
        2020 : Deep dive into Cloud Computing
             : AWS & Azure fundamentals
    section Professional Growth
        2021 : DevOps transformation
             : CI/CD pipeline mastery
        2022 : CISSP Certified at 22 ๐Ÿ†
             : Youngest graduate achievement
    section Current & Future
        2023 : DevSecOps Leadership
             : Multi-cloud security architect
        2024 : Cloud Security Innovation
             : Zero Trust implementation
        2025 : Next Goals: CISA & CISM
             : Building the future of security
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๐Ÿ“Š Career Milestones

๐ŸŽ“ Education

โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”
โ”‚  Cybersecurity &    โ”‚
โ”‚  Cloud Computing    โ”‚
โ”‚    Graduate ๐ŸŽ“      โ”‚
โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜

๐Ÿ† Certifications

โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”
โ”‚  CISSP Certified    โ”‚
โ”‚  at Age 22 ๐Ÿฅ‡       โ”‚
โ”‚  Youngest Graduate  โ”‚
โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜

๐Ÿš€ Current Role

โ”Œโ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”
โ”‚ DevSecOps Engineer  โ”‚
โ”‚ Cloud Security      โ”‚
โ”‚ Architect ๐Ÿ”        โ”‚
โ””โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”€โ”˜

๐Ÿ† Certifications & Achievements

Certification Animation

๐ŸŽ–๏ธ Current Certifications

CISSP CC Achievement

๐ŸŽฏ Certification Roadmap & Goals

CCSP CISA CISM CRISC

๐Ÿ“œ Complete Certification Journey

๐Ÿ” (ISC)ยฒ Certifications
Status Certification Description Target
โœ… CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional 2022 โœ“
โœ… CC Certified in Cybersecurity 2022 โœ“
๐ŸŽฏ CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional 2025
๐ŸŽฏ ISSMP Information Systems Security Management Professional 2025
๐ŸŽฏ ISSEP Information Systems Security Engineering Professional 2026
๐ŸŽฏ ISSAP Information Systems Security Architecture Professional 2026
๐ŸŽฏ CGRC Certified in Governance, Risk and Compliance 2025
๐Ÿ“Š ISACA Certifications (GRC Focus)
Status Certification Description Target
๐ŸŽฏ CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor 2025
๐ŸŽฏ CISM Certified Information Security Manager 2025
๐ŸŽฏ CRISC Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control 2025
๐ŸŽฏ CGEIT Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT 2026
๐ŸŽฏ CDPSE Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer 2026
๐Ÿ”ด Offensive Security Certifications
Status Certification Description Target
๐ŸŽฏ CEH Certified Ethical Hacker (EC-Council) 2025
๐ŸŽฏ OSCP Offensive Security Certified Professional 2025
๐ŸŽฏ OSWE Offensive Security Web Expert 2026
๐ŸŽฏ OSCEยณ Offensive Security Certified Expert 2026
๐ŸŽฏ GPEN GIAC Penetration Tester 2026
๐ŸŽฏ GWAPT GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester 2026
๐ŸŒ Cisco Networking Certifications
Status Certification Description Target
๐ŸŽฏ CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate 2025
๐ŸŽฏ CCNP Security Cisco Certified Network Professional Security 2026
๐ŸŽฏ CCIE Security Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Security 2027
โ˜๏ธ Cloud Security Certifications
Status Certification Description Target
๐ŸŽฏ AWS Security Specialty AWS Certified Security - Specialty 2025
๐ŸŽฏ Azure Security Engineer Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer 2025
๐ŸŽฏ GCP Security Engineer Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer 2025
๐ŸŽฏ CKS Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist 2025

๐Ÿ›๏ธ GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) Expertise

GRC Animation

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Governance

โ”œโ”€โ”€ Security Policies
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Standards & Procedures
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Security Architecture
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Board Reporting
โ””โ”€โ”€ Strategic Planning

โš ๏ธ Risk Management

โ”œโ”€โ”€ Risk Assessment
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Threat Modeling
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Business Impact Analysis
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Risk Treatment
โ””โ”€โ”€ Risk Monitoring

๐Ÿ“‹ Compliance

โ”œโ”€โ”€ ISO 27001/27002
โ”œโ”€โ”€ NIST CSF/800-53
โ”œโ”€โ”€ SOC 2 Type II
โ”œโ”€โ”€ PCI-DSS
โ””โ”€โ”€ GDPR/HIPAA

๐ŸŒŸ Notable Achievements

  • ๐Ÿ… Youngest CISSP Graduate at Age 22 - Aiming to be the youngest CISA and CISM certified professional
  • ๐Ÿ” DevSecOps Expertise - Successfully implemented security automation across CI/CD pipelines
  • ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ธ Multi-Cloud Architecture - Designed and deployed secure infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • ๐Ÿ“ Technical Writer - Regular contributor to cybersecurity and DevOps communities on Medium
  • ๐ŸŒ Open Source Advocate - Active contributor to security and DevOps open-source projects

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๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Technical Arsenal

๐Ÿš€ Click to Expand/Collapse Technical Skills

โ˜๏ธ Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Azure GCP Terraform Ansible Vault CloudFormation

๐Ÿณ Containers & Orchestration

Docker Kubernetes Helm Podman Istio Linkerd

๐Ÿ”„ CI/CD & DevOps

GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins CircleCI ArgoCD Tekton Travis CI

๐Ÿ” Security & Compliance

Trivy Snyk SonarQube OWASP ZAP Metasploit Burp Suite Nessus Qualys Wazuh HashiCorp Vault

๐Ÿ›๏ธ GRC & Compliance Frameworks

ISO 27001 ISO 27002 NIST CSF NIST 800-53 SOC 2 PCI-DSS GDPR HIPAA CIS Controls COBIT ITIL TOGAF

๐Ÿ”ด Red Team & Penetration Testing

Kali Linux Cobalt Strike Nmap Hashcat John SQLMap Nikto Gobuster Hydra Responder

๐Ÿ”ต Blue Team & Defensive Security

SIEM SOAR EDR XDR Threat Intel YARA Sigma MITRE ATT&CK TheHive Cortex

๐Ÿ“Š Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus Grafana ELK Kibana Datadog New Relic Splunk Zabbix Nagios Thanos Jaeger Loki

๐Ÿ’ป Programming & Scripting

Python Bash Go JavaScript TypeScript PowerShell PHP

๐Ÿ—„๏ธ Databases & Storage

PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis Elasticsearch MariaDB Cassandra CockroachDB CouchDB

๐ŸŒ Networking & Infrastructure

pfSense OPNsense NGINX HAProxy Cloudflare Route 53 Wireshark NMAP

๐Ÿง Operating Systems & Platforms

Linux Ubuntu Kali Linux Parrot OS BlackArch Debian CentOS

๐Ÿ”ง Development Tools & IDEs

VS Code Vim Git GitHub GitLab Postman Tmux

๐ŸŽจ Design & Creative Tools

Figma Photoshop Illustrator Blender Sketch Framer

๐Ÿงช Testing & Automation

Selenium Cypress Puppeteer pytest

๐Ÿค– Machine Learning & Data Science

PyTorch TensorFlow Pandas OpenCV MATLAB

๐ŸŽฎ Game Development & 3D

Unity Unreal Engine Arduino


๐Ÿ“ˆ Weekly Development Breakdown

DevSecOps      โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘   35.2%
Cloud Security โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘   30.8%
IaC/Terraform  โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘   15.5%
Kubernetes     โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘   10.2%
Documentation  โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘    5.3%
Other          โ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘    3.0%

โฐ This Week I Spent My Time On

๐Ÿ’ผ Work Focus:
โ”œโ”€โ”€ ๐Ÿ” Security Automation        - 12+ hrs
โ”œโ”€โ”€ โ˜๏ธ Cloud Infrastructure       - 10+ hrs
โ”œโ”€โ”€ ๐Ÿณ Container Security         - 8+ hrs
โ”œโ”€โ”€ ๐Ÿ“Š Monitoring & Observability - 6+ hrs
โ””โ”€โ”€ ๐Ÿ“ Documentation & Blogs      - 4+ hrs

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Technologies Used:                                        
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Terraform & Ansible           โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘   40%
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Kubernetes & Docker           โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘   35%
โ”œโ”€โ”€ Python & Bash                 โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘   20%
โ””โ”€โ”€ Go & JavaScript               โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘โ–‘    5%

๐Ÿ’ผ Professional Focus

๐ŸŽฏ Current Projects

  • ๐Ÿ” Building Zero-Trust Security Architecture
  • โ˜ธ๏ธ Implementing Service Mesh with Istio
  • ๐Ÿš€ Automating Cloud Infrastructure with Terraform
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Developing Comprehensive Security Monitoring
  • ๐Ÿ”ง Creating Custom DevSecOps Pipeline Templates

๐ŸŒฑ Learning & Growth

  • ๐Ÿ“– Advanced Kubernetes CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist)
  • ๐ŸŽ“ Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
  • ๐Ÿ” Threat Intelligence & Hunting
  • ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Security Automation & SOAR
  • ๐ŸŒ Multi-Cloud Governance & Compliance

๐Ÿš€ Featured Projects

๐Ÿ” Security & DevSecOps Projects

Project Description Tech Stack
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Cloud Security Automation Automated security scanning and remediation for multi-cloud environments Python, Terraform, AWS, Azure
๐Ÿณ Container Security Pipeline Complete DevSecOps pipeline with container scanning and policy enforcement Docker, Kubernetes, Trivy, OPA
๐Ÿ“Š Security Monitoring Platform Centralized security monitoring and incident response system Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Wazuh
๐Ÿ”ง IaC Security Templates Secure Infrastructure as Code templates with built-in compliance Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
๐Ÿšจ Automated Threat Detection ML-based threat detection and response automation Python, TensorFlow, SIEM Integration

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๐Ÿ“Š GitHub Analytics

GitHub Stats GitHub Streak Stats

Top Languages

Contribution Graph

๐Ÿ“ˆ More GitHub Metrics

Profile Summary

Repos Per Language Most Commit Language


๐ŸŽต Vibing To

Spotify Now Playing

Spotify Apple Music

๐ŸŽง Music genres I code to:

Lo-Fi Nasheed Classical Ambient Electronic OST Soundtrack


๐Ÿ“ Latest Blog Posts

๐Ÿ“š Recent Articles on Medium

Title Topic Date
๐Ÿ” DevSecOps Best Practices in 2024 Security, DevOps Latest
โ˜๏ธ Multi-Cloud Security Architecture Cloud, Security Recent
๐Ÿณ Container Security Deep Dive Kubernetes, Security Recent
๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Zero-Trust Implementation Guide Security, Architecture Recent
Medium

๐Ÿ’ก Fun Facts About Me

๐ŸŒ™

Night Owl

I do my best coding between 10 PM - 4 AM

โ˜•

Coffee Addict

Approximately 4-6 cups per day while coding

๐ŸŽฏ

Automation Freak

If I do it twice, I automate it!

๐Ÿงฉ

Puzzle Solver

I see security as an endless puzzle

๐Ÿ“š

Constant Learner

Always reading or taking courses

๐Ÿƒ

Multi-Sport Athlete

9 sports and counting!

๐ŸŒ

Polyglot

Speaking 7 languages

๐ŸŽฎ

Fighting Game Fan

Leroy Smith main in Tekken

๐Ÿ”ฅ Random Facts

class MatX104:
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = "Muhammad Abdullah Bin Tariq"
        self.alias = "Monarch+_+MAT"
        self.role = "DevSecOps Engineer"
        self.code = ["Python", "Bash", "Go", "JavaScript", "TypeScript"]
        self.tools = ["Terraform", "Ansible", "Kubernetes", "Docker"]
        self.cloud = ["AWS", "Azure", "GCP"]
        self.current_focus = "Building Zero Trust Architecture"
        
    def say_bismillah(self):
        return "ุจูุณู’ู…ู ุงู„ู„ู‡ู ุงู„ุฑูŽู‘ุญู’ู…ูฐู†ู ุงู„ุฑูŽู‘ุญููŠู’ู…"
    
    def daily_routine(self):
        return {
            "morning": "โ˜€๏ธ Fajr Prayer โ†’ Coffee โ†’ News",
            "day": "๐Ÿ’ป Code โ†’ Security Reviews โ†’ Meetings",
            "evening": "๐Ÿƒ Exercise โ†’ Family Time โ†’ Reading",
            "night": "๐ŸŒ™ Deep Work โ†’ Learning โ†’ Sleep"
        }
    
    def life_goals(self):
        return [
            "๐ŸŽฏ Become youngest CISA & CISM",
            "๐Ÿ“š Write a cybersecurity book",
            "๐ŸŒ Build a security community",
            "๐Ÿ’ผ Start a security consultancy"
        ]
        
me = MatX104()

๐Ÿ“š Inspirational Wisdom

Wisdom Animation

โš”๏ธ Anime & Manga Wisdom

"A lesson without pain is meaningless. That's because you can't gain something without sacrificing something in return."

โ€” Edward Elric, Fullmetal Alchemist

"The world isn't perfect. But it's there for us, doing the best it can... that's what makes it so damn beautiful."

โ€” Roy Mustang, Fullmetal Alchemist

"Hard work is worthless for those that don't believe in themselves."

โ€” Naruto Uzumaki

"If you don't take risks, you can't create a future."

โ€” Monkey D. Luffy, One Piece

"Power comes in response to a need, not a desire. You have to create that need."

โ€” Goku, Dragon Ball Z

"The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win."

โ€” Koro-sensei, Assassination Classroom

"If you want to be strong, learn to fight alone."

โ€” Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z

"Knowing sorrow is not terrifying. What is terrifying is knowing you can't go back to happiness you could have."

โ€” Gaara, Naruto

๐ŸŽฌ From Fiction & Games

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives."

โ€” Game of Thrones

"Even in the darkest times, hope cuts through. Hope is the light that lifts us out of darkness."

โ€” Lorien Legacies

"It's not the face that makes someone a monster; it's the choices they make with their lives."

โ€” Harry Potter

"Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing."

โ€” Optimus Prime, Transformers

"A man who has not prepared his children for his own death has failed as a father."

โ€” Kratos, God of War

"We don't get to choose how we start in this life. Real greatness is what you do with the hand you're dealt."

โ€” Victor Sullivan, Uncharted

๐Ÿฅ‹ Warrior Philosophy

"Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye."

โ€” Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings

"The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them."

โ€” Miyamoto Musashi

"Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world."

โ€” Miyamoto Musashi

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."

โ€” Matsuo Bashล

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

โ€” Japanese Proverb

๐Ÿ’ก Personal Philosophy

"Get better every day, conquer yourself, then the World."

โ€” Monarch+_+MAT

"Security is not a product, but a process."

โ€” Bruce Schneier

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

โ€” Chinese Proverb

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

โ€” Mike Tyson

"Code without tests is broken by design."

โ€” DevOps Wisdom


๐Ÿ“– Books That Shape My Mentality

Books Animation

๐Ÿ•Œ The Foundation - Islamic Texts

๐Ÿ“– The Holy Quran

Quran

The ultimate source of guidance, wisdom, and truth. The foundation of my life, decisions, and character.

"ูˆูŽู‚ูู„ ุฑูŽู‘ุจูู‘ ุฒูุฏู’ู†ููŠ ุนูู„ู’ู…ู‹ุง"

"And say: My Lord, increase me in knowledge" - Surah Ta-Ha: 114

๐Ÿ“š Hadith Collections

Hadith

The teachings and practices of Prophet Muhammad ๏ทบ that guide my daily conduct and professional ethics.

"ุฎูŽูŠู’ุฑููƒูู…ู’ ู…ูŽู†ู’ ุชูŽุนูŽู„ูŽู‘ู…ูŽ ุงู„ู’ู‚ูุฑู’ุขู†ูŽ ูˆูŽุนูŽู„ูŽู‘ู…ูŽู‡ู"

"The best among you are those who learn the Quran and teach it"

โš”๏ธ Strategy & Power

๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ The Book of Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi

Musashi

The way of strategy, the art of combat, and the philosophy of the warrior. Musashi's timeless wisdom on mastery, discipline, and the pursuit of excellence.

"You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain."

๐Ÿ‘‘ The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene

Power

Understanding the dynamics of power, influence, and human nature. Essential reading for navigating complex professional environments.

"Never outshine the master... but always be ready to take their place."

๐Ÿฆ The Prince Niccolรฒ Machiavelli

Prince

The foundational text on political strategy and leadership. Understanding power dynamics and the art of governance.

"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."

๐Ÿ“š Robert Greene Collection

๐ŸŽญ The Art of Seduction

Understanding influence and persuasion dynamics

โš”๏ธ The 33 Strategies of War

Strategic thinking for business and life challenges

๐ŸŽฏ Mastery

The path to becoming world-class at any skill

๐ŸŒŠ The Laws of Human Nature

Deep understanding of human psychology

๐Ÿ“– Leadership & Philosophy

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Meditations Marcus Aurelius

Stoic philosophy and self-discipline from a Roman Emperor

โ˜ฏ๏ธ The Art of War Sun Tzu

Ancient Chinese military strategy applicable to business and security

๐Ÿง  Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman

Understanding cognitive biases and decision-making

๐Ÿ”ฅ Extreme Ownership Jocko Willink

Leadership lessons from Navy SEALs

๐Ÿ” Cybersecurity & Technical Reading

๐Ÿ”’ The Web Application Hacker's Handbook

Essential for web security

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ The Art of Intrusion Kevin Mitnick

Real-world hacking stories

โ˜๏ธ Cloud Security Handbook

Cloud architecture security

๐Ÿ”ด Red Team Field Manual

Penetration testing reference

๐Ÿ“Š Reading Stats

50+

Books Read

๐Ÿ“š

Currently Reading: 3

๐ŸŽฏ

2025 Goal: 24 Books

โญ

Favorites: Strategy


๐Ÿ”ง Complete Toolset Reference

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Monitoring & Logging Arsenal (Click to expand)

๐Ÿ“Š Monitoring Solutions

  • Grafana - Visualization and analytics
  • Prometheus - Metrics and alerting
  • Zabbix - Enterprise monitoring
  • Nagios Core - Infrastructure monitoring
  • Thanos - Prometheus long-term storage
  • Jaeger - Distributed tracing
  • Loki - Log aggregation
  • Alertmanager - Alert handling
  • VictoriaMetrics - Time series database
  • Weave Scope - Container monitoring
  • Netdata - Real-time performance monitoring
  • Node Exporter - Hardware and OS metrics
  • cAdvisor - Container metrics
  • Kube-Prometheus - Kubernetes monitoring stack

๐Ÿ“ Logging Solutions

  • Kibana - Log visualization
  • Fluentd - Log collection
  • Fluent Bit - Lightweight log processor
  • Splunk - Enterprise log management
  • LogicMonitor - Infrastructure monitoring
  • Site24x7 - Application performance monitoring

๐Ÿ“ˆ APM & Observability

  • New Relic - Application performance monitoring
  • Sysdig - Container intelligence
  • OpenTelemetry - Observability framework
  • Sentry - Error tracking
๐Ÿ”’ Network Security & Penetration Testing Tools (Click to expand)

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Firewalls & Network Security

  • pfSense - Open source firewall
  • OPNsense - Firewall and routing platform
  • Cisco ASA - Enterprise firewall
  • PacketFence - Network access control

๐Ÿ” Vulnerability Assessment

  • OpenVAS - Vulnerability scanner
  • Qualys - Cloud security & compliance
  • Nessus - Vulnerability scanner
  • Burp Suite Pro - Web application security
  • OWASP ZAP - Web app security scanner

๐Ÿ”ด Penetration Testing

  • Metasploit - Penetration testing framework
  • Kali Linux - Penetration testing distribution
  • Parrot OS - Security testing platform
  • BlackArch Linux - Penetration testing distribution
  • Atomic Red Team - Security testing framework

๐Ÿ” Security Tools

  • Wireshark - Network protocol analyzer
  • NMAP - Network discovery
  • Trivy - Container vulnerability scanner
  • ClamAV - Antivirus engine
  • OSSEC - Host-based intrusion detection
  • Tripwire - File integrity monitoring
  • Samhain - HIDS and file integrity checker
  • AWS GuardDuty - Threat detection service

๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Management & Monitoring

  • Webmin - Web-based system administration
  • Auvik - Network management
  • ManageEngine OpManager - Network monitoring
  • Observium - Network monitoring platform
  • LibreNMS - Auto-discovering network monitoring
  • Icinga 2 - Monitoring system
  • Checkmk - IT monitoring
  • Munin - Network monitoring
  • NetXMS - Network management system
  • Ntopng - Traffic analysis
  • OpenNMS - Network management
  • Ganglia - Distributed monitoring system
  • Monit - Unix system monitoring
  • Shinken - Monitoring framework
๐Ÿ—๏ธ Infrastructure & Management Platforms (Click to expand)

๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Remote Management

  • MeshCentral - Remote management
  • RPort - Remote access solution
  • Rust Desk - Remote desktop software
  • Guacamole - Clientless remote desktop gateway
  • PiKVM - KVM over IP

๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ Asset Management

  • Snipe-IT - IT asset management
  • GLPI - IT service management
  • ERPNext - Enterprise resource planning
  • Plane - Project management

๐Ÿณ Container Management

  • Portainer-CE - Container management
  • Docker Compose - Multi-container orchestration
  • Velero - Kubernetes backup

๐Ÿ” Security & Authentication

  • Vaultwarden - Password management
  • Authentik - Identity provider
  • Netbird - VPN platform

โ˜๏ธ Cloud Storage

  • NextCloud - File hosting

๐Ÿข IT Management

  • Atera - IT management platform
  • NinjaOne - IT operations software
  • AppNeta PathTest - Network testing
๐Ÿ”„ CI/CD & DevSecOps Ecosystem (Click to expand)

๐Ÿš€ Continuous Integration/Deployment

  • Jenkins - Automation server
  • GitLab CI/CD - Built-in CI/CD
  • GitHub Actions - Workflow automation
  • CircleCI - Continuous integration
  • Travis CI - CI service
  • ArgoCD - GitOps continuous delivery
  • Tekton - Cloud-native CI/CD
  • Octopus - Deployment automation

๐Ÿณ Container & Kubernetes Tools

  • Docker - Containerization
  • Kubernetes - Container orchestration
  • Helm - Kubernetes package manager
  • Istio - Service mesh
  • Linkerd - Service mesh
  • Telepresence - Local Kubernetes development

๐Ÿ” Security Integration

  • Trivy - Container security scanner
  • Snyk - Developer security platform
  • SonarQube - Code quality analysis
  • Vault - Secrets management
  • Sysdig - Container security
  • Aqua Security - Container security platform

๐Ÿ“Š Monitoring & Observability

  • Prometheus - Monitoring system
  • Grafana - Visualization platform
  • New Relic - Application monitoring
  • Sentry - Error tracking
  • OpenTelemetry - Observability framework

โ˜๏ธ Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform - Infrastructure provisioning
  • Ansible - Configuration management
  • CloudFormation - AWS infrastructure as code
  • Pulumi - Cloud infrastructure as code

๐Ÿ”„ Backup & Recovery

  • Velero - Kubernetes backup
  • Restic - Backup program
  • Duplicati - Backup solution
๐Ÿ’ป Command Line Tools & Utilities (Click to expand)

โ˜๏ธ Cloud CLI Tools

  • AWS CLI - Amazon Web Services command line
  • Azure CLI - Microsoft Azure command line
  • GCP CLI (gcloud) - Google Cloud Platform command line
  • eksctl - Amazon EKS command line
  • az - Azure resource management

๐Ÿณ Container Tools

  • docker - Container management
  • kubectl - Kubernetes command line
  • helm - Kubernetes package manager
  • k9s - Kubernetes TUI
  • Podman - Daemonless container engine
  • crictl - Container runtime interface CLI

๐Ÿ”ง Development Tools

  • git - Version control
  • vim/nvim - Text editor
  • tmux - Terminal multiplexer
  • screen - Terminal multiplexer
  • htop - Interactive process viewer
  • btop - Resource monitor

๐Ÿ“œ Scripting Languages

  • bash - Bourne Again Shell
  • zsh - Z Shell
  • fish - Friendly Interactive Shell
  • python - Python interpreter
  • node - Node.js runtime
  • go - Go programming language

๐Ÿ” Network Tools

  • curl - Transfer data with URLs
  • wget - Network downloader
  • nmap - Network exploration tool
  • netcat (nc) - Networking utility
  • tcpdump - Network packet analyzer
  • dig - DNS lookup utility
  • traceroute - Network path tracer
  • ping - Network connectivity test
  • ss - Socket statistics
  • ip - Network configuration

๐Ÿ” Security Tools

  • ssh - Secure Shell
  • gpg - GNU Privacy Guard
  • openssl - SSL/TLS toolkit
  • fail2ban - Intrusion prevention
  • ufw - Uncomplicated Firewall

๐Ÿ“Š Monitoring CLI

  • top - Process monitoring
  • iotop - I/O monitoring
  • nethogs - Network bandwidth monitor
  • iftop - Network traffic monitor
  • dstat - System statistics

๐Ÿ“ Configuration Management

  • ansible - Automation tool
  • terraform - Infrastructure as code
  • vagrant - Development environments
  • packer - Image builder

๐Ÿ”„ CI/CD CLI

  • jenkins-cli - Jenkins command line
  • gh - GitHub CLI
  • gitlab-cli - GitLab command line
  • argocd - ArgoCD CLI

๐ŸŽฎ Beyond The Terminal

๐ŸŽฎ Gaming Enthusiast

PlayStation

Favorite Games:

  • ๐ŸŽฎ God of War - Epic mythology adventures
  • ๐ŸฅŠ Tekken (Leroy Smith Main) - Fighting game mastery
  • ๐Ÿ‘Š Street Fighter - Classic fighting
  • โšฝ FIFA - Virtual football
  • ๐Ÿฅ‹ UFC - Mixed martial arts
  • ๐ŸฅŠ Undisputed Boxing - Boxing simulation

๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ Sports & Athletics

Active Sports:

  • ๐Ÿ“ Table Tennis - Quick reflexes
  • ๐ŸŽพ Tennis - Court dominance
  • ๐Ÿ Cricket - Team strategy
  • โšฝ Football - Team coordination
  • ๐Ÿ Volleyball - Net skills
  • ๐ŸŽฏ Dodgeball - Agility and precision
  • ๐Ÿคผ Wrestling - Grappling techniques
  • ๐ŸฅŠ Boxing - Combat sports
  • ๐Ÿƒ Running - Endurance training

๐Ÿ“š Literature & Media

Anime Animation

Anime Manga

๐Ÿ”ฅ Top Anime/Manga:

Category Title Why I Love It
โš—๏ธ Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Equivalent Exchange philosophy
๐Ÿ‰ Dragon Ball Z/Super Never-ending growth mindset
๐Ÿฅ Naruto/Boruto Hard work beats talent
โš”๏ธ Attack on Titan Strategic warfare & freedom
๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ One Piece Dreams & adventure
๐Ÿ’ฅ My Hero Academia Plus Ultra mentality
๐Ÿ‘Š One Punch Man Strength through discipline
๐ŸŽญ Death Note Strategic chess matches
๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ Demon Slayer Family & determination
๐Ÿ”ฅ Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed energy = Security
๐Ÿฅ‹ Baki Ultimate martial arts
๐Ÿ’ช Kengan Ashura Combat strategy
๐Ÿ€ Slam Dunk Sports & dedication
โšฝ Blue Lock Ego & competition
๐ŸฅŠ Hajime no Ippo Boxing journey

Books

๐Ÿ“– Fiction Favorites:

  • โšก Harry Potter - Magical world
  • ๐ŸŒŸ Lorien Legacies - Sci-fi action
  • ๐Ÿฆ Narnia - Fantasy adventure
  • โš”๏ธ Game of Thrones - Political intrigue
  • ๐Ÿ’ Lord of the Rings - Epic fantasy
  • ๐Ÿง™ The Hobbit - Adventure tale
  • ๐ŸŽˆ IT - Horror thriller
  • ๐Ÿน The Hunger Games - Dystopian survival
  • ๐Ÿ’” The Fault in Our Stars - Emotional journey
  • ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ The Witcher - Dark fantasy
  • ๐ŸŒŠ Percy Jackson - Mythological adventures
  • ๐Ÿ“š Eragon - Dragon rider saga
  • ๐ŸŒ€ Divergent - Dystopian thriller
  • ๐Ÿƒ The Maze Runner - Sci-fi survival
  • ๐Ÿ”ฎ The Mortal Instruments - Urban fantasy
  • ๐Ÿบ Twilight - Supernatural romance
  • ๐ŸŒ™ A Court of Thorns and Roses - Fantasy romance
  • ๐ŸŽช The Night Circus - Magical realism
  • โณ The Time Machine - Classic sci-fi
  • ๐Ÿš€ Ender's Game - Space opera

๐ŸŒ Languages

Urdu Arabic English German Chinese French Japanese

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Urdu
Native
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Arabic
Proficient
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
English
Native
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
German
Basic
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Chinese
Basic
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
French
Basic
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Japanese
Basic

๐Ÿ“š Islamic Ethos

๐Ÿ•Œ Guiding Principles

Islamic Values

๏ทฝ
ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุฑุณูˆู„ู‡ ุฃูˆู„ุงู‹ุŒ ุซู… ุนุงุฆู„ุชูŠ

Translation: Allah and His Messenger first, then my family


๐Ÿคฒ Daily Gratitude

ุงู„ุญู…ุฏู„ู„ู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุญุงู„

Alhamdulillah for everything

"ูˆูŽูˆูŽุฌูŽุฏูŽูƒูŽ ุถูŽุงู„ู‹ู‘ุง ููŽู‡ูŽุฏูŽู‰ูฐ"

Surah Ad-Duha: 7

"ุฃูŽู†ุชูŽ ูˆู…ุงู„ููƒูŽ ู„ูุฃูŽุจููŠูƒูŽ"

Sunan Ibn Majah: 2291


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