About Us
Instec Digital is a creative engineering design and systems integration team based in Karachi, Pakistan. We help organizations solve their toughest challenges in Information Security, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, IT Service Management, Virtualization & Cloud Migrations and Interactive Web Application Development. Our core team consists of professional engineers having rich and diverse backgrounds.
We work on projects with our customers in Energy, Financial, International Development, Health, Manufacturing and Telecom sectors.
Our areas of expertise include:
- Information Security
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
- IT Service Management
- Virtualization and Cloud Computing
- Interactive Web Application Development
Meet The Team
We are a team of dedicated professionals, ready to do what ever it takes to make your business grow
Nasir Farhat Khan, CEO
Nasir is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Instec. In 1987, while studying at N.E.D. University, Nasir founded Instec to focus on helping organizations improve their security posture, respond to,and contain computer intrusions – making Instec the first company to offer information security services in Pakistan. He has spent over 18 years in information security, and has been on the front lines helping organizations in addressing their information security challenges including security architecture, incident response and resilience. Nasir also has experience of design and implementation of Distributed Control and factory automation systems.
Nasir has also developed and delivered specialized security course for several organizations in Pakistan and the Middle East. He teaches Hacker’s Insight for Managers and Intrusion Detection & Response courses.
Nasir holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Systems from N.E.D. university of Engineering and Technology. He is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP).
Mudassir Farhat Khan, COO
Mudassir is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Instec. He has over fourteen years of experience in security including host and network security architecture design and implementation. Mudassir has conducted a number of security audits for several blue-chip organizations. Mudassir conducts the Hacker’s Insight for Techies workshop and several deep knowledge tracks for Instec Digital Systems. Mudassir has conducted several technical trainings and workshops in Pakistan and the Middle East.
Mudassir has extensive experience of implementing and securing data networks. He has deep understanding of operating systems and virtual infrastructures. He has extensive experience of designing and building embedded control systems.
Mudassir holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Electronics from N.E.D. University of Engineering and Technology. He is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and a BS7799 Lead Auditor.
Ratanshaw Makujina, CTO
Ratanshaw has extensive experience of Information Systems and Industrial Control Systems. Specializing in Disaster Recovery planning and implementations, Change Management and Operations Management.
Prior to joining Instec, Ratanshaw was at Honeywell, leading Honeywell’s control systems engineering engagements in Pakistan. At Instec, Ratanshaw has worked with several organizations helping their CISOs, CIOs, and directors in improving their organizations’ information security and ITSM programs.
Ratanshaw has conducted several trainings for customers in Pakistan, Asia Pacific and the Middle East on Information Security and ITSM lifecycle management.
Ratanshaw holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from N.E.D. University of Engineering and Technology. He is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), a BS7799 Lead Auditor and a Certified ITIL Practitioner.
Industry Leading Partnerships
Google Enterprise
We do tools built to let people work anywhere, anytime, on any device, without loss of security or control.
Amazon Web Services
Complete set of infrastructure and application services to run virtually everything in the cloud
VMware
We provide software-defined data center technologies and the services to go with it.
Symantec Enterprise
We do tools for Backup + Recovery and Security. Enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.
Trend Micro
We do Internet content security and threat management solutions to protect data in physical, virtualized, and cloud environments.
Red Hat
We provide open source solutions to complement reliable and high-performing cloud, virtualization, storage, Linux, and middleware technologies
Microsoft
We combine Microsoft security infrastructure components with IT best practices to create efficient and cost-effective security solutions.