1. Jawad Khan
38 Beechcroft Road,
London SW17 7BY
Education
MSc Information Security (2013) from Royal Holloway, University of London
Passed with: Distinction (over 78% marks)
Modules studied: Security Management, Cryptography, Network Security, Computer
Security, Cyber Crime, Database Security.
Dissertation: The purpose of the dissertation was to explore human vulnerabilities
and cybercrime ecosystem. The title of the dissertation was “Social
engineering attacks via email, social media, and smartphones;
entities behind the attacks; and their motives”
MSc Space Science (2002) from University of the Punjab (Pakistan)
Passed with: 1st division (over 60% marks)
Courses studied: Telecommunications, Electronics, Remote sensing, Astrophysics
Dissertation: Study and experiments on Pulse Code Modulated Time Division
Multiplexing
Bachelor of Science (1998) from Forman Christian College, Lahore (Pakistan)
Passed with: 1st division (over 60% marks)
Subjects studied: Maths, Physics, Space Science, English
Faculty of Science (FSc) (1995) from Forman Christian College, Lahore (Pakistan)
Passed with: 2nd division (52.5% marks)
Subjects studied: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, English
Matriculation (1992) from Cathedral School, Lahore, Pakistan
Passed with: 1st division (over 60% marks)
Subjects studied: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English
Training and certifications
 Attended two-day ISO 27001 Consultant course at Royal Holloway
 Attended two-day Foundstone “Ultimate Web Hacking” course at Royal Holloway
 Attended one-day “Hacker Bootcamp” course delivered by KPMG at Royal Holloway
Phone: 07419990180
Email: Jawad.Khan.2011@live.rhul.ac.uk
Nationality: British

2.  Attended one-day vulnerability scanning/management training by QualysGuard
instructors at Royal Holloway
 Currently preparing for the Associate CISSP exam.
Penetration Testing Course
 I have done Penetration Testing Student (PTS) course online from
elearnsecurity.com with 30 hours of practical labs.
Virtualization
 I have excellent knowledge of bare-metal virtualisation hypervisor vSphere ESXi.
 I also have excellent grasp of hosted hypervisor VirtualBox.
Penetration Testing Lab
 I have set up a penetration testing lab using VirtualBox hosted on my Windows 10
PC and vSphere ESXi on my Lenovo TS140 server. I use Kali Linux (running on
VirtualBox) to practice penetration testing on Metasploitable2 (running on vSphere
ESXi).
Penetration Testing Tools
 I know how to use Nmap and Nessus vulnerability scanners.
 I am also familiar with the use of network traffic analyser Wireshark.
 I also have good knowledge of Metasploit-Framework.
Penetration Testing Background Knowledge
 I understand the structure of the internet and CIDR method used for allocating IP
addresses and routing IP packets.
 I have good knowledge of OSI model.
 I have good understanding of software ports and how they can aid or be exploited in
penetration testing through port scanning.
 I have sound knowledge of Linux Command Line.
Skills
 Good analytical skills and ability to prioritise workload
 Ability to self-train on technical matters
 Good team player

3. Programming Skills
 I know HTML, CSS, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript and MySQL.
 I am currently enrolled as a distance-learning student in Full Stack Web
Development course of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Work Experience
Customer Care Officer
I have been working as a Customer Care Officer with G4S since 2003. My duties include
providing safe working environment for staff at Job Centre Plus office, assisting/guiding
customers, dealing with difficult customers, performing site security patrols, panic alarm
testing, fire alarm testing, performing fire drills. Working with G4S gave me a security
mindset which motivated me to do MSc in Information Security.
Maths teacher
I have done voluntary and paid teaching for about a year in primary and secondary schools
in London. My paid job was in Leytonstone School in London Borough of Waltham Forest
where I taught Maths for 2 months in 2002.
Hobbies
 I am into photography. I volunteered to take photos at 2013 CRESTCon & IISP
Congress at Royal College of Surgeons; some of the photos I took can be seen on
CRESTCon’s Flickr account.
 I like watching documentaries especially scientific documentaries.
 I have excellent knowledge of PC components and have built custom PCs for myself,
friends, family, and colleagues.