Forensic Scientist

Cybersecurity Engineer

AI Developer

Full Stack Developer

AI Researcher

Founder

Building intelligent systems that see the invisible.

I engineer AI, cybersecurity, and full-stack platforms at the intersection of forensic precision and product craft — for high-stakes environments and the businesses I found.

Tarik Islam

Location

India · Remote-friendly

Currently

Founding Dezo.in

Focus

AI · Forensics · Product

Timezone

UTC+05:30

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01 /Capabilities

A multidisciplinary practice across forensics, security, AI, and software.

01

Forensic Science

Deep investigations across digital evidence, malware, and cryptographic systems. Chain-of-custody workflows for high-value data.

Threat HuntingMemory ForensicsIncident Response
02

Cybersecurity Engineering

Threat modeling, red/blue team tooling, and defense-in-depth architectures for products that must not fail.

Zero TrustOWASPSIEM/SOAR
03

AI Systems & Research

LLM architectures, RAG pipelines, and agentic workflows — from research prototypes to production inference.

LLMsRAGAgentsPyTorch
04

Full Stack Engineering

Type-safe end-to-end platforms with a bias for performance, accessibility, and clean design systems.

TypeScriptReactRustPostgres
05

Automation

Replacing weeks of manual labor with milliseconds of compute — internal tools, ETL, and workflow engines.

WorkflowsServerlessETL
06

Founding & Product

From 0→1 product, brand, and go-to-market. Building companies at the edge of AI, security, and data.

0→1StrategyGTM
Section 04 · Domain Atlas

Forensic science domains & areas of expertise.

A curated atlas of 76 recognized forensic disciplines across seven domains. These are areas of knowledge and practice — not personal certifications. Verified qualifications live in credentials.

76 / 76 matches

Domain · 01

Core Forensic Sciences

14

Foundational scientific disciplines applied to legal investigation — biology, chemistry, medicine, and human identification.

  • Forensic Biology
  • Forensic Chemistry
  • Forensic Physics
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Forensic Pathology
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Forensic Archaeology
  • Forensic Odontology
  • Forensic Serology
  • Forensic Genetics
  • DNA Analysis
  • DNA Profiling
  • Human Identification
Area of knowledgeNot a credential

Domain · 02

Crime Scene Sciences

9

Documenting, preserving, and reconstructing scenes of interest while maintaining evidentiary integrity.

  • Crime Scene Investigation
  • Crime Scene Management
  • Crime Scene Documentation
  • Crime Scene Reconstruction
  • Forensic Photography
  • Evidence Collection
  • Evidence Preservation
  • Chain of Custody
  • Trace Evidence Examination
Area of knowledgeNot a credential

Domain · 03

Pattern & Impression Evidence

10

Comparative analysis of marks, impressions, and biological patterns left at scenes.

  • Fingerprint Examination (Dactyloscopy)
  • Palm Print Examination
  • Footwear Impression Examination
  • Tire Track Examination
  • Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
  • Toolmark Examination
  • Firearms Identification
  • Ballistics Examination
  • Gunshot Residue Analysis
  • Bite Mark Analysis
Area of knowledgeNot a credential

Domain · 04

Questioned Documents

6

Authenticity, authorship, and alteration analysis for written and printed material.

  • Questioned Document Examination
  • Handwriting Examination
  • Signature Verification
  • Ink Analysis
  • Paper Examination
  • Counterfeit Document Examination
Area of knowledgeNot a credential

Domain · 05

Trace & Material Analysis

8

Microscopic and chemical examination of transferred materials and biological trace.

  • Hair Examination
  • Fiber Examination
  • Glass Examination
  • Paint Examination
  • Soil Analysis
  • Pollen Analysis (Forensic Palynology)
  • Botanical Evidence
  • Entomological Evidence
Area of knowledgeNot a credential

Domain · 06

Digital & Cyber Forensics

15

Acquisition, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence across devices, networks, and cloud systems.

  • Digital Forensics
  • Computer Forensics
  • Mobile Device Forensics
  • Network Forensics
  • Cloud Forensics
  • Memory Forensics
  • Database Forensics
  • Email Forensics
  • Multimedia Forensics
  • Audio Forensics
  • Video Forensics
  • Malware Analysis
  • Cyber Forensics
  • Incident Response
  • Digital Evidence Analysis
Area of knowledgeNot a credential

Domain · 07

Specialized Forensic Disciplines

14

Domain-specific applications spanning environment, finance, behavior, and courtroom practice.

  • Wildlife Forensics
  • Environmental Forensics
  • Financial Forensics
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Explosives Investigation
  • Fire & Arson Investigation
  • Disaster Victim Identification (DVI)
  • Forensic Intelligence
  • Behavioral Forensics
  • Forensic Psychology
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Laboratory Quality Assurance
  • Scientific Report Writing
  • Expert Witness Testimony
Area of knowledgeNot a credential

Disciplines listed above represent recognized areas of forensic science and domains of practice. They are not statements of personal certification, qualification, or achievement. Verified credentials are published separately under Credentials.

§ Credential Vault / Technology

Programming, Software Development & Cybersecurity Certifications

A transparent map of technical credentials — earned, in progress, and on the roadmap. Each card declares its status openly. Nothing is claimed without a verifiable credential ID.

0 verified124 tracked

Programming & Software Development

Languages, platforms, and engineering practice.

25 tracked
Planned

PCEP — Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer

Python Institute

PythonFundamentals
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

PCAP — Certified Associate in Python Programming

Python Institute

PythonOOP
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

PCPP1 — Certified Professional in Python (Level 1)

Python Institute

PythonGUIPEP
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

PCPP2 — Certified Professional in Python (Level 2)

Python Institute

PythonDesign Patterns
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Oracle Certified Foundations Associate — Java

Oracle

Java
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Oracle Certified Professional — Java Developer

Oracle

JavaJVM
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Oracle Java SE Developer

Oracle

Java SE
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CLA — C Programming Language Certified Associate

C++ Institute

C
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CPA — C++ Certified Associate Programmer

C++ Institute

C++
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CPP — C++ Certified Professional Programmer

C++ Institute

C++
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Microsoft C# Certification

Microsoft

C#
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Microsoft .NET Certification

Microsoft

.NET
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

JavaScript Algorithms & Data Structures

freeCodeCamp

JavaScriptDSA
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate

Meta / Coursera

ReactHTMLCSS
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Meta Back-End Developer Professional Certificate

Meta / Coursera

DjangoAPIs
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

IBM Full Stack Software Developer

IBM

CloudReactNode
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Google IT Automation with Python

Google

PythonAutomation
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

GitHub Foundations

GitHub

GitGitHub
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

GitHub Actions

GitHub

CI/CD
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

GitHub Advanced Security

GitHub

SASTSecret Scanning
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

GitLab Certified Associate

GitLab

GitLab CI
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Professional Scrum Master I

Scrum.org

ScrumAgile
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Professional Scrum Developer

Scrum.org

Scrum
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Certified Agile Developer

Scrum Alliance

Agile
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Software Architecture Fundamentals

O'Reilly / DDD

Architecture
roadmapnot yet claimed

Web Development

Front-end, back-end, and modern web frameworks.

12 tracked
Planned

HTML5 Certification

W3C / freeCodeCamp

HTML5
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CSS3 Certification

W3C / freeCodeCamp

CSS3
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

JavaScript Certification

freeCodeCamp

JavaScript
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

TypeScript Certification

Microsoft

TypeScript
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

React Developer Certification

Meta

React
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Next.js Developer Certification

Vercel

Next.js
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Node.js Application Developer

OpenJS Foundation

Node.js
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Express.js Certification

OpenJS

Express
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Vue.js Certification

Vue School

Vue
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Angular Certification

Google

Angular
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Tailwind CSS Certification

Tailwind Labs

Tailwind
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Bootstrap Certification

Bootstrap

Bootstrap
roadmapnot yet claimed

Databases

Relational, document, and realtime data platforms.

10 tracked
Planned

Oracle Database SQL

Oracle

SQL
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Oracle Database Administration

Oracle

DBA
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft

T-SQL
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

PostgreSQL Associate

EDB

PostgreSQL
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

MySQL Database Administrator

Oracle

MySQL
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

MongoDB Associate Developer

MongoDB

MongoDB
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

MongoDB Database Administrator

MongoDB

MongoDB
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Redis Associate

Redis

Redis
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Firebase Developer

Google

Firebase
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Supabase Fundamentals

Supabase

SupabasePostgres
roadmapnot yet claimed

Cyber Security

Defense, blue-team, and enterprise security programs.

14 tracked
Planned

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA

Security Fundamentals
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CompTIA CySA+

CompTIA

SOCThreat Detection
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CompTIA PenTest+

CompTIA

Pentesting
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CompTIA CASP+

CompTIA

Advanced Security
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

ISC2

Fundamentals
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CISSP

ISC2

Security Management
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

SSCP

ISC2

Systems Security
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CCSP

ISC2

Cloud Security
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CCSK

Cloud Security Alliance

Cloud Security
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Cisco CyberOps Associate

Cisco

SOC
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Cisco CyberOps Professional

Cisco

SOC
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Microsoft Security Engineer (SC-200)

Microsoft

SentinelDefender
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100)

Microsoft

Zero Trust
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Google

SOCLinux
roadmapnot yet claimed

Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing

Offensive security across web, network, AD, and red team.

14 tracked
Planned

CEH — Certified Ethical Hacker

EC-Council

Pentesting
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Practical Ethical Hacking (PEH)

TCM Security

Pentesting
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

eJPT — Junior Penetration Tester

INE / eLearnSecurity

Network Pentest
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

eCPPT

INE / eLearnSecurity

Pentesting
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

eWPT

INE

Web Pentest
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

eWPTX

INE

Advanced Web
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

PNPT — Practical Network Penetration Tester

TCM Security

ADNetwork
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

OSCP

Offensive Security

Pentesting
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

OSWE

Offensive Security

Web Exploitation
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

OSEP

Offensive Security

Evasion
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

OSWP

Offensive Security

Wireless
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CRTO — Certified Red Team Operator

Zero-Point Security

Red TeamC2
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CRTP — Certified Red Team Professional

Altered Security

Active Directory
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CARTP — Certified Azure Red Team Professional

Altered Security

Azure Red Team
roadmapnot yet claimed

Bug Bounty & Application Security

Web app security, API testing, and public bounty platforms.

10 tracked
Planned

Burp Suite Certified Practitioner

PortSwigger

BurpWeb
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Web Security Academy — All Labs

PortSwigger

OWASPWeb
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

OWASP Web Security

OWASP

OWASP Top 10
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

API Security Certification

APIsec University

API Security
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

HackerOne Bug Bounty Program

HackerOne

Bug Bounty
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Bugcrowd Bug Bounty Program

Bugcrowd

Bug Bounty
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Intigriti Bug Bounty Program

Intigriti

Bug Bounty
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Synack Red Team

Synack

Red Team
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

YesWeHack

YesWeHack

Bug Bounty
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Open Bug Bounty

Open Bug Bounty

Responsible Disclosure
roadmapnot yet claimed

Digital Forensics

Host, mobile, and advanced forensic analysis.

5 tracked
Planned

CHFI — Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator

EC-Council

Forensics
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

GCFA — Forensic Analyst

GIAC

DFIR
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

GCFE — Forensic Examiner

GIAC

Windows Forensics
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

GASF — Advanced Smartphone Forensics

GIAC

Mobile
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CCFP — Certified Cyber Forensics Professional

ISC2

Forensics
roadmapnot yet claimed

Networking

Routing, switching, and carrier-grade networks.

5 tracked
Planned

CCNA

Cisco

RoutingSwitching
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CCNP Enterprise

Cisco

Enterprise Networks
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

CCIE

Cisco

Expert Networking
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

JNCIA

Juniper

JunOS
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

MTCNA

MikroTik

MikroTik
roadmapnot yet claimed

Linux

System administration and engineering on Linux.

6 tracked
Planned

RHCSA

Red Hat

Linux Sysadmin
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

RHCE

Red Hat

AnsibleLinux
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

LFCS

Linux Foundation

Sysadmin
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

LFCE

Linux Foundation

Engineering
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

LPIC-1

LPI

Linux
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

LPIC-2

LPI

Advanced Linux
roadmapnot yet claimed

DevOps & Cloud

Containers, orchestration, IaC, and hyperscaler clouds.

13 tracked
Planned

Docker Certified Associate

Docker

Containers
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

CNCF

Kubernetes
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

CNCF

Kubernetes
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

HashiCorp Terraform Associate

HashiCorp

TerraformIaC
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

AWS Cloud Practitioner

AWS

AWS
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

AWS Solutions Architect — Associate

AWS

Architecture
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

AWS Security Specialty

AWS

Cloud Security
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft

Azure
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

Microsoft

Azure
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)

Microsoft

Azure Security
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Azure AI Engineer (AI-102)

Microsoft

Azure AI
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Google Associate Cloud Engineer

Google

GCP
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer

Google

GCP Security
roadmapnot yet claimed

Artificial Intelligence

Applied AI, ML engineering, and deep learning.

10 tracked
Planned

Google AI Essentials

Google

AI Literacy
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Google Generative AI

Google

GenAI
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Microsoft AI-900

Microsoft

Azure AI
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

Microsoft AI Engineer (AI-102)

Microsoft

Azure AI
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

AWS Machine Learning Specialty

AWS

ML
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate

IBM

Deep Learning
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate

IBM

ML
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

TensorFlow Developer Certificate

Google

TensorFlow
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute

NVIDIA

CUDADL
roadmapnot yet claimed
Planned

DeepLearning.AI Professional Programs

DeepLearning.AI

MLDL
roadmapnot yet claimed

Integrity note · Certifications are displayed exactly as verified. Items marked Learning Path or Planned are not credentials — they are commitments on the roadmap. Verified badges and credential IDs are added only after issuance.

02 /Founder Log · Dezo.in

Founding Dezo — a studio for AI-native, secure-by-design products.

Dezo.inIn build

Where forensic thinking meets product craft.

Dezo.in is my founding vehicle for building intelligent systems that hold up under scrutiny — from the model, to the interface, to the evidence trail behind every decision.

Charter
A studio building AI-native products at the seam of intelligence, security, and design.
Discipline
Forensic rigor applied to software — evidence, reproducibility, and audit-grade craft.
Operating cadence
Small teams, short cycles, high signal. We ship what we can defend.

Operating principles

  • 01

    Truth over theater — no fabricated claims, no vanity metrics.

  • 02

    Security is a design constraint, not a bolt-on.

  • 03

    Automation should feel invisible; intelligence should feel inevitable.

  • 04

    If it can be measured, it can be improved. If it can't, we instrument it.

Stage

Founding

Base

India

Model

Studio

02 /Selected Evidence

Case files are being verified before release.

Verification pendingEvidence · sealed

Featured work — with real repositories, live demos, architecture diagrams, and honest project status — is being prepared. Nothing ships here until it can be independently verified. Message me directly for the current portfolio, private prototypes, or a walkthrough of live Dezo.in work.

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03 /Logbook

Experience timeline — verification in progress.

Verification pendingEvidence · sealed

Every role, date, and outcome on this timeline will be confirmed against real records before publication. Rather than publish an approximate history, this section is intentionally sealed. Reach out for the current CV or a direct conversation about background and projects.

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04 /Research & AI Lab

Experiments publish only with method, dataset, and results.

Verification pendingEvidence · sealed

Research notes appear here once each experiment has a documented question, method, dataset, result, and reproducibility path. Performance numbers are not published without the methodology behind them. Contact me for current work in progress.

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05 /Field Reports

Testimonials publish only with explicit permission.

Verification pendingEvidence · sealed

Quotes will appear here only after the person named has approved the wording and attribution. No anonymous or synthetic testimonials. If we have worked together and you would like to write one, get in touch.

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Let's build something real.

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