Dr. Altaf Shaik is a senior researcher at the Technische Universität Berlin in Germany, and conducts advanced research in telecommunications esp., in 6G security architecture, openRAN, and 5G radio access and core network security. He holds more than 11 years of experience in Telecom security and combines a professional background in embedded programming, wireless communications, and offensive network security. Dr. Shaik spent his career as a security engineer and expert at various leading telecommunication companies including Gemalto (currently Thales), Deutsche Telekom (Germany), and Huawei Technologies (Sweden). His PhD research assisted in improving the 3GPP 4G security standards and also exposed several vulnerabilities in commercial mobile networks affecting millions of base stations, networks, and handsets worldwide. His post-doctoral research exposed vulnerable API designs in latest 5G networks and slicing vulnerabilities in the 5G security specifications leading to serious attacks. Dr. Shaik is a frequent speaker at various prestigious international security conferences such as Blackhat USA & Europe, T2, SECT, Nullcon, Hardware.io and HITB, and many others. His accomplishments landed him in the hall of fame of organizations like Google, Qualcomm, Huawei, and GSMA. He is also the founder of Kaitiaki labs and FastIoT that trains internationally various companies and governmental organizations in exploit development and also building secure mobile and IoT networks including their testing and security assessment.
