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Muhammad Ali I.

ISO 27001 & SOC2 Expert | AI Governance ISO42001 & NIST AI Consultant

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐓𝐇 & let me take all the compliance pain away from you. Compliant companies have 𝟑𝟎-𝟓𝟎% more chance of 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 from clients like Microsoft, Google, Uber, Amazon, Uber and Government. Secure your company with SOC2, ISO 27001, CMMC, GDPR, HIPAA/ HITRUST. Take your AI innovation to the world by complying with ISO 42001, EU AI Act and NIST AI RMF. 👌 Just ping me on Upwork, share your challenge, and within a 15-minute scoping call I’ll deliver a crystal-clear Scope of Work with tailored pricing—so you know exactly what you’ll get, how fast, and at what cost 𝐈 𝟏𝟎𝟎% 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝟏𝟎𝟎% 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝! CEO selling to US-Government: “Ali got us through ISO 9001 and 27001 audits successfully. CISO selling to Accenture: “Muhammad is an expert for complex compliance requirements” CEO selling to EU clients: “He, is an absolute asset to any team." CEO selling to Microsoft & Google: “Muhammad did a terrific job for us on a very short timeline” I completely understand the B2B selling requires compliance certification 𝐀𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞.𝐚𝐢 (𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧). Also, working with startups & SaaS is exciting for me due to my deep understanding of their unique challenging environment. I hold CISA, PMP, ISO27001 LI & LA, CMMI ATM, CMMC RP (In Progress), ITIL along with 𝟑𝟎𝟎+ 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 with over 𝟏𝟔 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 of diverse experience. 👌 Don't Forget to ping me on Upwork, share your challenge, and within a 15-minute scoping call I’ll deliver a crystal-clear Scope of Work with tailored pricing—so you know exactly what you’ll get, how fast, and at what cost 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 Drata, Vanta, SecureFrame, Compliance Machine 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 CyberGRX, Panorays, KY3P (S&P, PWC), RSM, CyberVadis, SIG, SIG Lite, CAIQ, VAS, HECVAT, OneTrust, Graphite Connect, Centrl, Whistic, Process Unity 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲/𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬: ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, NIST CSF, TISAX, HIPAA, HITRUST CSF, GDPR, NERC, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, CMMC, CMMI, TX-RAMP, StateRAMP, AZ-RAMP, NY DFS 23 / NYCRR Part 500, PCI-DSS, FFIEC, C5, ENISA, Center of Information Security (CIS) CSAT, IRAP, PIPEDA, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act

🇦🇪Dubai, United Arab Emirates$85/hr100% JSS4.97 (40)Since Jan 2017

Earnings and projects

MRR (estimate)
≈$1.1k

An estimate from an earlier read

World#43,154 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#261 / 2,720
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $6.8k

Total earnings
$62k

Billed in all: $63k

World#63,389 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#381 / 2,720
Per project
$1.2k

$1.1k in the last 6 months

World#112,289 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#679 / 2,720
Projects, last 6 months
6

Across 7 contracts

86% fixed14% hourly
World#34,405 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#199 / 2,720
Projects in all
53

Across 63 contracts

63% fixed37% hourly
World#57,729 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#368 / 2,720

Earnings, last 30 days

$62.5kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$61k$62k$63k$64kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

No data since Nov 5, 2026.

Skill rankings: Top 9% in Penetration Testing

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