Hi, I'm Ishtiaque Ahmed Rafin

I'm a multidisciplinary technology researcher, engineer, and author at the intersection of digital identity, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure. As General Secretary of the International Organization for Identity Documents (OIDI) and author of its Constitutive Instrument, I help build global frameworks for secure identity, trust, and electronic verification systems.

I design, deploy, and maintain PKI and cryptographically-secure systems across OCI, Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud, and Kubernetes, while ensuring compliance with international technical and legal standards. My work bridges deep engineering with international policy and governance.

I develop advanced identity and biometric systems, along with high-security document issuance platforms and trust frameworks for directory services. I also explore AI, machine learning, quantum computing, and edge intelligence to enhance secure identification, verification, and government-grade infrastructure.

Current focus areas include multi-cloud identity management, federated authentication, secure PKI deployment in governmental and intergovernmental systems, citizen identity systems, and compliance with international security and technical standards. I work on crafting next-generation frameworks for digital trust, identity, and governance.

Skills and Expertise
Cryptography & Security
Public Key infrastructure Network Defense Digital Forensics Incident Response OT/ICS Security Threat Intelligence Post-Quantum Cryptography Vulnerability Assessment & Remediation
Cloud & DevOps
OCI / Azure / GCP / IBM Cloud DevSecOps & CI/CD Serverless & Multicloud Architecture Infrastructure Automation & SRE
Digital Identity & Biometric Systems
eID / ePassport / eMRTD Secure Document Issuance Platforms ABIS / AFIS Databases Biometric Authentication & Facial Recognition Government Identity Systems
AI, ML & Quantum
AI & Machine Learning AI @ Edge Quantum Computing & IBM Qiskit AI Vector Search Data Science Embedded ML
Standards, Law & Compliance
ICAO DOC 9303 ISO 27001:2022 ISO/IEC 7810 / 7816 / 14443 / 18013 / 24727 / 39794 FIPS 203–205 GDPR / Swiss FADP Intellectual Property & International Law Trust Frameworks & Directory Services
Development & Systems
Full Stack Development Embedded Systems Government-Grade Databases & Hardware Security
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