Muhammad Zayn

technical sales head at Al Madina Enterprises

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Muhammad Zayn is the Technical Sales Head at Al Madina Enterprises, where he specialises in designing and implementing NAS and SAN solutions for businesses of all sizes. He has helped over 300 businesses streamline their data workflows. Zayn moved from graphic design straight into networking and cyber security.

Early life and background

Zayn was born in Karachi. He went to a madrasa. [1]

Education

Zayn completed his matriculation at a school. He went to a college to study computer science. He says that, on the basis of family relations, the plan was for him to go into an IT company. He dropped out of college. [1]

Career

Zayn tried a photography business and a content creation business, and neither succeeded. He worked as a freelance graphic designer. He got a job at Al-Madina through a family connection, and he worked there as a graphic designer. Zayn asked his IT manager at the time how a router communicates with devices. [1]

Al Madina Enterprises

Zayn's expertise covers system design, data security and backups, Active Directory integration, remote file sharing, cloud syncing and virtual machine applications. He says his company offers managed services under an SLA, covering deployment, monitoring and firmware and software updates. He says the company has consultants and a technical team that assess client needs. He says a service level agreement can keep customer downtime to 12 to 24 hours. [1]

Zayn says his company deployed a Synology solution for Myco. He says an in-house email server solution the company worked on cost 58 lakh, as a one-time hardware cost. He says that buying from the company includes warranty, support and deployment. [1]

Views on data security

Zayn says cyber security has two main domains, defensive and offensive. He describes the CIA Triad as confidentiality, integrity and availability. He says attackers do not target small victims much, and that the easier exploit is the best target. He warns that installing cracked software can open a back door on a computer. [1]

He says businesses generate data such as digital invoices and client data. He says much work is kept on external drives. Zayn says a good storage design never relies on a single point of failure. He says an immutable backup cannot be changed, not even by the system owner. He says an air-gapped backup is virtually disconnected after it runs, so an attack cannot reach it. [1]

Zayn defines a DR site as a disaster recovery site located off-site. He says an automatic switch-over can resume work within a minute or two. He says firmware corruption left a drive's data inaccessible, and that the data was recovered. He cites global statistics that 90% of organisations close within two years after a data loss. [1]

Views on storage systems

Zayn says cloud storage carries a recurring cost, unlike a one-time hardware purchase. He says a 100 TB storage solution can cost around 1.6 to 1.7 million. He says warranty support for a product comes from the region where it is bought, and cannot be claimed or processed in Pakistan otherwise. [1]

He says Synology's user experience cannot be matched. He says setting up a system, from installing the hard drive to user configuration and access, involves not a single line of code. He says a bare metal restore onto a brand new PC can load the same email configurations, software and wallpaper. [1]

Personal life

Zayn reports having moved to Dubai roughly two years ago. [1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2025-03-07 Pakistani businesses are one exploit away from going to zero Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Muhammad Zayn?

Muhammad Zayn is the Technical Sales Head at Al Madina Enterprises. He specialises in designing and implementing NAS and SAN solutions for businesses of all sizes. He has helped over 300 businesses streamline their data workflows.[1]

What does Muhammad Zayn do?

Muhammad Zayn is Technical Sales Head at Al Madina Enterprises and designs and implements NAS and SAN solutions. His expertise covers system design, data security and backups, Active Directory integration, remote file sharing, cloud syncing and virtual machine applications.[1]

Where did Muhammad Zayn study?

Muhammad Zayn completed his matriculation at a school. He then went to a college to study computer science, and he dropped out of college.[1]

Where is Muhammad Zayn from?

Muhammad Zayn was born in Karachi. He reports having moved to Dubai roughly two years ago.[1]

How did Muhammad Zayn get into cyber security?

Muhammad Zayn worked as a graphic designer at Al-Madina, which he joined through a family connection. He moved from graphic design straight into networking and cyber security.[1]

What does Muhammad Zayn say about cloud storage costs?

Muhammad Zayn says cloud storage carries a recurring cost, unlike a one-time hardware purchase. He also says a 100 TB storage solution can cost around 1.6 to 1.7 million.[1]

References

  1. Pakistani businesses are one exploit away from going to zero . Thought Behind Things , 2025-03-07.
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  1. He is Technical Sales Head at Al Madina Enterprises. Currently serving as Technical Sales Head at Al Madina Enterprises
  2. He specialises in designing and implementing NAS and SAN solutions for businesses of all sizes. he specializes in designing and implementing robust NAS/SAN solutions for businesses of all sizes, ranging from 5TB to petabyte-scale deployments
  3. He has helped over 300 businesses streamline their data workflows. With a proven track record of helping over 300 businesses streamline their data workflows
  4. His expertise covers system design, data security and backups, Active Directory integration, remote file sharing, cloud syncing and virtual machine applications. His expertise encompasses system design, data security and backups, active directory integration, remote file sharing, cloud syncing, and virtual machine applications
  5. He was born in Karachi. Karachi mein paida hua aur baaki phir woh normal schooling.
  6. He went to a madrasa. I went to madrasa ka jo hamara system hota hai, no schooling
  7. He completed his matriculation at a school. Happy Home School se maine padha hai, matriculation wahan se kari hai.
  8. He went to a college to study computer science. Phir Commecs College mein jaake computer science wahi jo normal
  9. He says that, on the basis of family relations, the plan was for him to go into an IT company. kyunki family relations se kuch us base pe yeh tha ke aage IT company mein hi jaana hai
  10. He dropped out of college. Maine drop out kar diya
  11. He tried a photography business and a content creation business, and neither succeeded. Kuch businesses the photography woh kiya, usmein fail hua, content creation kari usmein fail hua
  12. He worked as a freelance graphic designer. main takreeban yeh graphic designing wagera mein ghus chuka tha, freelance kar raha hoon
  13. He got a job at Al-Madina through a family connection. family relation ki wajah se Al-Madina mein entry mil gayi
  14. He worked as a graphic designer at Al-Madina. Ab wahan pe as a graphic designer kaam kar raha hoon
  15. He asked his IT manager at the time how a router communicates with devices. Mujhe yaad hai maine apne jo us time ke IT manager the, unse maine discuss kiya, maine kaha yeh router kis tarah communicate kar raha hai devices se
  16. He moved from graphic design straight into networking and cyber security. I totally switched the field ke main graphic designing se seedha ismein networking aur cyber security mein aa gaya
  17. He says cyber security has two main domains, defensive and offensive. cyber security jo hai woh ek majorly two domains ke andar divide hota hai. One is defensive side and the other one is offensive
  18. He says businesses generate data such as digital invoices and client data. Data generate ho raha hai, it could be digital invoices, it could be clients data
  19. He says much work is kept on external drives. Hamare yahan woh saara kaam ho raha hota hai external hardwares ke andar jo aapne external drive le li hai
  20. He describes the CIA Triad as confidentiality, integrity and availability. Isko hum kehte hain CIA Triad, Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability.
  21. He says a good storage design never relies on a single point of failure. we never rely on single point of failure
  22. He says an immutable backup cannot be changed, not even by the system owner. Yani ke aapka backup to ban raha hai lekin even aapke paas bhi access nahi hai ke usko aap uh jo hai woh change kar sakte hain.
  23. He says an air-gapped backup is virtually disconnected after it runs, so an attack cannot reach it. Yani ke woh virtually disconnect ho jayega backup ke baad. Attack hota bhi hai to woh reachable hi nahi hai na bhaiya
  24. He defines a DR site as a disaster recovery site located off-site. DR site is a disaster recovery site, theek hai? It is off the site
  25. He says an automatic switch-over can resume work within a minute or two. Wo automatic switch over ho jaayega aur within a minute or two uska kaam wapas resume ho sakta hai
  26. He says cloud storage carries a recurring cost, unlike a one-time hardware purchase. agar hum cloud pe jaate hain to there is one thing which is a recurring cost. This is not a one-time hardware cost
  27. He says Synology's user experience cannot be matched. But main jo Synology ka user experience hai, you cannot even come close to that
  28. He says setting up a system, from installing the hard drive to user configuration and access, involves not a single line of code. Aapne hard drive laga ke basic scratch installation se leke user configuration aur usko access dene tak, not a single line of code is involved
  29. He says a bare metal restore onto a brand new PC can load the same email configurations, software and wallpaper. ek brand new PC aap lein pura bare metal restore uske andar karein even aapke jo email ke configurations hui hui thi na software install wallpaper each and everything will be loaded exactly the same way
  30. He says his company deployed a Synology solution for Myco. Myco is working with Synology and that solution was deployed by us
  31. He says his company offers managed services under an SLA, covering deployment, monitoring and firmware and software updates. Sign an SLA with us, we will manage, we will deploy the storage system, we will take care of it, we will monitor it, we will uh do the all the firmware upgrades and uh software updates
  32. He says his company has consultants and a technical team that assess client needs. We have consultants, we have a technical team jo ke aapko assess karti hai in saari cheezon mein.
  33. He says a service level agreement can keep customer downtime to 12 to 24 hours. service level agreement aapne kiya hua hai ke downtime aapka minimize ho jayega to 12 to 24 hours
  34. He says an in-house email server solution his company worked on cost 58 lakh, as a one-time hardware cost. Humne working kari in-house email server, same solution, email pura system jo aap in-house deploy kar rahe hain, uski cost aayi thi 58 lakhs including solution which is a one-time hardware cost.
  35. He says a 100 TB storage solution can cost around 1.6 to 1.7 million. 100 TB ka solution can cost you around 1.6, 1.7 million
  36. He says firmware corruption left a drive's data inaccessible. Data to hai drive mein, base level hi firmware corrupt ho gaya. Theek hai? Uh ab data ka kya karein? Accessible nahi hai.
  37. He says the data was recovered. Data recover ho gaya tha and they are still working with it
  38. He cites global statistics that 90% of organisations close within two years after a data loss. global stats ke mutabiq 90% organizations jo hain woh 2 saal ke andar band ho jati hain when a data loss or amount of data yeh koi incident agar unke saath hota hai
  39. He says attackers do not target small victims much, and that the easier exploit is the best target. Yeh chote ko zyada target nahi karte lekin again yahan pe doosra concept bhi follow hota hai ke the easier exploit is the best target.
  40. He warns that installing cracked software can open a back door on a computer. jab aap yeh crack software install kar rahe hain toh peeche back door open ho raha hai
  41. He says warranty support for a product comes from the region where it is bought, and cannot be claimed or processed in Pakistan otherwise. jis region se aap le rahe hain product ki warranty support wagera wahin se milti hai it cannot be claimed or processed in Pakistan
  42. He says that buying from his company includes warranty, support and deployment. if you buy from us everything warranty support deployment will be taken care for you
  43. He moved to Dubai about two years ago. Jab main uh gaya na Dubai, do saal hue hain mujhe takreeban move hue hue