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Dr Rizwan Ahmad Named MSECB Auditor of the Year 2024 for Asia-Pacific

Cianaa founder Dr Rizwan Ahmad has received the MSECB Rron Islami Award as Auditor of the Year 2024 for the Asia-Pacific region, recognising exceptional professionalism and dedication in certification auditing.

Cianaa Technologies founder Dr Rizwan Ahmad has been named MSECB Auditor of the Year 2024 for the Asia-Pacific region, receiving the Rron Islami Award — MSECB’s annual recognition of its most outstanding auditors worldwide.

About the award

The Rron Islami Awards, named in memory of a beloved MSECB colleague, honour auditors who have demonstrated exceptional professionalism, dedication, and remarkable achievements, and who have made significant contributions to the success and integrity of MSECB’s certification work. One auditor is recognised for each global region — and for 2024, Dr Ahmad was selected for Asia-Pacific.

What it reflects

Cianaa’s audit engagements for MSECB span ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001 and other management system standards across New Zealand, Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific. This recognition reflects the discipline behind every Cianaa audit: independent, thorough, and impartial — the qualities that give a certificate its value.

  • Award: Rron Islami Award — Auditor of the Year 2024, Asia-Pacific
  • Awarded by: MSECB, the international certification body
  • Recipient: Dr Rizwan Ahmad, Founder, Cianaa Technologies

Read the announcement: The Rron Islami Awards — MSECB · MSECB

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Dr Rizwan Ahmad

Dr Rizwan Ahmad is the founder of Cianaa Technologies — a PCI Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) and independent ISO certification auditor. He was named MSECB Auditor of the Year 2024 for Asia-Pacific, is listed by the New Zealand Government as an independent Security and Privacy evaluator under the Digital Identity Services Trust Framework, and led the audit behind New Zealand's first ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management system) certification.

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