GSi brings together policy research, executive learning, public commentary, and community-facing initiatives across governance, national security, cybersecurity, AI policy, and urban reform.
What GSi brings together
Articles, policy commentary, and public analysis on cyber governance, AI, geopolitics, climate, and accountability.
Institutional learning formats for public bodies, development partners, media teams, universities, and mission-driven organisations.
Work that links policy thinking with local action, including digital inclusion and environmental advocacy initiatives.
Base
Shyamoli, Road 1, House 7/7, Dhaka, Bangladesh
GSi works across research, public commentary, training, and issue-based initiatives. The site now reflects that structure directly instead of falling back on generic consultancy language.
Briefs, essays, explainers, and long-form analysis on governance, security, digital policy, and public-sector reform.
Public engagement through interviews, panels, and media conversations that translate complex policy issues for wider audiences.
Custom learning programmes for institutions working on cybersecurity, AI governance, strategic risk, and public policy practice.
Issue-based initiatives that connect governance ideas to local needs, especially digital access and environmental quality.
Phishing, cyber governance, digital safety, corporate accountability, and institutional preparedness.
Disinformation, deepfakes, platform governance, freedom of expression, and public-interest AI policy.
Spyware, cyber warfare, autonomous systems, strategic risk, and the political implications of new military technologies.
Electoral guidance, institutional reform, public administration, and accountability in Bangladesh.
Landfill pollution, plastic waste, drainage failure, climate security, and practical policy responses.
Digital access, public connectivity, and locally grounded interventions that reduce exclusion.
GSi is led by founders with backgrounds in governance, international affairs, cybersecurity, policy research, advisory work, and public-facing institutional engagement.
Governance and Security Initiative (GSi)
Asheer Shah is the Founder and Director of the Governance and Security Initiative (GSi). His work focuses on cybersecurity governance, artificial intelligence policy, emerging technologies, climate security, and international affairs.
He completed a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity Governance at Leiden University in the Netherlands, where his work focused on cyber espionage, digital crime, behavioural cybersecurity, and AI governance. He previously studied Global Studies and Governance at Independent University, Bangladesh, with a minor in Economics.
Founder & CEO of GSiTech Solutions & Consultancy
Mohammad M.H. Joy is the Founder & CEO of GSiTech Solutions & Consultancy and Co-founder of GSi ThinkTank. He brings international academic and professional experience spanning the United Kingdom and the United States.
His background includes advisory, claims-handling, and research roles across higher education, service operations, and international policy research.
GSi’s public profile supports institutional training, but not invented pricing, testimonials, or made-up schedules. The site now presents credible programme tracks that can be tailored for real audiences.
Executive / Advanced
A training track on AI policy, deepfakes, disinformation, rights-based platform governance, and public-interest responses for institutions working in high-risk information environments.
One-day workshop to multi-session programme · In-person, virtual, or hybrid
View programme detailsExecutive / Professional
A practical programme for institutions that need stronger cyber decision-making, incident governance, reporting routines, and people-centred defensive culture.
Half-day briefing to multi-session programme · In-person, virtual, or hybrid
View programme detailsThe blog is markdown-backed and server-rendered, so the organisation can keep publishing essays cleanly without burying them in JSON blobs or placeholder client code.
Cybersecurity
First-order defenses against phishing in Bangladesh and the institutional routines that can reduce preventable cyber loss.
Abul Kasem · 4 min read
Read the articleAI Policy
A policy framing of deepfakes, disinformation, platform moderation, and democratic risk in Bangladesh.
Asheer Shah · 4 min read
Read the articleDigital Rights
When personal data is leaked in Bangladesh, the legal question is no longer whether rules exist, but whether anyone powerful is actually held accountable.
Nusrat Khan · 3 min read
Read the articleGSi launched free public Wi-Fi zones in underserved communities in Shyamoli-Agargaon, with plans to expand access for students, youth, and residents.
Following a site visit near the Liberation War Museum, GSi highlighted the public-health and environmental risks of a polluted canal and proposed community-led rehabilitation.
Contact
The site now uses a direct email workflow instead of a fake success message. Fill in the fields and open the draft in your mail app, or write directly to asheer.gsi@gmail.com.
Shyamoli, Road 1, House 7/7, Dhaka, Bangladesh
