Jacob has been working in UAE for the past 23 years. He has over 12 years of work experience in Cybersecurity and holds several cyber security and related certifications including CISSP, GRCP, TOGAF, ITIL, CGEIT and Certified Professional Forensics Analyst (CPFA). He is currently working in the Abu Dhabi government after 18 years of experience at Big 4, in Dubai and a year at Aramco in Saudi Arabia. Jacob has worked and consulted in several industries, including Financial Services, Oil and Gas, Government, and Education. He has also participated as a panelist in a number of regional information security seminars. Jacob has a passion for information security and is currently preparing to be a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) from ISC2