Haider Abbas

Haider Abbas serves as the Director General of Pakistan’s National Cyber Emergency Response Team since July 2023, focusing on cybersecurity initiatives for Digital Pakistan. In addition to this role, Haider holds multiple editorial positions within the IEEE, including Chair for Publications in Islamabad and Associate Editor for several prestigious journals, such as the IEEE Internet of Things Journal and IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics: Systems. Academically, Haider is a Tenured Professor and Head of Cyber Security at the National University of Sciences and Technology, while also serving as an Expert Panelist at the National Defence University Islamabad and an Adjunct Faculty member at the Federal Judicial Academy. His contributions extend to various training and advisory roles across numerous national institutions and organizations in Pakistan. Haider possesses an extensive educational background, including a PhD in Information Security from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and multiple certifications in cybersecurity.