Head of Information Security & Enterprise ICT | Emirates Policy Center
Jinson Pappachan is Head of Information Security at one of the leading think tank in, Abu Dhabi, handling cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and AI security initiatives across government and enterprise environments. His work spans Zero Trust architecture, AI security posture management, GRC framework, and the governance of emerging AI threats including agentic AI and Shadow AI risks in enterprise settings. He is a recognized thought leader in the Gulf region's technology community.
The new resilience mandate for CISOs
Mental resilience, decision fatigue, leading under constant disruption.
Moderator:
Gopan Sivasankaran, Regional Director - Middle East and Africa, Rapid7
Panelists:
Vishal Vaghela, CISO, CISO Retail
Jinson Pappachan, Head of Information Security & Enterprise ICT, Emirates Policy Center
Fahad Deshmukh, Director of IT, Azizi Development
Sameer Pathak, Sr. Executive, Abu Dhabi Government