Taha Sajid

Taha Sajid is a Principal Security Architect and a 5G Security Lead at Comcast. He is responsible for security design, standards and security operations for the end-to-end 5G wireless network. He has over 15 years of experience in telecommunication and cybersecurity design and operations . Prior to comcast, he has worked for organizations like Huawei, STC, Mobily, Ericsson and Ufone as a technology leader and has supported over a dozen enterprises, financial institutions, and startups as an advisor for Blockchain and digital currency solutions.

Taha is also a principal cybersecurity advisor at digital currency think tank advising central banks and financial institutions on security architecture and design. Taha serves as a co-chair of IEEE FNTC Webinar Series, also an active member of working groups for the ATIS 5G Zero Trust and IEEE Future Networks for Data Security and privacy.

Taha has authored online courses cybersecurity for blockchain, Decentralized finance and Fintech is used by thousands of professionals, having a 5-star rating. He also runs a YouTube channel to educate the community, where he publishes technical design and cybersecurity content timely for Zero Trust, 5G and Blockchain.

Due to his valuable contributions globally and several publications on emerging technology and pressing IT topics, he has received several international awards, including Microsoft MVP and featured/interviewed by the media/ newspapers.

Taha is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Project Management Professional (PMP), holds an MSc in Digital Currency from University of Nicosia and a BS in Telecom from FAST-NU.