Syed Ubaid Ali Jafri is an internationally recognized cybersecurity leader, incident response practitioner, digital forensics specialist, and global speaker with more than 13 years of experience across banking, consulting, cyber defense, offensive security, and forensic investigations.

Currently serving as Head of Cyber Defense & Offensive Security and Senior Vice President at Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Ubaid leads multidisciplinary cybersecurity teams spanning Security Operations, Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Offensive Security, Application Security, and cyber threat management. His work focuses on helping organizations move beyond simply detecting cyberattacks toward understanding how a breach happened, how far an attacker went, what business assets were affected, and how organizations can recover without leaving the door open for the attacker to return.