Tigist Hamid

As Director General of Ethiopia's Information Network Security Administration (INSA), Tigist Hamid leads the nation's signal intelligence, 24/7 National CERT operations, and critical information infrastructure protection. She advocates for "Security by Design" and Zero Trust frameworks across public digital infrastructure while building institutional synergies between INSA and the Ethiopian AI Institute to deploy AI-powered monitoring, automated vulnerability assessment, and defensive data sovereignty measures.