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09:00
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Coffee & Registration
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09:50
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Welcome MESA Team
· Chairman’s Opening Remarks
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10:00
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International Keynote Presentation: Going Digital: Hackers own your Digital Transformation
While our dependence for technology is becoming a necessity, we aren’t doing enough to protect yourself. Cyber criminals, hacktivists, and nations states are waiting for you to connect more things and digitize your infrastructures.
Matt Rehman, COO – IOACTIVE
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10:20
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Banking & Financial Services Panel: Cybersecurity challenges and opportunities in Banking & Financial Services
Despite pouring millions in investment into security, financial institutions continue to be the number one target of cybercriminals. The digital transformation undertaken by the financial services industry is contributing to this challenge opening doors for attackers, making customer data management and protection increasingly difficult and the emerging regulatory compliance requirements are adding more pressure to already stretched financial services security teams.
Moderator: Ahmed Baig, Founder & CEO – CISO COUNCIL
Panelist:
- Illyas Kooliyankal, CISO - ADIB
- Abeer Khedr, Information Security Director - National Bank of Egypt
- Amit Mehta, Regional Head of Security - Mastercard
- Sultan Altukhaim, Information Security Manager – Capital markets Authority
- Hussain AlKhalsan, Head of Technology Risk at Commercial Bank of Dubai
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10:45
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Securing Application Capital
The concept of Application value – or as we call, it Application Capital. Did you ever wonder how we got here? How are applications evolving?
According to a recent analysis, the Application Market will become the Third World Economy. This means that more and more companies are providing services to their customers by using Apps. Every CISO of any company that starts this journey, has one key objective: identify a strategy that reduces RISK. Every application matters and needs protection.
Tabrez Surve, Regional Director – F5 Networks
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11:10
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Coffee & Networking
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11:30
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CIO Cybersecurity Panel – Technology Executives role in enhancing security and cyber resilience
The hyper-connected world demands organizational risk and security be taken seriously as it impacts the business growth and digital economy. This session discussed various models for better security and risk management from the regional and global executives. from government and private enterprises
Moderator: Ahmed Baig, Founder & CEO – CISO COUNCIL
Panelists:
- Anshul Srivastav, Chief Information Officer & Digital Officer - Union Insurance
- Khalid Almansoori, CIO – Department of Energy
- Dr. Jassim Haji, Prominent CIO - Bahrain
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11:55
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5 keys to successfully use Machine learning in Cyber Defense
In a digitalized world, the perimeter is changing, and the internal protection becomes key. However, Initial solutions using rules fall short as they generate too many alerts and lack of actionable information for the understaffed Cyber Security Operation Center to react in a timely manner. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in particular are promising technologies to assist the cyber analyst but there are many traps and myths that must be understood. This talk will explain you those and help you during your Machine learning Journey.
Bruno Hareng, Cyber Defense Business Development Manager, ARUBA EMEA (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise)
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12:15
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Panel Discussion: Over the Horizon - The New Frontiers of Cyber Attacks
Moderator: Jorge Sebastio, CTO – Huawei
Panelists:
- Amit Mehta, Regional Head of Security - Mastercard
- Abdulla Al Sayari, CISO – Department of Health
- Amit Roy, Executive Vice President & Regional Head (EMEA) – Paladion
- Dr. Hoda Alkhzaimi, Director of Center for Cyber Security and Interdisplinary Studies - New York University Abu Dhabi
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12:40
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Cofense - Sponsor Presentation
Alexandre Depret-Bixio, VP – Cofense
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13:05
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Panel Discussions: How to build a security organization that can nurture and retain the best talent in the wake of ever-increasing job opportunities in Cybersecurity
Moderator: Dr. Hoda Alkhzaimi, Director of Center for Cyber Security and Interdisplinary Studies - New York University Abu Dhabi
Panelist:
- Reem AlShammari, Information Security Team Leader - Kuwait Oil Company
- Heide Young - Head of Cyber Security Strategy - Polytronic International
- Basmah Hmaidouch. Cyber Security Governance Manager - MEDGULF of Saudi,
- Shafeeqa Shakri, Senior Analyst - Cyber Security - Dubai airports
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13:30
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Lunch & Prayer Break
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14:15
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New role of CIO & CISO in the digital Era
Executive Management play a significant role in decision of digital strategies and security culture. This session focuses on addressing challenges faced by CISOs and CIOs while addressing the executive management and board to enable them in taking decisions to make investment and align critical functions, people, capital and technology risks.
Khalid Almansoori, CIO - Department of Energy
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14:35
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Facing the Inevitable: Evolving Security Risks of Operational Technology (OT) with IoT and Industrial Internet
For long, critical operations and industrial systems have existed away from IT. The emerging IoT (Internet of Things) & Industrial Internet usually part of Operational Technologies is challenging this status quo and bringing them closer to IT systems, opening up new business risks.
How are organizations grappling with this new world order? How are relationships with IT and OT executives forming? And where is all this headed?
Moderator: Ahmed Baig, Founder & CEO – CISO COUNCIL
Panelist:
- Ahmed Obaid, Senior Analyst - Technology Resilience, Dubai Airports
- Mohammed Khaled, CISO Advisor – UAE Government Entity
- Abdulla, Sayari, CISO - Department of Health - Abu Dhabi
- Shafiulla Mohamed, Manager – Information Security & Architecture - MDC
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15:00
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Security Awareness: Cybersecurity Aware employees as a strong defense
Making cybersecurity as people-centric as possible by education and awareness is the only way organizations can best secure themselves while also enabling employees to do their jobs more effectively and protect organizational data and systems.
Moderator: Syed Abid Ali, Chief Operating Officer - Phishrod
- Reem AlShammari, Information Security Team Leader - Kuwait Oil Company
- Sultan Altukhaim, Information Security Manager – Capital markets Authority
- Abeer Khedr, Information Security Director - National Bank of Egypt
- Bilal, Ahmad, Head -Information Security - Union Corp
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15:30
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Closing Remarks from the Chairperson
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Coffee & Networking
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