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Virtual Fireside Chat: CISO 360 Middle East

This event took place on 19 October 2020 at Virtual.

DATE19 October 2020

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Thank you to everyone who participated in the Virtual Fireside Chat: CISO 360 Middle East

Monday 19 October 2020
10:30-12:30 – Gulf Standard Time (GST)

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Weathering the Cyber Attack Storm in the Middle East

This interactive LIVE BROADCAST with local CISOs and Attack Specialists is hosted by Pulse Conferences and sponsored by Synack.

Learn how leading CISOs in the Middle East are responding to the exponentially growing and increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks from malicious hacker groups and hostile foreign entities. Hear about their challenges and successes in securing their organizations and actions they have taken to reduce their vulnerability and breach risk. This is the perfect opportunity to join in real world application, and engaging, interactive discussions within your own trusted peer group!

Interact via

Live polls
Spotlighting onto the virtual stage
Chat and real time Q&A

Topics include but are not limited to

What is the cyber threat environment like in the Middle East today? How does the environment differ from other regions of the world?
What types of threat actors and tactics, techniques, and procedures are most common and how can we best prepare ourselves against them?
Data leakage prevention – sharing successes and new challenges
What does the modern pen tester look like? Crowdsourcing, credit scoring methods, traditional pen-tests…

Speakers including:

Darwish Mohamad Azad, Group CISO, Emirates NBD (Dubai, UAE)
George Eapen, Global CIO, Petrofac (Dubai, UAE)
Irene Corpuz, Manager, Strategy and Future Department, HCT and Co-Founder, Women in Cyber Security Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Majed Alshodari, CISO, Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (Saudi Arabia)
Mena George, Cybersecurity Analyst, Rethink Technology – IT Services Group of Al Ahli Group (Dubai, UAE)
Mohamed Mousa, Group CISO, IKEA KSA/Bahrain (Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Mohammad Khaled, Adjunct Professor for Business and IT, Abu Dhabi University and Vice President – Critical Infrastructure Protections and Resilience, Group 42 (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Nathan Swain, Senior Security Advisor, UK Government (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Ron Peeters, Vice President Middle East & Emerging Markets, Synack (Netherlands)
Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, CISO, Managing Director, Standard Chartered (Dubai, UAE)

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Darwish Mohamad Azad

Group CISO, Emirates NBD (Dubai, UAE)

Experienced Vice President Information Security with a demonstrated history of working in the banking industry. Skilled in Information Security and Risk Management. Strong information technology professional with a Masters in Institutional Banking and Finance focused in Banking, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law from University of Wollongong; Dubai.

Built the Information Security Transformation program for Emirates NBD to be an industry leader in the technology space. Rebuilt the security strategy, work force and frameworks to support and measure the development of security program over 3 years with a detailed program and critical controls. Developed and tailored the program to support the complexities of the financial sector and new innovative technology space; strategically emphasising risk intelligence, data security and rapid response. Developed a culture of frictionless security to enable the Group Transformation program and business objectives towards becoming a leading technology/engineering firm in the financial sector.

Dr. Erdal Ozkaya

CISO, Managing Director, Standard Chartered (Dubai, UAE)

Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a leading Cybersecurity Professional with business development, management, and Academic skills who focuses on securing the Cyber Space & sharing his real-life skills as a Security Advisor, Speaker, Lecturer, and Author. Erdal is known to be passionate about reaching communities, creating cyber aware campaigns, leveraging new and innovative approaches and technologies to holistically address the information security and privacy needs for every person and organization in the world. He is an award-winning technical expert & speaker: His recent awards are: Global Future Security Leader ,Super Hero CISO (2020) Cyber Security Professional of the year MEA , Hall of Fame by CISO Magazine , Cybersecurity Influencer of the year (2019) ,Microsoft Circle of Excellence Platinum Club (2017), NATO Center of Excellence (2016) Security Professional of the year by MEA Channel Magazine (2015), Professional of the year Sydney (2014) and many speaker of the year awards in conferences. He also holds Global Instructor of the year awards from EC Council & Microsoft. Erdal is also a part-time lecturer at Australian Charles Sturt University. Erdal has co-authored many cybersecurity books as well as security certification course-ware and exams for different vendors.

George Eapen

Global CIO, Petrofac (Dubai, UAE)

Prior to his current role with Petrofac, George was responsible for defining Cyber Security strategy for Enterprise IT & OT for the region and provide strategic leadership to IT Security related projects & initiatives for all GE businesses in the region. George was also responsible for protecting GE critical assets in a growing region which spans 18 countries and 7000 work force George joined GE in 2006 with GE Healthcare in India and has since held roles of increasing responsibilities and progressed to his most recent role as Chief Information Security Officer for MENAT. During his tenure with GE, George worked in multiple domains (Product Life cycle management, ERP, Infrastructure, Supply Chain & Commercial IT) and multiple businesses (GE Healthcare, GE Appliances, GE Capital, GE O&G, GE Aviation and GE Corporate) George is a graduate of GE IT leadership program (ITLP), GE Six Sigma Black Belt program and graduate of GE Executive leadership program (CAS)

Irene Corpuz

Manager, Strategy and Future Department, HCT and Co-Founder, Women in Cyber Security Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

Irene is responsible for the execution of the ADSIC Information Security Programme, Security Governance, Risk and compliance to IT Security Policy. She offers 27 years of combined and diverse experience in IT (Security, Operations and Strategy), Quality & Excellence. She has worked in various industries and region and led strategic initiatives in Asia, Middle East, Europe and America. An emerging seasoned speaker on Information and Cyber Security Conferences, Irene has spoken in a number of conferences in Asia, Middle East and Europe. Irene acquired her Masters of Science in IT from University of Wales, and holds the following certifications: ITIL V3, PMP, ISO (QMS and 27k) Lead Auditor and EFQM Assessor. Irene is Co-Founder of Women in Cyber Security Middle East, which promotes and increases women’s participation in the field of cyber security. www.womenincybersecurity.me

Majed Alshodari

CISO, Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (Saudi Arabia)

* First Saudi Awarded as the best CISO in the world of the year 2018 Finalist.
* First Saudi Certified CISO instructor in Saudi Arabia.

Eng. Majed is Certified EC-Council Chief Information Security Officer & Licensed MCI IT Consultant has over 19 years in the Information Technology, Digital Transformation, and Information Security Executive line and professional experience at both the senior management and technical hands-on in contracting, banking, retail, Oil & Gas, facility management, engineering, refinery, real estate, hospitality, construction, automotive, insurance, and investment industries. In addition to the business digital transformation along with rich knowledge and expertise in establishing and operating the Information Security businesses. His main aim to provide enterprises with the information technology and insight, enabling businesses, integrate functions, guidance and leadership that will foster a successful digitalized business decision-making platform using the right set of IT secure and credible portfolios starting by the Information Technology/Information Security strategy development all the way down to the technical implementation stage with high-satisfied businesses. More information on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/malshodari

Mena George

Cybersecurity Analyst, Rethink Technology – IT Services Group of Al Ahli Group (Dubai, UAE)

Mena’s current role involves:

– Performing security checks to confirm the group environment as secure as possible.
– Addressing the flaws discovered to the management mentioned the impact could happen to the business and technical sides.
– Building an integrated security solution from a full open-source resource to add more security layers to end-users.
– Creating knowledge base presentations and posters to educate and involve end-users in the security operation.
– Securing by design infrastructure planning.

Mohamed Mousa

Group CISO, IKEA KSA/Bahrain (Saudi Arabia)

A CISO with experience in working with Big Four consulting companies and implementing and auditing Information Security Management Systems. As I’m Information Security Leader , I’m responsible for Leading the Information security roles in Digital Transformation programs based on new drive technology such as Blockchain, Internet of things IOT, Artificial Intelligence AI and Cloud Security architectures . I’ve experience in working with the Big Four consulting companies and implementing and auditing Information Security Management Systems plus projects based on DevSecOps development methodology. Mohamed’s core competencies include Information security management, Blockchain, Compliance, Business orientation, Information security standards consultation, Penetration tests and Network security. I’ve strong consulting, implementing and auditing knowledge for business continuity planning and disaster recovery. I also possesses experience in cryptography platforms and its related technologies. I’ve strong knowledge in designing and implementing security awareness programs fit for roles of employees and business objectives.

Dr. Mohammad Khaled

Adjunct Professor for Business and IT, Abu Dhabi University and Vice President – Critical Infrastructure Protections and Resilience, Group 42 (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

A seasoned IT leader with 15+ years track record of transformation Technology, Informa- tion, Security, Projects, building ground up IT departments in start up organizations and delivering complex and challenging IT Solutions and projects. Served multiple very large government organizations with technology oriented and aligned with business need to accelerate the future and shaping the future government. Highly motivated with a proven ability to lead, manage and develop IT teams. Adept in aligning IT Department with organization’s Business goals and creating value for stakeholders. Expertise in defining IT strategy, tactical direction and governance framework for making IT as business enabler to deliver targeted results

Nathan Swain

Senior Security Advisor, UK Government (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

Nathan is a Security Risk Executive with over 20 years’ experience in this specialist area, cyber and information security. He is serving as a Senior Security Advisor for the UK Government and is working with multiple global financial services firms. He has worked with the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority where he delivered the current Cybersecurity regulatory standards for the UK financial sector, delivering improvement of security services in these institutions and he has also transformed security postures of many leading international financial institutions throughout his career.

Ron Peeters

Vice President Middle East & Emerging Markets, Synack (Netherlands)

Ron Peeters is a seasoned IT industry executive with more than 30 years experience in IT working for an array of advanced technology companies around the world. In his current role as Managing Director he is responsible for the Middle East and Emerging Markets for Silicon Valley based Synack, Inc., a rapidly emerging market leader in offensive security testing and controlled crowdsourced ethical hacking. Ron is a Dutch National with an MBA from Case Western Reserve University in High Tech Marketing.

Who attends

Designations

Chief Information Security Officer / Head of Information Security
Director Cybersecurity / Cyber Threat Intelligence
Director Security / Security Operations
Director Monitoring / Response
Chief Operations Officer / Director Operational Risk
Director Security Planning / Risk / Innovation
Director Fraud / Payments
CIO / Director – ICT / IT Governance
Chief Risk Officer / Compliance
Chief IT Auditor / Head IT Audit
Group Business Director and Senior In-house Counsel

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Aerospace & Defence
Automobile
Banking
Central Government
CERTs
Construction
Consumer Goods
Government
Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
Industrial Engineering
Insurance
Internet
Legal
Manufacturer
Media

National Law Enforcement
Energy
Real Estate & Business Conglomerate
Regional Government
Regulator
Retail
Software
Telecommunications
Transportation/Shipping
Travel/Leisure/Hospitality
Utilities

Testimonials from CISO 360 Middle East

“I would like to extend my appreciation having been given the chance to witness the success of your recent event. I look forward to a further outstanding ineup of events from your organization!“

Christopher Rollan, Head of IT, intec, GOPA International Energy Consultants (Abu Dhabi)

“You brought the world’s cyber concern to the UAE for awareness and also brought world experts to provide advice based on their own experience!“

Irene Corpuz, Head of Planning and IT Security, Al Dhafra Region Municipality (UAE)

Testimonials – CISO 360 series

“I would like to extend my appreciation having been given the chance to witness the success of your recent event. I look forward to a further outstanding line-up of events from your organisation!“

Head of IT, intec, GOPA International Energy Consultants (Abu Dhabi)

“Pulse Conferences delivered a really enjoyable, informative and immersive experience with the 4th CISO 360 Congress-Hybrid. The virtual platforms were excellent, providing an effective substitute for an in-person experience. The speakers and panel sessions were engaging and knowledgeable and the avatars round-table was both informative and fun.” – Peter Wood, Naturally Cyber LLP

“This was great, we have a lot of good take away’s and loved the lessons learned!” Sybil Kleinmichel, 360 Treasury Systems AG

“It was great to watch live interviews rather than recorded presentations. The roundtable session on Friday was particularly interesting” Jennie Rogers, Vectra

“Insights & experience shared by Industry leaders will definitely help me & my organization in course correcting the strategy” Manish Dave, Lafargeholcim

“Overall Excellent Conference under challenging circumstances” Barbara Aung, Telefonica

“Amazing opportunity to share experiences and to learn in a very nice environment, CISO 360 is a great experience. You meet interesting people and you can learn a lot about cyber (risk, security, threats) and share experience and knowledge with top professionals. For me it has been a great experience and pleasure to attend the CISO 360.” Europe Industries- Security Officer, Air Liquide GMS

“If you want to hear real CISO experiences, you must attend this event!” CISO, ST Engineering, Singapore

“The team always do a great job of providing excellent content, great networking, valuable introductions and useful sponsors. The must attend event for a senior information security leader.” CISO, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC

“You brought the world’s cyber concern to the UAE for awareness and also brought world experts to provide advice based on their own experience!” Head of Planning and IT Security, Al Dhafra Region Municipality (UAE)

“Absolutely excellent! The quality of the presentations, and the ideas shared, were first class. Looking forward to implementing what we learned.” Chris McCann, Resilient. World

“A meticulous and engaging event highlighting the key security concerns business leaders face today!” Owanate Bestman, Bestman Solutions

“Excellent value for me and my organisation. Being able to engage senior level execs in the cybersecurity space on a 1-1 basis is invaluable. The evening activities were entertaining and really helped build trust and relationships.” SailPoint

“This was our first but definitely not our last CISO360! A well planned and executed event with a clear goal of providing tangible value for the participants in combination with a great community feel sure makes it a stand-out event to return to.” NetClean

“CISO 360: guaranteed insight and inspiration. A triumph thanks to the Pulse team!” Chief Privacy Officer, Nokia Group

“The best cybersecurity event that I have ever attended. I look forward to seeing you next year!” Senior Manager, Cybersecurity, EY Singapore

“Team Pulse put together a fantastically well organised and thoroughly enjoyable event this year in Rome. The CISO 360 Pulse Conference was most informative, engaging and gave us a great opportunity for learning, networking and relationship building. Looking forward to the next one.” Synack

“ Thank you Pulse for the smooth organisation of this huge logistical challenge. My team told me it worked brilliantly and that the networking was one of the most valuable parts of being a sponsor.” Company85

“Excellent event Pulse Conferences, we very much enjoyed the opportunity to meet new contacts in both a professional and social capacity. We also had a large number of new members to ClubCISO, an added bonus…. ” Company85

“Excellent event, opportunity to meet likeminded professionals, sharing risk, worries, tools, best practises with
CISO from other industries sharing same issues, great eye opener, looking forward to the next event”
CISO, MS Amlin

“Nowhere else will you find such relevant content for CISO’s, shared by leaders in their fields”, Director Security Engineering, Inmarsat

Thank you @pulse_innovate for inviting me to speak on #neurodiversity at the #CISO360 Congress in Lisbon. Fantastic to meet so many inspirational Cyber leaders who are actively looking to increase their #diversity and share thoughts on the #cyberskillsgap pic.twitter.com/F8pSrHi5bh

— Holly Foxcroft (@holly_foxcroft) 21 June 2018

“A very engaging, varied and interactive event. The best conference I have ever attended!”

Information Security Manager, Lloyd’s of London

“The best speaker line-up of any security conference in Europe!”
Head of UK Security, AXA

“Pulse delivers some of the most informative and worthwhile events. Their topics, speakers and ability to engage at the highest level to secure attendance means that you are constantly engaged and come away learning something new and meeting new contacts.” SailPoint

“By far the best event all year that I have attended. I always makes an effort to attend CISO 360 as it is not just an event, it is a trusted community that comes together from around the world!” Group CISO and Group DPO, MS Amlin

“A unique opportunity to share challenges thoughts and ideas with trusted friends, and gain valuable insights.”, President, (ISC)2 Scotland Chapter

“CISO 360 is a must attend conference to keep up to the latest trends, best practices as well as main security concerns within the cybersecurity landscape” GRC Specialist, Euronext

It was an honour to talk at #CISO360Congress Thank you @pulse_innovate for inviting me. Here are my slides and more details on the topic covered.
https://t.co/MegpeFSAjO

— Viktor Polic (@ViktorPolic) 26 June 2018

“”The conference was full of expert speakers. You wouldn’t want to miss any of them. Particularly on the Boardroom/ Roundtable discussion (last day), it is like a strategic planning and facing the board of directors, but with less pressure. Excellent!”
Section Head – Planning & IT Security, Western Region Municipality – UAE Government

“Pulse have raised the bar when it comes to planning and running conference events. Other organisers should take note.”, CISO, Channel 4

“CISO 360 is a great experience. You meet interesting people and you can learn a lot about Cyber (risk, security, threats) and share experience and knowledge with top professionals. For me it has been a great experience and pleasure to attend the CISO 360.” – CSO, Logista Portugal

“CISO 360 Congress 2019 created a strong platform for peer review, cross pollination of idea and networking.” CISO, Gebauer & Griller

“Thank you, Pulse Conferences, for a great event. CISO 360 combined interesting varied talks with fantastic networking opportunities, facilitating very interesting thought-provoking conversations”
Dr Jessica Baker, Co-Founder, Socio-Technical Lead, Redacted Firm Ltd

“Great speakers, great venue, intelligent discourse, Pulse CISO 360 Congress has it all!” Director of Information Security EMEA, Canon Europe

Sad to be leaving #CISO360Congress from @pulse_innovate early as I have to be back in London tomorrow. Defintely the infosec conference of the year so far !

— Quentyn Taylor (@quentynblog) 21 June 2018

“The CISO 360 conference brought together a collection world leading experienced security leaders who shared their knowledge and experience with their peers in an open and collaborative manner under The Chatham House Rule. This was complimented with case studies from selected top tier partners and organisations to provoke further debate and discussion during the talks or later during one to one networking conversations. The presentations; case studies; and strategy sessions were practical and relevant because they were born out real world security challenges faced by Global CISOs across multiple sectors. I found the open knowledge sharing; networking; and presentations were very valuable to either validate existing approaches or provoke fresh ideas by getting a different perspective.”
Global Head of Information Security Architecture & Transformation, Royal Bank of Scotland

Great to see these kinds of debates at #CISO360Congress this is the model for future security conferences. It’s not all tech we need to develop and grow as an industry pic.twitter.com/tjXBp8SuWz

— Quentyn Taylor (@quentynblog) 21 June 2018

“Refreshing views of security topics for knowledge improvement!”
CISO, Credibom

““Top class speeches and presentations at the CISO 360 Congress in Barcelona! Thanks for such a worthful and enjoyable time”
CMO, Blueliv

Our CEO @markfelegyhazi on the stage of the 2nd #CISO360Congress along with experts such as #DerekChang of @TalkTalk, #JamesKwaan from @IsacaScotland and #AftabAfzal @ensilo. Thank you all for an inspiring discussion! pic.twitter.com/GroejEJIFo

— avatao (@theavatao) 21 June 2018

High quality 60mins #CISO360 ⁦@mikko⁩ pic.twitter.com/khkIJhzsBB

— Jonathan Luff (@jjluff) 20 June 2018

“An excellent event in beautiful Rome! I had an amazing time socially and professionally… made so many great connections!. ” Sailpoint

“”I found CISO 360 Congress a great place to share ideas about current and future problems”
Head of Section, GMV

“Pulse Conferences stand out for being up to the minute with developments and concerns. Fist rate speakers and an agenda that is total appropriate and informative. Excellent buzz and networking.”
Lady Olga Maitland, CEO Copenhagen Compliance; Founder, Defence and Security Forum

““Interesting exchange of insights and experiences from different companies, sectors, and levels of maturity. An honour to have been there.”
Head of Information Security, Risk Management and Quality, Almirall

““Pulse organised a fantastic CISO 360 Congress in Barcelona, which brought together some of the world’s most successful CISOs to discuss pressing cyber security issues and share experiences. The agenda was diverse, with senior professionals from across the globe sharing their experiences, and great networking sessions were facilitated by the organisers with good food and flowing conversation. I would highly recommend CISO 360 and look forward to this conference going from strength to strength”
Freaky Clown, Co-Founder, Head of Ethical Hacking, Redacted Firm Ltd

““Excellent conference, brilliantly put together.”
Director, Bridewell Consulting

Enjoyed presenting @CylonLab and our investor perspective to the #CISO360 conference today. Thanks for all the great questions!

— Jonathan Luff (@jjluff) 20 June 2018

Me using my hands (of course) to talk to leading CISOs from around the world about #cybercrime and #cybersecurity in #VR – and what we can do to prepare for the inevitable challenges. Thanks to @pulse_innovate for giving me the opportunity! pic.twitter.com/d5P2rIjlUC

— Dr Victoria Baines (@cyberbaines) 21 June 2018

Proud to have supported #CISO360Congress in Lisbon by @pulse_innovate. Thank you for having us as partners. pic.twitter.com/LerKkCopCv

— AP2SI (@AP2SI) 22 June 2018

“I’m very pleased to be part of this extraordinary event – very important to exchange ideas and hear experiences and ideas from peers across sectors!” Corporate Security Manager, Logista