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About GECSS

On 26th May 2021, join security industry’s leading players, solution providers and key CISOs from the UAE for a High Tea whilst engaging in critical knowledge sharing on the modern day vulnerability landscape.

Though business is gradually returning to normalcy in many parts of the world, global leaders predict that remote working and remote workplace would increasingly be a norm amongst the business and many companies are putting employee health and wellness as priority. With this new norm, the remote workplace poses unique security challenges for companies. Because employees are not physically working on-site, they’re often relying on their own Wi-Fi networks and devices to access company data. To mitigate security risks, companies must implement clear and comprehensive policies and take proactive measures to ensure the safety and integrity of company data.

The GEC Security Symposium and CISO Awards 2021, presented by Cyber Sentinels, explores the true meaning of what end-to-end security means in a digital enterprise and recognizes the leading players in the industry and the cutting edge solutions that they are bringing to the market. The event is an excellent platform for collaboration between those working in the IT security industry and those who provide the latest solutions and services in this sector.

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Dedicated Tracks and Sessions

CISO 2021 Awards

The Cyber Sentinels CISO Awards will recognize the hard taskmasters of security in the digital enterprises and felicitate their unwavering commitment towards their organization’s security infrastructure.The award recognizes the top CISOs who are using technology to secure critical business information assets and minimize risk while delivering business value. The award ceremony is a platform to showcase their achievements, share their expertise and knowledge.

Future Security Leaders Awards

As the threat landscape becomes increasingly vulnerable with each passing day, there is no end to innovation and no limit to betterment when it comes to enterprise security solutions. The Cyber Sentinels Security Awards 2021 recognizes the security vendors, VADs, System Integrators and Resellers who have walked the extra mile in innovating their solutions and services for the customers and redefined the term ‘value’ in security offerings.

Other Attractions

Secret Briefings

Secret Briefings

A group of 8 to 10 CISOs get together in the Dark Room to determine the hidden risks, threats and vulnerabilities of the 2021 organizations.

Hack the Day

Hack the Day

This real-life hacking will blow you off your seat. Let us see how safe the mobile in your hand or laptop in your bag…….. or your.

  • 08:30 AM

    Registration

  • 09:30 AM

    Welcome Note

    Anushree Dixit, Global Head of Strategic Alliance, GEC Media Group

  • 09:40 AM

    Opening Keynote: FIFA 2022 WAR Room – Resilience Approach

    Arnab K. Mukherjee, Business Continuity Crisis Manager, Vodafone

  • 10:00 AM

    Fireside Chat -What is the ROI in investing in a BCM Plan?

    Moderator : Adnan Ahmed, Lead Specialist - Business Continuity & Risk, Ma'aden (Saudi Arabian Mining Company)

    Samir Pawaskar - Cyber Security, Governance & Business Continuity Expert - Government

    Abdus Salam - Head, Business Continuity Management - Qatar Islamic Bank

    Adnan Abu AlHaija-Group Head of Risk-Qatar General Insurance & Reinsurance Co

  • 10:30 AM

    Pathbreaking GRC Solution for Middle East

    Muzammil Riyaz, Founder, BlueFinn GRC

  • 10:45 AM

    Panel Discussion: State of Cloud Security in Modern Enterprises - 2023 & Beyond

    Moderator : Chander Mohan Raina, Head of Information Technology & Telecommunications, Grand Regency Doha Hotel

    Dr. Muhammad Malik - Manager Information Security - Government

    Varun Vij - Cybersecurity Manager - Mitsubishi

    Nikunj Dilip Desai - Head, Cyber Security - Commercial Bank of Qatar

  • 11:15 AM

    The Importance of Identity Security Modernization

    Tamer Odeh, Regional Director, Sentinel One

  • 11:30 AM

    Standardization in service of cyber assurance

    Kamal Zian, CISO of Huawei Gulf North

  • 11:45 AM

    Panel Discussion: CISO and Transformation - 2023 and Beyond

    Moderator: Chander Mohan Raina, Head of Information Technology & Telecommunications, Grand Regency Doha Hotel

    Jamsheed P. Chithari-Manager Infrastructure and Security - Qatar Insurance Group

    Faizal Babu, Head of Enterprise & Risk Management - Gulf Drilling International Q.S.C.

  • 12:15 PM

    Navigating Data Privacy in the Middle East

    Niraj Mathur, Managing Director, Protiviti Middle East Member Firm

  • 12:30 PM

    Panel Discussion: State of Security & Risk Management in Government Organizations - 2023 & Beyond

    Moderator : Chander Mohan Raina, Head of Information Technology & Telecommunications, Grand Regency Doha Hotel

    Mohammad Saquib, Sr. Network and Security Consultant, Government Entity, Qatar

    Nazia Sharieff - Information Security Officer | International Speaker - Government

    Ozel Hurmuzlu - Senior Enterprise Risk Management Analyst | Business Continuity - Qatar University

  • 01:00 PM

    BCM & Risk Champions Awards 2023

  • 01:10 PM

    CISO Awards 2023

  • 01:20 PM

    Future Security Leaders Awards 2023

  • 01:25 PM

    Symposium Closing Notes

  • 08:30 AM

    Registration and Breakfast Networking

  • 09:30 AM

    Welcome Note

    Anushree Dixit, Global Head of Strategic Alliance, GEC Media Group

  • 09:40 AM

    Opening Keynote: Business Continuity Implementation Challenges in the Kingdom

    Adnan Ahmed, Lead Specialist - Business Continuity & Risk, Maaden - Saudi Arabian Mining Company

  • 10:00 AM

    Fireside Chat - What is the ROI in investing in a BCM Plan?Fireside Chat - What is the ROI in investing in a BCM Plan?

    Mohammad Hassan Abdullah, Business Continuity, IT Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Technology Risk and IT Governance, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare

    Riyaz Feroze, Security Strategy & Leadership, Program Delivery & IT Governance, BCM/ DR Delivery, IT services

    Saghir Ahmad Khan, Technical Program Manager, Saudi Business Machines

    Rajeesh Kumar, CTO, Mindfire Technologies

    Moderator: Adnan Ahmed, Lead Specialist - Business Continuity & Risk, Ma'aden (Saudi Arabian Mining Company)

  • 10:30 AM

    Pathbreaking GRC Solution for Middle East

    Muzammil Riyaz, Founder, BlueFinn GRC

  • 10:45 AM

    State of Cloud Security in Modern Enterprises - 2023 and Beyond

    Dr. Srijith Nair, CISO, Careem

    Moayad Al Ghanmi, Director of Information & Cyber Security, King Abdullah Economic City

    Vikram Verma, Head of IT Governance, Security, and Project Delivery, Roshn

    Charbel Ghostine, Regional Cloud Alliance Manager (META), Barracuda

    Mohammad Ahmad Alomari, Director, Cyber Security & Privacy Management, Solutions by stc

    Moderator: Saghir Ahmad Khan, Technical Program Manager, Saudi Business Machines

  • 11:15 AM

    Everywhere Security for the New Digital Era

    Bader Ramadan Ismail Shaath, Senior Solutions Engineer, Enterprise, Cloudflare

  • 11:30 AM

    State of BFSI Security & Risk Management in 2023

    Zidan Attia, Associate Manager Operational Risk & Risk Management, Islamic Development Bank

    Hatem Fallatah, Senior Risk Management Specialist, Center for National Health Insurance

    Abdelmajed A Saeed, Cyber Security GRC Manager, Insurance Sector

    Arsalan Yousuf, Director – Resilience & Crisis Management, Deloitte Middle East

    Moderator: Eng. Mohammed Mahnashi, Information Technology Advisor, Government

  • 12:00 PM

    Keep An Eye On Your IT With Paessler PRTG

    Mustafa Farag, Presales Engineer - EMEA, Paessler AG

  • 12:15 PM

    State of Security & Risk Management in Government Organizations - 2023 and Beyond

    Auoob Aldakael, Director of Risk Management, Government

    Abdullah S. Marghalany, CISO, Ministry of Health

    Moderator: Eng. Mohammed Mahnashi, Information Technology Advisor, Government

  • 12:45 PM

    Navigating Data Privacy in the Middle East

    Niraj Mathur, Managing Director, Protiviti Middle East Member Firm

  • 01:00 PM

    BCM & Risk Champions Awards 2022

  • 01:05 PM

    CISO Awards 2023

  • 01:10 PM

    Future Security Awards 2023

  • 01:20 PM

    Symposium Closing Notes

  • 08:30 AM

    Registration

  • 09:30 AM

    Welcome Note

    Ronak Samantaray, Co-Founder & CEO, GEC Media Group

  • 09:40 AM

    Opening Keynote: UAE Cyber Security Council

    His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security, Cyber Security Council, UAE Government

  • 10:00 AM

    Fireside Chat - What is the ROI in investing in a BCM Plan?

    Moderator: Adnan Ahmed, Lead Specialist Business Continuity, Ma'aden

    Bilal Ahmad-Information Security & Business Continuity Manager-Union Coop

    Srihari Upadhya-Assitant General Manager, IT Risk and Compliance, Aster DM Healthcare

    Suzan Alghanem-Section Manager, Business Continuity Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi

    Evita Faustina Francis-Business Resilience Practice Leader - MENA-Marsh

    Rajeesh Kumar, CTO, Mindifre Technologies

  • 10:30 AM

    Pathbreaking GRC Solution for Middle East

    Muzammil Riyaz, Founder, BlueFinn GRC

  • 10:45 AM

    State of Cloud Security in Modern Enterprises - 2023 and Beyond

    Heide Young, Manager Cyber Strategy & Engagement - NEOM, Tonumos

    Mohammad Faheem, Cyber Security Lead - CHALHOUB GROUP

    Marzouq Alnuaimi, Director of Cloud Security - G42

    Prashant Nair-Group CISO-Airtel Africa PLC

  • 11:15 AM

    Future of Threat Detection and Response

    Amit Roy, Head of Cybersecurity (META), Eviden

  • 11:30 AM

    Panel Discussion - Building Emotional Resilience & Creating Effective Human Recovery Processes for Crisis Situations

    Vidya Valbh - Head of Cyber Strategy and Cyber Risk & Governance-Careem

    Carlo Loveri - Risk and Business Continuity Manager-Emirates Steel

    Rajabali Wishiwala - Head Of Information Security and IT Risk Management-Landmark Group

  • 12:00 PM

    Navigating Data Privacy in the Middle East

    Niraj Mathur, Managing Director, Protiviti Middle East Member Firm

  • 12:15 PM

    State of BFSI Security and Risk Management in 2023

    Flavio Carvalho, CISO, Sofinco Espana

    Waqas Haider, Chief Information Security Officer, HBL Microfinance Bank

    Neha Yadav, CISO, RAIN

  • 12:45 PM

    Everywhere Security for the New Digital Era

    Ahmad Badawi Abou Zaher, Senior Solutions Engineer, Enterprise, Cloudflare

  • 01:00 PM

    Lunch and Networking

  • 02:00 PM

    State of Security and Risk management in Government Organizations- 2023 and Beyond

    Saqar Al Ali, Director Information Security-Sharjah Finance Department

    Zaheer Kazi - Enterprise Messaging & Security Specialist - Ministry of Interior, UAE

  • 02:45 PM

    BCM & Risk Champions Awards 2022

  • 03:00 PM

    CISO Awards 2023

  • 9:30 AM-10:30 AM

    Registration

  • 10:30 AM-10:45 AM

    Welcome Keynote

    Ronak Samantaray | CEO, GEC Media Group

  • 10:45 AM-11.00 AM

    Editors Note

    Jeevan Thankappan | Managing Editor, GEC Media Group

  • 11:00 AM-11:15 AM

    Opening Keynote: UAE Cyber Security Council

    His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cyber Security, Head of Cyber Security Council, UAE

  • 11:15 AM -11:30 AM

    Future Security Awards 2024

  • 11:30 AM-11:45 AM

    CISO Awards 2024

  • 11:45 AM-12.00 PM

    Top Ten ATT&CK Techniques: The Rise of "Hunter-Killer" Malware

    Mr. Tarek Kuzbari | Regional Director | Picus Security

  • 12:00 PM-12:30 PM

    SIEM and Response Management

    Moderator: MAY EL BARACHI | Director of Computer Science and IT, University of Wollongong in Dubai

    Dr. Ebrahim Al Alkeem | Cybersecurity & Artificial intelligence Director | Abu Dhabi Government

    Tejeswar Rao Yamarpu | Manager Information Technology - Systems , Security , Infra and Network | NSHAMA

    Manoharan Mudaliar | CISO | Truebell Group of Company

    Karthik Hemachandran | Information Security Manager | Al Batha Trading & Industries

    Abhinav Kumar Shrivastava | Associate Vice President - Information Security | NMC Healthcare

    Saquib Farooq Malik | Head of Information Security, Al Tamimi and Company

     

  • 12:30 PM-12:45 PM

    Vendor Keynote:

    Gopan Sivasankaran | Regional Director, META | Secureworks

  • 12:45 PM-1:45 PM

    Lunch and Networking

  • 1:45 PM-2:00 PM

    CISO Awards 2024

  • 2:00 PM-2:30 PM

    Busting the myth of Zero Trust

    Moderator: Sona Saha Das | Head - Data Strategy and Governance | IT

    Thomas Heuckeroth | Senior VP IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity, Emirates Group

    Prashant Nair | Group Chief Information Security Officer, Airtel Africa

    Faisal Khan | Senior Manager IT Security and Compliance,Digital Transformation Evangelist, IT Business Continuity | Dubai World Trade Centre

    Osama Salah | Senior Information Technology Security Architect

    Nisha Rani | CISO, Emirates Leisure Retail

  • 2:30 PM-2:45 PM

    New Trends of Successful Cyber Attacks & Data Breaches

    James Sherlow | Director Solution Engineering, EMEA, Cequence Security

  • 2:45 PM-3:15 PM

    Fraud Detection and Prevention

    Moderator: Oma Martins | Associate Director and Head, IT GRC, IHS Towers

    Tushar Vartak | EVP & Head, Information and Cyber Security, RAKBank

    Zaheer Mubarak Shaikh | CISO, Al Maryah Community Bank

    Ahmed Nabil Mahmoud | Head of Cyber Defense and Security Engineering, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

    Rajesh Yadla | Director Head of Information Security, Leading Bank

  • 3:15 PM-3:30 PM

    CAAS Keynote

  • 08.30 AM

    Registration

  • 09.30 AM

    Welcome Keynote

    Anushree Dixit | Global Head, GEC Media Group

  • 09.40 AM

    Opening Keynote

    Mohammad Manashi | Co-Founder, CAAS

  • 9:55 AM

    Vendor Keynote | Picus Security

    Topic: Top Ten ATT&CK Techniques: The Rise of "Hunter-Killer" Malware

    Mr. Tarek Kuzbari | Regional Director | Picus Security

  • 10.25 AM

    SIEM and Response Management

    Moderator:

    Auoob Aldakael | Director of Risk Management, Government

    Panelists:

    Dr. Raed Al-Shaikh | Upstream Computer Operations Director | Information Security Division Head

    Moayad Al Ghanmi | Head of Information & Cyber Security, Emaar, The Economic City

    Hattan Kutbi | Head of Information Security (CISO)

    Mohsen AlShammari | Director of Business Continuity Management, Disaster & Crisis Center, government entity

  • 10:55 AM

    Coffee Break

  • 11:25 AM

    Developing and maintaining an ideal IAM/PAM role model

    Moderator:

    Aatif Khan | Advisor CISO, Government Entity

    Panelists:

    Abdelmajed Fadol | CISO, CyberTech

    Saad AlGarni | Head of Cyber Security, Tree

    Fahad Alyami | Associate Director of Cybersecurity, SADAFCO

    Ahmed Adlan | Cyber Security Portfolio Manager, Capgemini

    Abdulrahman Khalid Almazroa | Manager of Cybersecurity ,JHAH

  • 11:40 AM

    New Trends of Successful Cyber Attacks & Data Breaches

    James Sherlow | Director Solution Engineering, EMEA, Cequence Security

  • 12:00 PM

    Future Security Leaders Awards

  • 12:15 PM

    BCM & Risk Management Awards

  • 12:30 PM

    CISO Awards 2024

  • 1:00 PM

    Lunch and Networking

Speakers 2021

Anas Elsadig Eltahir

Senior Information Security Specialist | The Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department

Tareque Choudhury

Vice President, Technology Risk & Enterprise Architecture | Risk Management Architecture & Governance, Dubai Airports

Mr. Anil Bhandari

Chief Mentor & Thought Leader | ARCON

Vijay Babber

Senior Channel Manager, MEA Gigamon

Bilal Ahmad

Head Information Security & Business Continuity | Union Cooperative Society

Syed Mohammad Ali Naqvi

Head of AI, Data and Analytics Al Hilal Bank

Hariprasad Chede

Chief Information Security Officer | National Bank of Fujairah