Aatif Khan
Advisor CISO., Government Entity
Aatif Khan is a data-driven, seasoned AI and cyber security expert who is passionate about creating customer-focused products. His area of specialisation includes developing cyber defence strategies, setting up security operations centers for large enterprises, developing and delivering data protection and privacy strategies, implementing data privacy in day-to-day operations, and developing an AI strategy, governance, and risk management programme, from scratch for enterprises. He specializes in building and scaling security programmes for startups and Fortune 500 organisations.
He has 15+ years of experience in information security and has spent most of his time assessing security risks in secure environments. He spent a lot of time in the early stages of his career working on malware analysis, risk assessments, penetration testing, cyber security audits, and cyber security governance, risk, and compliance.
He has also delivered infosec training to corporate, defence personnel, and cyber-crime police officials. He has authored and published various white papers covering different areas of information security. He has spoken at numerous information security conferences, such as SANS & UK NCSC CyberThreat London, Security BSides London, OWASP Amsterdam, Cyber Security Asia Malaysia, @Hack Riyadh, BlackHat, etc., and other conferences across the EMEA region. He was interviewed by the Associated Press, Voice of America, Hakin9, and numerous other media channels for his expertise on emerging cybersecurity threats.
His passion and focus have been on building security teams that are able to adapt to the dynamic changes within security while delivering on governance, risk, and compliance outcomes.
He is a keen supporter of a mentoring programme within the security profession, including the development of security professionals. He completed Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence from Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and is working on AI-driven advanced threat detection and response with modern security analytics.
11:25 AM
KSA Agenda 2024
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