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08:30 AM

Registration

09:30 AM

Welcome Note

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

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Ronak Samantaray

09:40 AM

Opening Keynote: UAE Cyber Security Council

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

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Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti

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

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Adnan Ahmed

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Bilal Ahmad

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Srihari Upadhya

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Suzan Ahmed AlGhanem

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Evita Faustina Francis

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Rajeesh Kumar

10:30 AM

Pathbreaking GRC Solution for Middle East

Muzammil Riyaz, Founder, BlueFinn GRC

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Muzammil Riyaz

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

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Heide Young

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Mohammad Faheem

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Marzouq Alnuaimi

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Prashant Nair

11:15 AM

Future of Threat Detection and Response

Amit Roy, Head of Cybersecurity (META), Eviden

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Amit Roy

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

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Vidya Valbh

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Carlo Loveri

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Rajabali Wishiwala

12:00 PM

Navigating Data Privacy in the Middle East

Niraj Mathur, Managing Director, Protiviti Middle East Member Firm

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Niraj Mathur

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

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Flavio Carvalho

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Waqas Haider

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Neha Yadav

12:45 PM

Everywhere Security for the New Digital Era

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

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Ahmad Badawi Abou Zaher

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

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Saqar Al Ali

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Zaheer Kazi

02:45 PM

BCM & Risk Champions Awards 2022

03:00 PM

CISO Awards 2023

03:15 PM

Future Security Awards 2023

03:30 PM

Symposium Closing Notes