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Leads cybersecurity research at the 11th top university among top 100 universities in the MENA region

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Dr. Al Kuwaiti is currently holding the position of the Managing Director of the National Data Centre under the Supreme Council for National Security. He is also working as Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Homeland Security Program at Rabdan Academy. In his current role Dr. Al Kuwaiti aims to create a fully governed approach to data privacy, sharing and processing as well as the unification and connectivity of government systems and digitization towards a smart government.

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Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) is the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Prior to his appointment as a Minister, he was the Director-General (DG)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). He serves as Chairman of several Presidential and Inter-Ministerial Committees. He has received over 150 awards, including the Award of Best Minister on multiple occasions. He has authored several books, lectured at universities for almost two decades and is currently a Professor of Cybersecurity. His efforts enabled Nigeria to exit a COVID-19 triggered recession and he has also significantly enhanced data protection and cybersecurity in Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian and British Computer Societies, and is happily married with children.

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Gal Nagli is a self taught Application Security Researcher with expertise in Bug Bounties, particularly with reconnaissance, automation and blackbox skills.

He managed to finish as the 5th Hacker in the world at HackerOne for 2021, he is also ranked as the 1st all time hacker in the Israeli leaderboard together with being ranked among the top 60 all time worldwide hackers in the platform.

Nagli constantly works together in collaboration with top tier hackers to find and exploit critical findings within some of the biggest companies around the world, doing so he managed to submit valid security misconfigurations to over 200 companies and big corporations, such as Apple, PayPal, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, Epic Games, Shopify, Atlassian, Zoom and many more..

Nagli is also an active researcher on Bugcrowd's platform and is ranked among the top 50 researchers in their all time leaderboard, as he also won the best collaboration award in Okta's 2021 BugBash event.

Nagli is a notable figure within the bug bounty scene by sharing writeups and tips on his twitter feed and personal blog, forming winning collaborations between top hackers and establishing a community that works together to make more Impact and improve the bug bounty experience for us as hunters and for companies as customers.

Nagli is thriving to deliver as much public speaking sessions about his findings and experiences doing bug bounties, with the last one being speaking at DEFCON 29 AppSec Village about vulnerabilities in 3rd party integrations.

Prior to bug bounties Nagli served as Cyber Security Specialist at the IDF Cyber Defense Division and was awarded certificate of excellence from the head of the IDF Cyber Defense Division while pursuing his B.Sc degree in computer science.

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"Cyber Swiss Army Knife" – cyber warrior for both military and government environment

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Mr. Muniru Muhammad Mai is the Director, Cybernetics and Automation in the Research, Technology, and Innovation (RTI) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). His role in this position includes among others:

• Assessing new advances in technology and finding the most innovative ways to deploy them in the NNPC to help maintain the Company’s competitive edge.
• Providing technological incubation services for “techpreneurs” and startups to support deployment of digital technologies in NNPC's operations.

Mr. Mai came to RTI from NPDC—and NNPC’s exploration and production arm, where he served as the General Manager, Information Technology Department. Prior to his transfer to NPDC, he also served as the Executive Director Services of Integrated Data Services, Ltd, another upstream company of the NNPC.

Mr. Mai is a graduate of Physics and was awarded various performance prizes at graduation. Other academic certificates include:

• Master of Science in Computer Science from the City University, London, England.
• Executive MBA, in Energy Management from the BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway and IFP/ESCP-EAP, Paris, France; as well as Nanyang Technology from the University of Singapore.

His career began in the United States of America, where he worked in the Information Technology sector, with his work taking him across states including Massachusetts, Florida, Virginia, and Washington DC.

Mr. Mai worked with various organizations while in the US including:

• Johnson & Johnson in Boston, Massachusetts, as a Systems Analyst
• Computer Associates Inc. Jacksonville, Florida, as Senior Systems Consultant
• DynCorp, Inc. Reston, Virginia, as Senior Systems Consultant
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB), Washington DC as a Consultant
Mr. Mai has attended various workshops and seminars locally and overseas, including Regulatory Principles, Practices, and Compliance in the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry (2015); IT Infrastructure Management (2014); Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Certification (2012); EMBA, Energy Management, Oslo, Norway (2010); Extensive Team Building and Leadership Development Programme at Total Oil Co. (2008); IT infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification (2007); Executive Development Programme (EDP) at Kellog School of Management of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA (2006) and PRINCE2 Project Management Certification (2005).

He has also distinguished himself with various memberships of Professional affiliations including Kellog Alumni Energy Club, Evanston, IL, USA, IEEE, Computer Professionals Council of Nigeria.
His hobbies include Tennis, Football, adopting new Technology and Monitoring Current Affairs.

He is happily married with children.

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An accomplished professional with over 10 years in the Renewable Energy Industry, having a wealth of European experience focusing on Technical solutions, design of projects. Proficient in working with organizations of all sizes globally and in depth understanding of internal/external business processes. Always ensuring the client is at the forefront of what I do whilst maintaining integrity, objectivity and delivering results successfully

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Currently working as Chief Cyber Security officer, responsible for overall cyber security and data protection strategies and execution plans within the Gulf North Region (Qatar/Kuwait/Bahrain).

Previously , served in Huawei as Director of Consulting , director of regulatory affairs, and head of core network solution department.

With more than 18 years’ experience in the Telecom and IT industries, he possesses broad experience across most technologies including 5G, IoT, cloud and Big Data, having worked in a variety of senior capacities across Technical, Commercial, Business Management, Operations, Sales, Marketing, and consulting disciplines. He is an expert in the Business of Telecommunications - managing of all aspects (strategy to execution) of Telecommunications Carrier / Service Provider businesses.

In the course of his career, he has worked with ICT infrastructure vendors and SW providers across MENA region.

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Mr. Hay has over 30 years’ experience in cyber security, and has worked to bring many disruptive technologies to market. He has worked with early-stage startup companies in technologies such as single-sign on, identify and access management, malware sandboxing and analysis, software defined networks, and cloud access security brokers. As one of the founders of Quantum Xchange, he has worked to commercialize quantum safe encryption technologies like quantum key distribution and post-quantum cryptography and bring them to market. 

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Sascha has more than 10 years of technical IT experience, four of which have been as a senior pre-sales engineer at SolarWinds. As a senior pre-sales engineer, Sascha was responsible for product training SolarWinds channel partners and customers, regularly participated in the annual SolarWinds Partner Summit EMEA, and contributed in the company’s professional certification program, SolarWinds Certified Professional.

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Innovative Information Security expert with experience in cyber and physical security in Industrial Automation and Control Systems. He leads the Operational Technology security transformation programme for a global energy company providing strategic guidance and implementation strategies to mitigate cybersecurity challenges for their UK assets. He is a blockchain security enthusiast and an MSc candidate (Software and System Security) at the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.

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Omar Maayah is a Cybersecurity Solutions Architect with 13+ years’ experience in building Network infrastructures, Cyber defense and SecOps. 

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Yasmine is a Cybersecurity Programme Officer in the cybersecurity division of ITU's Bureau for Development, focusing on capacity development and inclusion in cybersecurity.

Notably, she is the global coordinator for the Women in Cyber programme, a project aiming to help overcome the digital gender divide and to increase the number of women leaders in cybersecurity.

As a member of ITU's Youth Task Force, she also leads Youth4Cyber, an initiative to expose young people to the cybersecurity field and encourage them to take on the cybersecurity challenges of tomorrow. She also assists on activities related to Child Online Protection, notably training development for national policymakers, educators, parents and children.

She holds a Master's degree from the University of Geneva in International and European Governance, and a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane.

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Ali brings rich experience of more than 14 years in the area of cybersecurity, Privacy and technology.

He worked as CISO in different financial Organizations in Saudi Arabia. As CISO, he is responsible for developing and enhancing an information security program, maintaining compliance with National Frameworks (SAMA and NCA).

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"John Davies is Managing Director of Pervade Software, an award-winning independent software vendor with strong roots in the capital of Wales and customers in over 80 countries. He is Co-founder and Chair of Cyber Wales, the largest cyber security ecosystem in the UK. John has been a Sessional Lecturer on MBA courses and is on the Curriculum Advisory Boards of Cardiff University and University of South Wales where he has run sessions for the National Cyber Security Academy. Leveraging his military background, he is also the Chairman of the Regional Employer Engagement Group for the Armed Forces in Wales."

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An experienced product manager, Eran worked across multiple product management disciplines in both large and small technology companies in Cyber security and Networking fields.

He joined Radiflow earlier this year to lead the strategical development of CIARA – risk assessment and mitigation planning system.

Eran holds a B.Sc in communication systems engineering from Ben-Gurion University.

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26 years of comprehensive experience in technical and business management of IT, Telecom and Industrial setup with expertise in Cyber Security.
Chandra is Bachelor in Technology and Gold Medallist from a University in India with numerous State and National level awards and has co-authored various research papers published in International Journals to his credit.

Chandra has a history of creating successful businesses from start-up, leading as CEO, Managing Director and Advisor.
With a rich experiences and strategic business sense, Chandra has been instrumental in creating consistent growth for the organizations. He actively contributed innovations to secure and execute mega size IT, Telecom and Cybersecurity projects in Critical Infrastructure of National importance.

Chandra is currently Founder and CEO of Terafence Private Limited, with a mission to secure mission critical infrastructure and IoT/IIoT/OT networks with best in class direction flow controller providing 100% secure data transmission between network segments of distinct security classification.

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Mrs Ben-Simhon is currently leading the Intelligence partnerships and cyber-fraud Innovation at Citi’s Cyber Intelligence Center & TLV Innovation Lab.

Karine is a senior cybersecurity manager with vast experience and understanding of the cyber warfare ecosystem, on both corporate and National levels.

In her current role, Karine is working on identifying Innovative solutions for cybercrime prevention, and work with internal and global stakeholders to increase effectively information exchange and data analytics.
Prior to joining Citi, she worked at the Israel National Cyber Directorate, where she founded and managed the Operational Cooperation unit. During this role she led global initiatives and worked closely with Government agencies worldwide and global industry stakeholders, by establishing tailor made partnerships to prevent cybercrime from occurring.
She began her career at the Israel Security Agency, and continued her journey working for the private and Government sector promoting multi-national projects related to cybersecurity and HLS. Being a top priority, in the past few years, Karine promoted local initiatives to empower younger girls to achieve their full potential, and encourage technological leadership.

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Aviad Tamir serves as the Aappointed Head of Israel's Economic and Trade Mission to the UAE. His professional experience spans across Israel and abroad working with Healthcare and Technology industries, specializing in International Business Development & Strategic Partnerships within the private and public sectors.

Previously, Aviad worked as Head of Life Sciences & Healthcare at Invest in Israel, the Ministry of Defense, Mission to the U.S. managing procurement projects for the IDF, and the Office of the Prime Minister as an Advisor to the Director General of the Ministry for Senior Citizens. Aviad holds a Master in Public Policy from the IDC Herzliya and a BA in Business Administration & East Asia Studies from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is also a graduate of the 8400 - The Health Network executive fellowship.

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Saqub Hussain graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in Biotechnology and certificate course in Computing and Information Technology. Saqub perused his career with his passion for Crypto Currencies. Saqub Hussain is Director of CA Cyber Security & Training Ltd. Using his experience in Crypto Asset Management and the Security issues around the general Crypto World which is rapidly expanding.
Cryptocurrencies have captured the attention and imagination of a new generation of investors across the globe. From Bitcoin to Ethereum to the growing list of altcoins, there’s little question that the volatile and fast-moving crypto industry keeps participants, observers, and regulators on edge. More and more, though, mainstream companies are looking at cryptocurrencies and adjacent technologies as a way to tap into new markets—or to create them from scratch in new, virtual worlds.
Mining cryptocurrencies for the last 6 years has given Saqub Hussain an in depth detail of this new digital asset and how to make sure it remains secure.

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Heading the Cyber Unit at Israel Export Institute, Vlad helps Cyber Companies scale globally, arranging the multi-type B2B/B2G at international conferences, roadshows, tradeshows, and more. Cyber Unit aims at matching the Israeli Cyber solution and the global security challenge, representing over 300 Israeli Cyber Security enterprises. Previously coordinating the Fintech Community of Israel's international framework, Vlad spearheaded the partnership establishment process, developing bilateral partnerships between 12 national Fintech Associations and the Fintech Community of Israel, more than doubling the Fintech Community of Israel's international partnerships. Following the Fintech Association's activity, the ministry of Economy has chosen the community to represent the Israeli Fintech Ecosystem on the national level. Vlad is a Tel Aviv University alumnus, holding a Bachelor in Political Science and a Diploma in European Studies.

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Shaaz quickly moved to Telecommunications as his professional stream primarily due to his keenness to learn about Data & Digital communications & a very encouraging apprenticeship program on offer at the time with Tata Teleservices, coupled with the lack of love for controllers, capacitors, diodes etc. He enjoyed a very successful stint thereafter with ECI Telecom (2004 – 2013) where he fulfilled multiple roles (Field Engineer à Customer Support à Project Manager à Sales Manager) before moving to the UAE in 2013. Ever since he has been involved in providing solutions to the Communications Service Provider in the region in Network Intelligence & Cybersecurity. 

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Binoo leads Emaar Group’s Technology Transformation and Operations. He passionately drives Emaar Technology’s ambition of positioning Emaar as the most digitally advanced company in Real Estate, Hospitality, Malls and Retail globally. Under his leadership Emaar restructured multiple technology teams into a single group technology team and established the Technology Development Centre in India. He brings to the table over 18 years of technology leadership experience spanning Retail, E-commerce, Hospitality and Real Estate.

In his previous roles,  Binoo ran scaled technology transformation programs across India, US, UK, Europe, China, Singapore, and the Middle East in leading organizations, including Wipro and Tesco PLC. He was also involved in setting up and running an e-commerce digital venture in Singapore as the CTO, and more recently was the CIO in another leading real estate group.

Originally from Kerala, Binoo received his MBA in Systems from IIT Delhi. Being a tech enthusiast, he spends his time studying the tech start-up landscape. He is a mentor, supporter and leverages the landscape to bring forth technology initiatives. He is a prolific speaker and thought leader in the space, and has delivered numerous keynotes in tech conferences globally

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Seasoned technology leader with 15+ years of experience in the industrial control systems, enterprise software, cybersecurity and services. He has helped several organizations with their cybersecurity journey.

At Honeywell, Pranav leads the Cybersecurity practice for Middle East and Africa comprising of Sales and Technical Solution consultants for Honeywell Connected Cyber, enabling customers with their cybersecurity programs in various verticals like Energy, Utilities, Metals and mining.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation and control and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in International Business.

He is a certified GICSP and helps to drive cybersecurity awareness and education into industrial control system communities in the region and India.

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Alessandro Monforte is an experienced senior lead in the IT, security and mobility areas. He is in charge of cloud and endpoint security portfolio in south Europe, middle east and Africa. Prior to Cisco he worked for multinational telco companies, in charge of business development and account management activities in the areas of network infrastructure, mobile security and cloud services. He studied telecommunications engineering in Rome and got an MBA from Bocconi School of Management in Milan.

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Veronica Cazzaniga is 25, born in Milan (Italy) where she graduated in Marketing and Business Communication.
She began her career as sales account during the studies, spending 6 months of her life in Valencia (Spain) for an Erasmus Internship.
After 3 sales job experiences in different sectors, last September she joined Sferanet as Account Executive in Dubai (UAE), looking after starting up new business operations in the Emirates

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Hacker. 5800 Responsible Disclosures / Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosures. Co-founder and Head of Research at Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure. Chair of the DIVD.fund and Vice of CSIRT.global.

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"John Davies is Managing Director of Pervade Software, an award-winning independent software vendor with strong roots in the capital of Wales and customers in over 80 countries. He is Co-founder and Chair of Cyber Wales, the largest cyber security ecosystem in the UK. John has been a Sessional Lecturer on MBA courses and is on the Curriculum Advisory Boards of Cardiff University and University of South Wales where he has run sessions for the National Cyber Security Academy. Leveraging his military background, he is also the Chairman of the Regional Employer Engagement Group for the Armed Forces in Wales."

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Award winning CISO facilitating rapid technology change to secure significant business value

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DACH Solution Architect

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Toufic is the founder and President of MobileSphere, a Boston based communication software company. MobileSphere is a pioneer in mobile communication and software. In 2004 The company launched CellularLD -- among the first VoIP over mobile service -- targeting MVNOs and end-users. In 2008 MobileSphere launched Slydial, its patented ringless voicemail technology.

Since then, MobileSphere has continued to innovate with a range of patented mobile communications and messaging products: Slybroadcast, slyText & Slyfone. In 2020, MobileSphere launched Riffr - a social (micro) podcast platform that was spun off into its own entity. In 2022, the company launched SLYGUARD, the only solution that protects the user's security and privacy when using popular over-the-top communication apps. The company's core belief is that software is the engine that will power mobile communication.

Toufic graduated from the Sorbonne, France with a Master Degree in International Economics, and a degree in European Integration. He also holds na MBA from Thunderbird School of Management - Arizona USA. He speaks six languages.

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Morgan Jay is Pentera’s SVP of Sales EMEA & APAC bringing over 15 years of sales and sales management experience from various technology companies. In his most recent role, Morgan led sales teams across the US and EMEA at Imperva. Among his many achievements at Imperva, Morgan won the Global Leader of the Year Award 2020 for his outstanding sales leadership capabilities.

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Prasanth is an experienced Business Unit leader with a demonstrated history of working in the Data Center industry. Skilled in Breach and Attack Simulations, SIEM, Vulnerability Management, Penetration Testing, DAST, Privilege and Identity Access Management, Data Protection, Storage Area Network (SAN), Blade Technology, Storage, Data Analytics, AI, Data Lake and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Strong business development professional with experience in handling large projects and customers.

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Leader with more than decade experience in ensuring customer success across the Enterprise, Government and SMB Segment

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Dr. Bushra Al Blooshi is the Research and Innovation Manager in Dubai Electronic SecurityCenter (DESC). Prior joining DESC, Al Blooshi was a research assistant and a PhDcandidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Khalifa University ofScience, Technology and Research (KUSTAR), UAE.

AI Blooshi has a master’s in information security from KUSTAR and another master’s inpublic administration from Mohammed Bin Rashid College in collaboration with HarvardUniversity. Dr. Bushra's research interests include cloud computing, cyber security,forensics, and cryptography. She is one of the inventors for "Volatile Memory Erasure byControlling Refreshment of Stored Data" patent submitted to US Regular Patent. AIBlooshi also published and participated in many national and international conferences.

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Milad Aslaner has 15 years of international experience in cybersecurity. He has served as a trusted advisor for several global organizations across Oil & Gas, Financial Services, Public Sector, and Aviation industries, helping those modernize their cybersecurity strategy, security architecture, and incident response capabilities. He is an award-winning internationally recognized speaker who presented at over 50 global events and has published several books on various cybersecurity topics, including security architecture, cybersecurity in the FSI industry, and social engineering. Milad Aslaner is the Head of Technology Advisory Group at SentinelOne, a pioneer in providing autonomous security for endpoints, data centers, and cloud environments to help organizations secure their assets with speed and simplicity. He is responsible for a global team of internationally recognized technology strategists that help secure some of the largest organizations in the world.  

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A threat intelligence enthusiast leading a team of researchers that track, analyze and assess worldwide cyber-attacks

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Award Winning  cybersecurity professional at one of the Big Four accounting firms.

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Jannis Utz is Pentera’s Head of Sales Engineering EMEA & APAC since 2019. He has over 15 years network security experience in various roles and positions. Before joining Pentera Jannis worked at Qualys, Tenable and most recently at Recorded Future. Jannis also worked as security consultant and branch manager at indevis GmbH.  

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CEO at UBIRCH, Entrepreneur & Thought Leader Digital Transformation & Media

Since the early 90's, Karim has been an entrepreneur and business angel in the digital economy. He holds a master’s degree in Computer Science and his passion is the establishment and development of new markets based on digital transformation of existing business models through application and constant innovation of technology.

Karim has created and successfully grown companies from the ground as well as held senior international positions in enterprises like DENTSU AEGIS and Deutsche Post DHL.

He helps shaping the industry by taking leadership in trade associations and JICs like the IAB or BVDW as well as being a frequent speaker at conferences.

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Sheik Abideen is a veteran in the Cyber Security industry with 20+ years of experience, mainly in the Middle East Market. He joined Securonix in 2019 as Regional Director and has been credited with driving the overall business in the region.

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Experienced business professional with 25+ years experience in ICT Solution business development, Industry Solutions ,Technology Services and consultancy across multinational organizations across the globe.

In-depth knowledge in the ICT environment in regard to technology Solutions like Cloud, BCDR, Data Warehousing and ICT transformation Solutions across various Industries.

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Ts Mohd Shamir bin Hashimis currently the Senior Vice President of the International and Government Engagement of CyberSecurity Malaysia, the agency that monitors e - sovereignty of Malaysia. An engineer by training, he has more than 30 years of ICT working experience in the telecom and IT sectors.

Mohd Shamir holds a Masters Degree in Information Management (MSc) from the Faculty of Information Management,
University Technology MARA, Malaysia. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University
of Missouri – Kansas City, USA. In addition, Mohd Shamir is a certified Professional in Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCIP) from the Critical Infrastructure Institute, Canada, and an Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP) of the DRI Institute.

In recognition of his contribution in information security, he is a recipient of the Information Security Leadership Achievements (ISLA) 2010 from (ISC)2 A senior management member of CyberSecurity Malaysia, Ts. Mohd Shamir is heavily involved in the national and international cybersecurity platforms such as serving as the Head of the Permanent Secretariat to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation - Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC- CERT) since 2009, Steering Committee Member of the Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) since 2010 and currently sits as the Chair to APCERT on behalf of the agency. He represents CyberSecurity Malaysia as a member of the OIC Science and Technology Committee and Executive Committee Member of the Annual Coordination Meeting of O IC
Institutions (ACMOI).

Nationally, Mohd Shamir is currently heading the membership committee of the Global Accredited Cyber Security Education or Global ACE Scheme and registered with the Malaysia Board of Technologist as Professional Technologist.
Presently, he is very much involved with the ministries and government agencies to front CyberSecurity Malaysia in providing the necessary information required to keep the stakeholders updated on national cybersecurity matters. This includes supporting the government in implementing the Malaysia National Cyber Security Policy and the national committee for mitigating cybersecurity incidences. Internationally, he is highly involved in the establishment of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation - Computer Emergency Response team (OIC-CERT) and now plays an active role in the daily operation and administration of the organization. Regionally, he is active in representing Malaysia, through CyberSecurity Malaysia, in the Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT). He maintains a well -deserved national and international reputation in his field where he had been invited as keynote speakers and
panellist in various local and international conferences.

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Group CISO at the world's top five construction companies

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Duo Account Executive, Nizar leads Cisco Secure Access by Duo Line of business in the Middle East and Africa, He is an SME with more than 13 years of experience in various Cybersecurity Domains particularly access management, Security monitoring and Zero Trust.

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James Chappell is the Founder & Chief Innovation Officer at Digital Shadows. He has led teams in InfoSec and Cybersecurity since 1997, working across the private sector and government organizations helping them to understand the technical aspects of information security. 

James spent over ten years of his career as a security architect and leading the Information Security profession at a large cybersecurity consulting firm. He previously worked in the telecommunication industry in the United States. James has always been fascinated by innovative ways of counteracting the growth of crime and fraud in computer networks and developing effective ways of measuring and managing the security big picture. In 2011 this journey led to an exploration of digital footprints, and their impact on the security of the modern business. James is a regular speaker at technology events and cybersecurity conferences across the globe and is regularly quoted in the press.

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Experienced Information Security and Information Technology leader with a track record across different industries and transformation programs. Proud to led effective teams and deliver on missions serving national objectives. Strong leadership, vision, and execution capabilities. Highly driven and goal oriented, leveraging knowledge, insight, and purpose.

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Seasoned cyber security sales specialist with over 19 year of experience in the Middle East region. Currently heading the corporate security division of Bulwark Technologies having a successful track record of driving large enterprise sales, selling Information security solutions – hardware, software, cloud and hybrid, across the whole of Middle East, Levant and the Indian Sub-continent to all verticals that include Telcos & Service Providers, Oil & Gas, Banking Sector, Ministries, Utilities, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Education and other corporate institutions.

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Nuno is a software group manager at Checkmarx, where he manages and contributes to the development of SAST products.

His expertise in parsing and compilers helped improve Checkmarx’ static analysis in the past few years.

Nuno has a PhD in Computer Science and is a regular invited lecturer in Portuguese universities with teaching and supervision duties.

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Nicolai Solling is the Chief Technology Officer at  Help  AG,  the  cybersecurity  arm  of  Etisalat Digital. He  is  responsible  for  overseeing  Help AG’s professional services, support services, and technical   vendor   management   across   the region. Additionally,   he   is   also   involved   in coordinating  the  enablement  of  teams  and making  sure  they  are  good  at  delivering  the technologies Help AG takes to market. Since  joining  the  company  in  2008,  he  has successfully grown the technical team by more than 200% and has been heavily involved in the design,  deployment,  and  operation  of  some  of  the  most  challenging  network  and  security  infrastructures  for enterprise customers across a variety of industry sectors. Solling has been in the IT and network industry for over 20 years. He is one of the most well-known names in the industry thanks to his in-depth knowledge of cybersecurity technologies combined with his vast experience in security solutions, integration as well pre-sales and design. Prior to joining Help AG, Solling worked as a Systems Engineering Manager for Juniper Networks in the Nordic region. He has also worked with Cygate Denmark and Cisco earlier. 

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Mitun has a wealth of experience in DevSecOps architecture, development and management. Currently working with Global Enterprise Organisations, Mitun helps protect Enterprise company software by remediating risk and preventing vulnerable software components entering your software supply chain.

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Hesham Saad is a Sr. Regional Cybersecurity Technical Specialist in Microsoft part of the global Cyber Defence team unit and focusing on SOC Operations, Threat Management and Hunting, DFIR, Advanced Analytics & SIEM management with more than 15 years of IT & Cyber experience and a multi-national Cyber speaker. (39) Hesham Saad | LinkedIn  

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Mark has 30 years experience building strategies to help organisations leverage the latest technologies to grow their business, increase customer revenue, expand Global presence and improve the customer journey.  

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Gilles LORIDON has worked as an IT Consultant for 28 years and specialized in Cyber Security for more than 23 years. In 1999, Gilles joined the European Leader in Strategic Security, as a Senior Security Consultant and later on, took the position of CEO of Global Security Network, its Middle East branch. Gilles has been leading and implementing successful Cyber Security projects for Security Agencies, Military Departments, Nuclear & Electricity companies and Oil & Gas corporations in Europe, Africa, Asia, as well as in the Middle East. Gilles has been conducting Cyber Security Audits & VA/PT, ISA 62443 CSMS implementations, Risk Assessments and Awareness Training in the Energy and Governmental sectors. Gilles is certified ISA/IEC 62443 Cyber Security Fundamentals Specialist and an elected leader of ISA UAE Section. Gilles is a Senior Consultant for more than 22 years in InfoSec and for 27 years in IT. He has been leading and implementing InfoSec projects for Security Agencies and Energy companies in EMEA. As prime consultant, Gilles has been conducting, InfoSec Audits, ICS CSMS implementations and Awareness Training. As Senior Nuclear Security & Safety Consultant, Gilles worked for 8 years on the Safety Analysis Reports for CLA and OLA. He was the principal consultant on the Cyber Security Plan, Chapter 19.3 AIA and Chapter 19.4 LOLA. Gilles LORIDON, MSc in Computer Science from French IT Engineering school, IIE, has worked as IT Consultant for more than twenty-three years and in the Cyber Security field for more than eighteen years.   Gilles started his career in 1994 as a Military Engineer for the CEA, the French Nuclear Energy agency, in the Nuclear Emergency Response Team. This team is part of the first responders in case of a nuclear accident. In 1997, he moved to the USA and worked for the US government as a project leader for the development of innovative Economic Intelligence System. In 1999, Gilles joined the European Leader in Economic Intelligence, CEIS, as a Project Leader and later, took the responsibility of its Middle East Branch. During the last eighteen years as CEO of Global Security Network, he has been leading and implementing successful cyber security projects for governmental Agencies, Critical infrastructure companies and Military Departments in Europe, Africa, as well as in the Middle East. Gilles’ main role is to the Subject Matter Expert on ICS/SCADA Cyber Security and on the relevant standards (ISO 27001, IEC 62443, ISF IRAM) and regulations (US NRC 5.71, UAE NESA, NEI, etc…). Gilles is ISA certified ISA 84/IEC 61511 SIS Fundamentals Specialist. Gilles is participating to many conferences in the MENA region presenting, peer reviewed, DataDiode cases studies and ISC/SCADA cyber security related subjects. Gilles conducted many Information Security Awareness sessions in the Oil & Gas and the Nuclear sectors for hundreds of employees with a focus on ICS/SCADA users. Gilles developed and delivered Safety and Security training for the UAE Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation including the APR 1400 Safety Systems and the Safety Assessors Training.

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Brian Egenrieder is a veteran sales strategist and executive leader with over 30 years of enterprise software experience. His expertise in sales, sales management, business / channel development, marketing and executive leadership, gives Brian a unique perspective in helping early-stage companies build from the ground up and in also helping established companies hone their strategies and processes to consistently increase revenue while controlling costs. He has vast experience in selling into the Fortune 500 / Global 2000 as well as the SMB markets, experience in both commercial and government sectors, and experience in working in both domestic and foreign markets. He has been employed at a multitude of Software companies with a wide array of technology solutions, including IBM, webMethods, Deltek, Sterling Commerce, and others, giving Brian a broad spectrum of knowledge in high tech enterprise sales and marketing. He currently holds the position of Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for the rapidly growing Mobile Security company SyncDog. He is helping them to continually increase their global footprint and change the way the world goes about getting work done on their mobile devices.

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Barak Hadad is the Head of Research at Armis Labs, responsible for hunting zero days and reverse engineering. Formerly an embedded R&D team lead in the Israeli Defense Forces Intelligence, his current focus is unraveling the mysteries of various embedded devices.

While breaking a factory production line is Barak's idea of fun at work, in his free time Barak enjoys gaining as many hobbies as possible, including windsurfing, volleyball, skiing, water-ski, volley-ski, ball-water-ski, and of course his favorite, wind-ball-surf-volley-ski.

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Bahaa has over 20 years’ experience in IT and over 16 years specializing in the area of IT security. Bahaa has held multiple positions with security and mobility vendors both Technical and sales roles. Throughout his career, Bahaa has acquired multiple vendor and security industry certifications including CISSP certification while holding leading positions with companies such as McAfee and MobileIron. Bahaa also has unique Mobile and Cloud Security expertise in the META region and has helped multiple customers with their mobility strategies and needs.

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Sheril Nagoor is a Solution Architect at Cloudflare, helping enterprises transform and secure their network and business with Zero Trust strategy leveraging Cloudflare’s Zero Trust Platform. Sheril has 10+ years of experience in solving cyber security challenges and worked with companies that shaped Internet and web security.    

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Experienced business leader with a demonstrated history of achievements in the Cyber, IoT, Mobile, Big Data, IT - OT Cybersecurity space. Proven results in leading teams, taking ideas and products and translating them into pipeline and revenue (10s of $ millions) - penetrating new and existing markets and creating effective processes and operations within company ecosystems to drive growth.

As VP of Sales & Business development positions in the last 9 years, I gathered vast experience in hunting mega opportunities, closing Multi-Million dollar deals, recruit effective channels and motivate the team in good and rough times which helped to achieve extraordinary results.

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Passionate about creating Go-To-Market, Growth, Marketing, Operations and business strategies (direct and indirect) with exceptional people management and business development skills. I'm a very Autodidact self-learner with high technical skills and with vast experience in technology, IT, OT and IoT cyber sales to large enterprises. I bring high value to any organization which is looking to Introduced new technologies with worldwide operations and sales

Holds a BA in Business Management with Major in Information Systems Management.

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As Cybersecurity Director for Middle East & Africa, Fady’s role is to focus on delivering Cisco's vision of integrated cybersecurity for Cisco’s customers and partners, overseeing the day to day business and driving growth plans across the region.

Fady focuses on empowering customers, including government and private entities, to securely create and deliver value as every country, city and company becomes increasingly digital and migrates to the cloud.

Fady is a Cisco veteran with a proven track record of delivering sales across the region for more than 16 years. He has worked in several roles including East Region Operations Director for Cisco Middle East, General Manager for Cisco UAE, Enterprise Sector Regional Sales Manager and Service Provider Sector (Telco) Regional Sales Manager.

Prior to joining Cisco, he was Regional Senior Manager at Nortel (MEA), and Product Manager at Ericsson and held international long-term assignments in Sweden, Greece, Indonesia and Egypt.

Fady holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer & Communication Engineering from the American University of Beirut.

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James is a principal Product Marketing Director at Elastic, focusing on Elastic Security. Before that, he served as a Product Marketing Manager security & a specialist on our Solutions Architecture team for two years, helping customers and users across the globe architect their Elastic deployments for Security analytics. Before joining Elastic, James had been building custom SIEM platforms for security operations centers (SOCs) across various sectors and industries. Having tried solutions from different vendors, James favors the Elastic Stack for its versatility and integrated machine learning.

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Based in Dubai (UAE), Apollinaire is in charge of developing Fortinet’s Public Cloud business in the International Emerging Markets. He has extensive experience in Cloud, having worked on Cloud-based PBXs as early as 2003.

 Previous to Fortinet, Apollinaire worked for Tata Communications where he led a team of Solutions Architects covering the company’s full portfolio of managed services, including Security, Hybrid Clouds,  Networking and Unified Communications.

Other experience includes several years with Cisco in the Emerging Markets, where Apollinaire occupied various roles in the area of Collaboration technologies: Sr Manager Consulting Systems Engineers, Regional CTO and Sales Lead. He has a solid experience in Communications Technologies, after 11 years at Nortel Networks, where he was a Partner Manager, a Systems Engineer and a Senior Systems Engineer Manager.

 Apollinaire holds a Masters in Telecommunications from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. 

He is fully adapted to the desert climate of Dubai, and with his wife and daughter, he enjoys the many activities that this city has to offer - his favourites are Scuba Diving, Desert Camping and Triathlon.

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As an industry leader in government and public safety industry, Mr. Abdulrahim is a Global Government Industry Scientist at Huawei on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to enable governments, emergency services, city authorities and other government organizations to prevent, detect, respond and recover quickly and effectively from changing economic environments and threats to public safety. He is a well sought after solution specialist, using his vast design experience to digitally transform challenging customer requirements into workable mission critical solutions that can be utilized to make communities and cities safe.
 
With his extensive hands-on experience in delivering turnkey integrated mission critical command & control solutions for multiple government and private agencies, Mr. Abdulrahim is a natural expert to assist public safety, security and customs agencies realize the solutions that satisfy their end-to-end functional and operational requirements today and in the future, apply best practices to achieve project management excellence during delivery and respective maintenance and lifecycle transformation requirements to assure continued 24/7 operation and evolution, in addition to setting up essential training requirements.
 
With over 32 years of experience in the Safety and Security industry, Mr. Abdulrahim started as a consultant with Dar Al Handash in London in 1987. He has held multiple positions in design, sales, project management to executive management in multi-cultural environments in Europe and the Middle East, specializing in delivering large scale turnkey integrated security solutions.
 
Prior to joining Huawei, Mr. Abdulrahim was Regional Director [CEO] for Siemens Enterprise Security in the GCC region and Head of the Center of Competence (CoC) for Middle East and Asia. Mr. Abdulrahim spent 15 years at Siemens, joining in 2001 as a Regional Sales Manager to establish the security offering in the region. Under his leadership, Siemens became a market leader in command and control solutions for public safety in the GCC with prestigious C3 references including Dubai Police, Abu Dhabi Police, Palm Island, Qatar Pearl, Qatar NCC, Qatar Asian Games 2006, CICPA, RGO among others.
 
Over the years, Mr. Abdulrahim has specialized in ICT solutions, Integrated Security Solutions (PSIM, CCTV, Access Control, Intrusion Detection), Command & Control and Crisis Management operational and functional planning, Integrated Call Center Mission Critical Communication (Telephony, Tetra, LTE, Intercom), Computer Aided Dispatch, GIS (2D/3D), Customs and Border solutions, Education solutions, Smart City and Safe City E2E roll-out, Intelligent Traffic Sysytems, Critical Infrastructure and Smart Campus solutions, Video Surveillance with Analytics, Sovereign Cloud and Data Centers solutions, PA & Sound Reinforcement, Acoustics, A/V & Video Wall, Control Room Design, Wireless Transmission, Risk & Threat Analysis, Fire Detection and Protection, in addition to assisting with setting up SOP’s for client procedures.

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Co-founded Leading Cyber Ladies, a global movement promoting diversity in Cyber Security. Recognized as a subject matter expert by the “100 Esperte” initiative, supported by the EU Commission.

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On a mission to build the land of the future securely.

As a veteran in information security with around 20 years of experience, I am intensely focused on developing next-generation security programs for the digital landscape. I have repeated success delivering innovative security programs safeguarding the data and digital information of both Government & industry.

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He is a cyber security expert with more than fifteen years of offensive and defensive cyber experience, and he led malware research teams for some of the world's largest security firms.

His technical experience started in an elite technology unit, where his service was recognized by the president and the chief general of staff.

Later on he served in multiple technical and managing positions, among which he led Cybertinel's - a cyber-security startup - malware research activity until the acquisition by CyberArk where he led the malware research team.

Roi holds an MBA degree from the Tel-Aviv university, and a B.Sc degree from the JCE.

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Highly focused with a consistent track record of successful delivery Naveen is an Information and Cyber Security professional with strong financial services, Oil and Gas, Utilities and some public sector engagements experience knowledge built over the past 25 years working globally (London, Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, Middle East, and Japan).

Covering a range of Global Senior Executive Management positions as Chief Information Security Officer and others Including Security Risk, Control and Compliance strategy, technical and Business Risk Assessments methodology and implementation, Process design, metrication and implementation, and global security consultation Including Security Operations, Application Security, Infrastructure Security, Third-Party Risk Management and Access Controls, technology, tools, and services.

The development of Security target operating models to support business and IT global functions. Key exposure to global regulatory change and control implementation. Managing teams between 10 to 120 global projects and programs above £20m and operating budgets over £50m.

Strong managerial background with a board, executive, and senior-level management. Local/international experience and cross-sector exposure of Cyber Security (Information Risk, Application and Infrastructure Security, Security Management, and Security Architecture).

Good strategic appreciation and vision, able to build and implement sophisticated plans with a proven track record explicitly supporting business needs. Self-driven and self-reliant sets aim and target and lead by example, collaborative approach with good interpersonal skills to engage, motivate, and encourage others through change.

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Karthik Raja has more than 15 years of experience in the IT Security and Telecom domain.

He is well-versed in DevOps, Programming, Networking, and Security. He has numerous certifications in IT security and the Telecom domain; Implemented and managed one of the most significant cybersecurity projects in TCS, Wipro, with more than 100K+ servers and endpoints and networking resources. Created and Managed a team of 20+ people to implement and support various cybersecurity products.

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Dietmar has over 25 years of experience in the IT Industry. For more than 7 years now in IT Security, where he was successfully engaged in different areas like Endpoint Security, Application Development Security, Network Security and now Privileged Access Management. He is a frequent public speaker delivering keynotes and lectures.

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Over 13 years of experience at Governmental position, managing complex global projects.

Expert in technology-integrated, business development in multinational environments and provides unique and innovative solutions for a wide range of multi-player situations.

MSc in Materials Engineering fromthe Ben-Gurion University.

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Ilan has over fifteen years of experience in the high-tech and clean-tech industry, bringing innovation and technology into utilities and industries for improved and safer processes. As a subject matter expert, Ilan introduces Cybersecurity and Industry 4.0 solutions into emerging markets for increased safety and productivity. Prior to joining SIGA, Ilan held numerous business development and sales management positions in global diverse markets. Ilan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Masters degree from the Ben Gurion University.

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Massimiliano Botta is 57, born in Turin (Italy) where he graduated in Political Science.
He began his career in Information Technology industry end of 80’s by joining the Sales Department at Digital Equipment Corporation.

In 1995 he had been appointed Sales Manager and for the following 20 years he was managing sales operations at Olivetti, EMC2 and Kofax gaining deep experience in consultative selling about Hardware, Software and Professional Services.

From July 2012 he was Vice President of Commercial Sales at Kofax joining the Executive Management Team relocated to U.S.A. (Irvine – CA), a position he held until 2016.

Since 2019 he’s been working at Sferanet as senior member of the Top Management Team with the assignment of Chief Sales Officer based in Dubai (UAE), looking after business operations in South Europe and Middle East.

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Rajesh Krishna is the founder and CEO of Securaa, a next gen SOAR platform and lives in Dallas, Texas. Rajesh is a technology entrepreneur and founded Securaa in 2018.

Rajesh comes with over 25 years of industry experience building technology business in US and Europe. Rajesh comes with a rich and diverse experience in Cybersecurity, Technology and Solutioning.

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Sion brings to Pentera’s team over 20 years of experience in product, project management, sales, pre-sales, and technical roles.

Sion began his career in Cyber Security in the IDF and prior to Pentera, worked at companies like Cronus Cyber Technologies, Cybonet, Matrix, and others.

Sion is also the author of the book: Hands-On Dark Web Analysis.

After performing various roles at Pentera, Sion is now Head of Technical Channel Enablement for EMEA & APAC.