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GISEC Mainstage is the content platform for the regions CISOs and cyber professionals responsible for the security of their organisations. It serves an international dialogue on cyber threats, market needs, and innovative solutions with keynote speakers comprised of industry executives and heads of state from around the region.

2020 Agenda

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11:00
  1. Opening Chairperson’s Remarks
    10 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Nigel Gibbons
    Nigel Gibbons, Associate Director and Senior Advisor - NCC Group
11:10
  1. GISEC Advisory Board Keynote Speech
    20 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Col. Saeed M. Al Hajri
    Col. Saeed M. Al Hajri, Director, Cybercrime Department and Chairman of Advisory Board - Dubai Police HQ
11:30
  1. Reserved for Main Sponsor Showcase
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
12:00
  1. Developing Holistic IT Risk Management for Dubai Customs: Convergence of Cyber and Physical Security for Enterprise and Infrastructure Assets
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Adel Alhousani
    Adel Alhousani, CISO - Dubai Customs
12:30
  1. Networking Break
    60 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
13:30
  1. Discussion Panel: Developing the CISO of the Future: Backgrounds, Skills Gaps and Priorities
    40 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Dee Deu
    Dee Deu, CISO - Xoserve
    Faisal Sibai
    Faisal Sibai, SVP & CISO - At a major Middle East based sovereign wealth fund
    Adel Alhousani
    Adel Alhousani, CISO - Dubai Customs
    Michael Meli
    Michael Meli, CISO - Julius Baer
14:10
  1. Understanding How to Embrace the Need for tomorrow’s CISO to Combine both Digital and Physical Threat Management and the Evolution of Cyber Insurance to Resolve Cross Functional Security Threats
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Remo Marini
    Remo Marini, Chief Security Officer - Head of Group IT Operations Risk & Security - Generali
14:40
  1. Protecting the UAE's Digital Culture and Tourism Ahead of the Expo 2020
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Hessa Al Nahdi
    Hessa Al Nahdi, Chief Information Security Officer - UAE Department of Culture and Tourism
15:10
  1. Looking Under the Hood of Corporate Security Architecture to Discover the future of Global Digital Infrastructure Security
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Jeremy Bennett
    Jeremy Bennett, Head of Corporate Security - SWIFT
15:40
  1. Developing the Architect of the Future: Understanding how AI is Transforming the Cloud
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Francisco Gaspar
    Francisco Gaspar, Lead Cyber Security Architect - Telefonica
16:10
  1. CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS
    5 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
11:00
  1. Defence Technology In Your Hands: Key Trends and Cyber Technologies Soon Available to Commercial Operations
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Brian Pierce
    Brian Pierce, Former Director Information Innovation - DARPA
11:30
  1. Creating the Architect of the Future: Understanding why the Chief Architect Should Get a Seat at the Table
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
12:00
  1. Developing More Effective Business Relationships between Security and Non-Security Functions for Operational Success
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Marcin Masłowski
    Marcin Masłowski, Head of IDT Governance Risk and Compliance - British American Tobacco
12:30
  1. Networking Break
    60 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
13:30
  1. Discussion Panel: From Phishing to Smishing – Combatting Increasingly Sophisticated Insider Threats
    40 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
14:10
  1. Is the ‘Artificial Intelligence’ in today’s Infosec debate actually just clever Machine Learning?
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Nathan Swain
    Nathan Swain, CISO - ADSS Group
14:40
  1. Understanding Applications of Fintech Cyber Excellence and their Implications for the Wider Corporate Arena
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Michael Meli
    Michael Meli, CISO - Julius Baer
15:10
  1. Not Everyone on the Same Page: Are Unpatched Legacy Architecture Threats the Greatest challenge for 5G Implementation?
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
15:40
  1. Understanding the Importance of Developing both an Information Security and Corporate Security Transformation Programme: Looking at Security Convergence from a Logical Perspective
    20 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Jamie Whitcombe-Jones
    Jamie Whitcombe-Jones, Security Programme Director - Allianz Insurance
11:00
  1. Developing Tomorrow’s IT and OT Cyber Strategy and Governance in a Shipping and Logistics Context
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Mikkel Growth-Andersen
    Mikkel Growth-Andersen, CISO - DFDS
11:30
  1. Preparing for the Evolution of the IT / OT Security Debate in Oil and Gas: Addressing Security Convergence in IoT and Enterprise
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    George Eapen
    George Eapen, Global CISO - Petrofac
12:00
  1. Uncovering Cyber and Infrastructure Challenges to Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Anatolii Vovniuk
    Anatolii Vovniuk, Former Head of IT - Naftogaz of Ukraine
12:30
  1. Networking Break
    60 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
13:30
  1. Emerging Cloud Security Challenges: Applicable Lessons Learned from the Oil and Gas Sector
    40 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Moaiyed Albargan
    Moaiyed Albargan, Head of Information Security - TAQA
14:10
  1. Emerging IoT Threats and Harnessing the Power of Data Science to Protect CNI of the Future
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Menno Vlietstra
    Menno Vlietstra, CIO - Urenco
14:40
  1. How Can Corporate Security Better Protect the ‘Edge’ of Critical Infrastructure and Networks and Can we Retrofit Security by Design?
    30 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Glenn Arild Pettersen
    Glenn Arild Pettersen, Head of Security and Emergency Preparedness - Høegh LNG
15:10
  1. Discussion Panel: If AI is the Next Generation for Information Security, when will we Reach the AI Event Horizon, how will we Recognise it and what will it Actually mean?
    40 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage
    Faisal Sibai
    Faisal Sibai, SVP & CISO - At a major Middle East based sovereign wealth fund
    Dr Fadi Aloul
    Dr Fadi Aloul, Professor and Department Head of Computer Science - American University of Sharjah
15:50
  1. CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS
    10 mins
    • GISEC Main Stage

Featured Speakers at GISEC

LEARN FROM THE BEST MINDS IN CYBER SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Brian Pierce

    Brian Pierce

    Former Director Information Innovation, DARPA
    Dr Pierce very recently led DARPA (part of the US Department of Defence)’s Information Innovation Office (I2O) which is responsible for developing military grade AI, Data Analytics and Cyber solutions
  • Bryan Seely

    Bryan Seely

    Senior Security Architect & Evangelist, Cyemptive Technologies
    The only hacker to wiretap the US Secret Service & FBI.
  • Francisco Gaspar

    Francisco Gaspar

    Lead Cyber Security Architect, Telefonica
    As Lead Cyber Security Architect, Francisco leads the Telefonica Cyber Defense Center to continually assess existing infrastructure and services in relation to regulatory and industry requirements
  • George Eapen

    George Eapen

    Global CISO, Petrofac
    Key holder to information security of 12,750 employees across 24 global offices of Petrofac group
  • Hector Monsegur

    Hector Monsegur

    Security Researcher, Director of Assessment Services, Rhino Security Labs
    Former frontman of the Anonymous/LulzSec hacking group, Hector Monsegur once ruled the hacktivist scene, breaching high-profile organisations from Nintendo, News Corp, PayPal, VISA and Mastercard.

KEY REASONS TO ATTEND

Award winning CISOs

Learn from Global CISOs setting trends at some of the world’s most iconic companies

Major security agencies

Get intelligence briefings on new threats from major international security agencies

Network with 1,000

+ delegates

Enhance your network, meeting with over 1,000+ fellow delegates; making it the largest cyber security and tech conference in MEASA.

Meet 8,500+ InfoSec professionals

Participate in the largest cyber security and IoT event, where over 8,500 of the region’s InfoSec community converge to source new products and stay up to date with the latest developments.

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ATTENDEES

100+ CIO/CISO/VP of top companies like Telefonica, Saudi Ports, IKEA Group, Amazon Pay India, DHL Express, Dubai Health Authority, Habib Bank Ag, Juma Al Majid Group, Al Maskari Holding, Bank of Jordan, General Motors MENA, Dubai Customs, General Electric MENA, Union National Bank, Majid Al Futtaim Retail – Carrefour, Lulu Group International and many more.

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  • “GISEC is one of the most fantastic, rich, worldwide cybersecurity event, trying to understand revolutionary technology and how it might change the word. It brilliantly illuminates and emphasizes the threats that could profoundly impact the way we handle emerging technology.”
    Dr. Mohamed Benaichouche
    CIO, ARABSAT
  • “This event stood out because of the quality of the network they brought together and the diversity of perspective.”
    Marloes Pomp
    Program Officer, Dutch Government
  • “This year’s event brought a fresh new approach and provided network and security professionals a great opportunity to learn, meet solutions providers and network!”
    Tariq Valani
    Vice President - IT Infrastructure & Operations, Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts Management

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