A stellar lineup of global CISO’s will discuss strategies to take advantage of AI-powered solutions, how to secure 5G - the most important network of the 21st century - and how enterprises can manage their concerns around cloud security.

Agenda Overview
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)15 mins
- Finance
- GISEC Main Stage
CISOs tend to be mostly in the background for organizations and business look at them as a road blocker. But deservedly, the role of CISO started to get much more prominence, considering the dependency on them to effectively support the technology transformation, as the world is transforming into a digital economy. A secure and stable environment is a primary need to consistently and aggressively adopt the digital channels for various business and economic activities. The pandemic has accelerated this journey. Hence, designing and implementing intelligent, but agile and effective security controls is the key to meet the business and security objectives in a timely and effective manner.
How can the CISO be a business enabler to support the digital economy?
- What are the changes in approach required?
- What lessons learned from handling pandemic security challenges?
- How to be more agile and positive without compromising security?
- What are the practical steps to ensure a more resilient but flexible digital platforms?
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- Finance
- GISEC Main Stage
Not only an expectation from customers, protecting data is a legal obligation. And how does one go about retaining their customer’s trust as data movement is an imperative for digital economies? How safe is the cloud? And which cloud? What are the latest advances in data protection and best practices in data privacy? How do CISOs make sure outsourced and managed services follow organisational policies and procedures, as well as related laws and regulations?
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55 mins
- Banking & Finance
- GISEC Main Stage
This presentation is a toolkit for developing collective protection and response to cyber-attacks, fraud, and other threats.
- How do we defend an entire industry, at national or regional level? How do we leverage the wisdom of the crowd, build trust, and avoid common pitfalls of information sharing communities over the years?
- Whether an informal small sharing group, an industry ISAC, or a fully resourced and staffed formal cyber defence centre, this talk will include discussion of Information resources and good practices for collective defence
- Working with government and industry stakeholders
- Resource requirements and expectations management
- Trust building and information sharing
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- Finance
- GISEC Main Stage
Gary Brantley, former CIO for the City of Atlanta and now CTO of Beazer Homes, has developed a tried-and-true strategy to lead the charge and transform an organization, company or business. His secret to success is that understanding the building blocks of organizational resilience lies in adopting a rapid change mindset and developing a seven-step approach. Since 2018, the City of Atlanta has battled two viruses: the largest cyber security attack and COVID-19. After re-strategizing following one of America’s largest cyberattacks and navigating through the current threats of a global pandemic, Gary Brantley has continued to deliver cutting edge technology and services.
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)20 mins
- Government Stage Hosted By DESC
- GISEC Main Stage
Cyber-attacks are on the rise with increasing frequency and sophistication, a collective defense approach can provide companies, sectors — even entire nations — a more effective defense against these massive, coordinated cyber attacks
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- Government Stage Hosted By DESC
- GISEC Main Stage
What certifications are global governments implementing to ensure that the service providers for the government are certified? What are the different approaches adopted lately by Israel and Singapore?
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- Government Stage Hosted By DESC
- GISEC Main Stage
Erecting virtual borders is giving rise to digital protectionism – a big blow to the digital economy. How is growing fragmentation of “internet sovereignty” impacting the security and business community?
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)15 mins
- Government Stage Hosted By DESC
- GISEC Main Stage
This session highlights an alternative view to traditional cyber security, Larry will assert that the advantage belongs to cyber teams who turn defenders into hunters; that the advantage belongs to those that leverage the power of AI/ML to detect and stop a malware attack, before it actually occurs. That smart, layered defense using AI can actually enable security teams to make decisions faster than the adversaries attacking them.
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- Government Stage Hosted By DESC
- GISEC Main Stage
What are the major risks and challenges that are emerging from an increasingly ubiquitous connected world and how should we address these challenges?
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- Government Stage Hosted By DESC
- GISEC Main Stage
Cyberattacks are happening more frequently and have a more significant impact. At the back of this, the global cyber insurance market is expected to reach $20.4bn by 2025*(*Finaria.). Data can be extracted from the incidents; however, cross-industry sharing of the data and gaining insights from it pose vital challenges. What is the way forward?
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)45 mins
- Government Stage Hosted By DESC
- GISEC Main Stage
The transnational nature of cybercrime makes it critical for governments to collaborate in building a platform and establish intelligence and threat-sharing partnerships that are faster and achievable, preventative and strengthen investigating cybercrimes
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- GISEC Main Stage
4D Approach, “Deter and Divert those on the periphery of Cybercrime, Degrade and Disrupt those committed to Cybercrime”
This presentation outlines a long neglected aspect in the fight against cybercrime, the Human Factor. Detailed findings from unique and insightful interviews with technically skilled high profile cyber offenders and how a Cyber Criminal Career Pathway that became the template for Prevention of Cyber Crime. How extensive experience as a Cyber Crime investigator and Magistrate provided the rationale for the development of many of the Prevent initiatives and interventions used effectively within the UK Criminal Justice system. Exploring the emergence of Cyber Crime Prevention in, its focus on Cyber Dependent Crime and the operational and societal impact of this alternative strategy on UK and global law enforcement.
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- GISEC Main Stage
Roadmap and ultimate guideline to build and implement a tailored Zero Trust system for healthcare in the wake of devastating attacks that are now claiming their first victims. Find out from Zero Trust pioneers how hospitals can achieve a safe digital transformation
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)20 mins
- GISEC Main Stage
While the FBI stated to healthcare providers that their industry is not as resilient to cyber intrusions as retail and financial industries, healthcare entities are increasingly in the crosshairs of attackers who seek to cause business disruption, how are healthcare systems tapping the power of intelligence to prevent impending threats.
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)20 mins
- Healthcare
- GISEC Main Stage
According to Gartner more than 25 percent of cyberattacks in healthcare delivery organizations involve connected and digitally monitored implantable medical devices. Those are estimated to average over six vulnerabilities each. As ransomware attacks are on the rise, and hospitals already stressed by a global pandemic are choice targets for attackers – how can cyber security professionals keep patients safe when the first death by ransomware in history was already recorded.
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Main Stage (Sheikh Saeed Hall)30 mins
- Healthcare
- GISEC Main Stage
Consumers want personalised customer experience and service therefore they provide data to businesses and brands they trust. What is data ethics? Complying with data protection law is a business priority but beyond compliance, what are the practical implications and benefits of handling ethically customers data?
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

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.”
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“This event stood out because of the quality of the network they brought together and the diversity of perspective.”
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“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!”