Khaled works at FireEye as A Cyber Security Consultant to help the Government and the Enterprise Sectors across GCC region utilizing the FireEye technologies, Services, and Intelligence in an effective way to meet their businesses’ requirements in terms of Advance Cyber Security Operations.

Prior to joining FireEye, Khaled held many positions In Saudi Arabia that have to do with Information Technology from an IT Operations, Technical Writing, Project Management, Cyber Security Analysis & Engineering, and Information Security Management. Through his career of over 10 years, Khaled had many trainings in different IT and Information Security Domains to have deep and better understanding about Cyber Security operations from a Strategic level to an Operational level.

Khaled holds a masters’ degree in Enterprise Security Management from Lawrence Technological University in Michigan, United States of America. In 2011, he was nominated to be the representative of the College of Management in the American National Society of Leadership and Success.

Amjad is an exceptional Cyber Security professional with 14+ years progressive technical and business experience in IT Security with strong Consultancy and Services skills.

Worked for different Security vendors and Contributed in the success of many key projects. Also, accomplished many industry leading certifications including: CISSP, C|EH, ISO27001.

Ameer Khan, Principal Consultant with Symantec for more than 13 years. Proficient and thorough cyber security specialist with years of experience and a deep understanding of Zero day Malware and Targeted attacks. Ameer is specialized and expert in handling Malware outbreaks. Ameer has done multiple roles in Symantec and currently based out in Riyadh.

Justin is an Evangelist in the Cyber Security field, having spoken at many keynote industry events across EMEA. Justin has 26 years of software sales and management experience with the last 20 years spent in enterprise IT security management. Prior to joining Skybox Security in 2005, Justin managed Symantec's UK Retail Finance Sector. Justin Coker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Studies.

Frederic Saint-Joigny is Senior Director of Security for Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company. Since November 2017 Fred has assumed this new role within the organization covering Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA).

Prior to this Fred was a Senior Director of Channel & Alliances for 7 years within Aruba EMEA. His expertise saw him build, grow and lead his Team who were responsible for driving the indirect business which comprised of distribution, channel partners, Telco/Service Providers and System Integrators.

Fred has over 25 years’ experience within the Security Software and Network Hardware industries, having worked within Channel at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company since 2010 and prior to that holding senior positions at Exaprotect, Check Point Software, F-Secure, Racal Datacom and Alcatel.

Fred has a proven management and leadership international track record, with expertise ranging from sales direct and indirect, operation responsibility in a multicultural business environment.
Fred holds a BA in Computer Sciences from Paris West University Nanterre.

Mohammad has been in the IT industry for the past 15 years, witnessed & participated in major IT transformations. Joined Nutanix as the country manager for Saudi & Bahrain A year ago, to lead the Datacenter transformation toward simpler, agile and much more cost effective choices.

Mohammed Djamel NACI, Security Specialist consultant at Paloaltonetworks. Have been working in the security space for 17 years in different R&D and security vendors. Holding a master degree in network security and preparing a Ph.D. in cybersecurity.

Mohammad has over 18 years experience working with organizations across KSA from all different verticals. His core experience has been around advising customers on leading edge technologies in the field of data protection and information security. As the Kingdom takes a leading role in the region on Cybersecurity, Mohammad is delighted to represent BeyondTrust, the leader in Privilege Access Management, to help organizations meet their compliance and security needs.

Abdulrahman has over 8 years of experience working in the Information Security filed, during that he served as Information Security Specialist at a Leading local bank. Subsequently, Abdulrahman Joined McAfee as a System Engineer to support McAfee Business in Saudi Arabia. After that he joined Logrhythm as System Engineer responsible for developing and building business for Logrhythm in the Kingdom, and now he serves the role of Sales Manager at Logrhythm.

Ahmad Abou Zaher has worked for Infoblox since July 2013. As Senior Pre-sales Architect, he worked with regional sales Teams, responsible for opportunity qualification, product demonstrations, technical presentations, and on-site product installation, training, and support. Ahmad works now as a consultant, bringing the best of breed architecture and design to some of EMEA’s largest enterprises and service providers.

Prior to Infoblox, Ahmad worked in KSA for five years as a Network and Security Solutions Architect for Al Jol IT, a leading Systems Integrators, providing next-generation IT solutions. He also worked for two years as a support engineer at TSB Solutions, a Managed Service Provider in Toronto Canada. Ahmad is a Technical Sales-Oriented IT professional with experience in a wide range of platforms and solutions such as Network Security, Routing, Switching, IT Systems, Service Providers, Wireless and Mobility, Data Centers, Cloud, Automation, and DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM).

Ahmed Ali El-kosairy is an InfoSec Engineer with over 10 Years' experience. His expertise includes Network and Application Security Consultant, Sales, and also hacker attacks and defenses. Ahmed has performed numerous Deals-POC and security assessments, pen-testing, malware analyst, reverse engineering and responses to computer attacks for clients.

Engineer Sultan AbuKoshaim is working now as an Advisor for the Governor at Saudi Standards and Quality Organization as well as a member in the IT Strategy Advisory Group at International Standards Organization.

He has strong working experience in the field of Information Systems that spans over 14 years, where he has taken on positions ranging from telecom to banking to government services. Most recently he worked as executive director of information security and strategic planning at the Saudi food and drug authority.

Sultan holds High Potential Leadership Certification from Harvard Business School, and Data Analysis Certification from MIT. He also got his MBA from Leicester University in UK.

Yasser Alruhaily is Cyber Security leader with over 13 years of experience in strategizing, architecting, transforming and leading the Cyber Security, Information Security, Enterprise Risk & Compliance Management and IT Strategic Programs for Telecom sectors, Banking Institutions and Ministry of KSA.

Currently working head of Cyber Security. He actively contributes to industries knowledge-base through speeches, executive presentations, round-table discussions and as a panel expert in Cyber Security forums, seminars, and conferences.

Dr. Faisal Sibai is a Seasoned cybersecurity professional with more than 19 years’ experience in the cybersecurity community. Dr. Faisal has held many positions and comes with both local and international experiences with various big names around the world. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Masters in Information Security from George Mason university, Fairfax, VA”

Mohammad is leading the Security Organization of the National Center for Performance Measurement “ADAA” with a solid experience for enabling and securing businesses and drive change. Information security in ADAA is responsible for managing Governance, Risk and Compliance & Security Operations including data assurance and Awareness. Before ADAA, Mohammad was heading the Information Security in Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority “SAGIA” for 5 years and before that he was Managing the Network Dept. in SAGIA since 2009. Mohammad has 14+ years of experience within different domains within Information Technology.

Dr. Abdulrahman's experience and research interests include Cybersecurity, Payment Systems Design, Payments Security, Fraud, and privacy management. Abdulrahman was involved in designing and implementing the security controls of critical payment systems at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority. Dr. Alhothaily published more than 18 scientific papers in international conferences and peer-reviewed journals, in addition, he has received U.S. patents in the field of cybersecurity. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) USA, the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM), and Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA).

He holds multiple professional certificates in Cybersecurity and has won a number of awards, including the “Research Assistant Fellowship Award” from the George Washington University (USA), "Best Paper Award" from IIKI 2017, “Research Excellence Award” form SACM and the “SAMA Excellence Award”.

Dr. Abdulrahman holds a PhD, M.Sc. and graduate certificate in Computer Security and Information Assurance from the George Washington University (USA) and a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from King Saud University (KSA).

Mohammad is leading the Security Organization of the National Center for Performance Measurement “ADAA” with a solid experience for enabling and securing businesses and drive change. Information security in ADAA is responsible for managing Governance, Risk and Compliance & Security Operations including data assurance and Awareness. Before ADAA, Mohammad was heading the Information Security in Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority “SAGIA” for 5 years and before that he was Managing the Network Dept. in SAGIA since 2009. Mohammad has 14+ years of experience within different domains within Information Technology.

Ozgur Danisman heads the security consultancy practice at Forcepoint. He possesses more than 20 years of ICT experience focusing on Cybersecurity. Previously served in a variety of security consultancy and security managerial engineering roles in leading multinational companies. He first joined Forcepoint 3 years ago as SE manager for the MENA region, and some of his professional security certifications include ISO27001 LI/LA, CISSP, CISA, and CISM

Since joining Proofpoint in 2017 Warwick Lawson-Syer has driven the channel strategy for a diverse region that includes the Nordics, Benelux, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. In his role he oversees the relationships with distribution, partners and their customers helping these organisations to mitigate their most critical security and compliance risks.

Prior to joining Proofpoint, Warwick held various channel leadership roles at Polycom and in his 8 years at NCR Corporation held roles including leading their Emerging Industries sales organisation and EMEA Services Sales Director. Warwick has an MBA from Surrey University and a MSc in Electrical Engineering from Middlesex University.

Proofpoint Inc is a leading cybersecurity company that protects organisations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: their people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks.

Leading organisations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to mitigate their most critical security and compliance risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. No one protects people, the data they create, and the digital channels they use more effectively than Proofpoint.
Learn more at www.proofpoint.com

Skybox provides the industry’s broadest cybersecurity management platform to address security challenges within large, complex networks. By integrating with 120 networking and security technologies, the Skybox® Security Suite gives comprehensive attack surface visibility and the context needed for informed action. Our analytics, automation and intelligence improve the efficiency and performance of security operations in vulnerability and threat management and firewall and security policy management for the world’s largest organizations.
Learn more at www.skyboxsecurity.com

Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making infrastructure invisible so that IT can focus on the applications and services that power their business. Companies around the world use Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS software to bring one-click application management and mobility across public, private and distributed edge clouds so they can run any application at any scale with a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. The result is organizations that can rapidly deliver a high-performance IT environment on demand, giving application owners a true cloud-like experience.
Learn more at www.nutanix.com

BeyondTrust is the worldwide leader in Privileged Access Management, offering the most seamless approach to preventing data breaches related to stolen credentials, misused privileges, and compromised remote access. Our extensible platform empowers organizations to easily scale privilege security as threats evolve across endpoint, server, cloud, DevOps, and network device environments. BeyondTrust gives organizations the visibility and control they need to reduce risk, achieve compliance objectives, and boost operational performance. We are trusted by 20,000 customers, including half of the Fortune 100, and a global partner network.
Learn more at www.beyondtrust.com

Aruba, A Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company is redefining the interlligent edge with reliable mobility and IOT solutions for organizations of all sizes. The company delivers solutions that empower organizations to serve mobile-savvy users who rely on internal and cloud- based apps for every aspect of their work and personal lives. With services offered as software from the public and private cloud, Aruba also deliver secure connectivity for mobile and IoT. An open architecture allows IT professionals to build networks that keep up with changing technology and user behavior by migrating away from expensive to operate and proprietary infrastructure which are originally designed for fixed network connections within physical locations.
Learn more at www.arubanetworks.com

Infoblox leads the way to next-level DDI with its Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services with 8,000 customers including 350 of the Fortune 500. Infoblox brings next-level security, reliability and automation to cloud and hybrid systems, setting customers on a path to a single pane of glass for network management. Next-level security helps protect against the rising flood of cyberattacks, leveraging 14 billion threat indicators and 30 plus API security integrations. Next-level reliability provides a Tier 1 foundation with five nines availability, delivered as software-defined services. Next- level automation reduces manual tasks by 70% and annual costs by more than $1 million. Learn more at www.Infoblox.com

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, helps to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Our innovative solutions for consumers, businesses, and governments provide layered security for data centers, cloud environments, networks, and endpoints.

All our products work together to seamlessly share threat intelligence and provide a connected threat defense with centralized visibility and control, enabling better, faster protection. With over 6,000 employees in over 50 countries and the world’s most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro secures your connected world. For more information, visit www.trendmicro.com.

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Vectra® is transforming cybersecurity by applying advanced AI to detect and respond to hidden cyberattackers before they can steal or cause damage. Powered by AI, Vectra and its flagship Cognito® platform enable the world’s most consequential enterprise organizations to automatically detect cyberattacks in real time and empower threat hunters to perform highly conclusive incident investigations. Vectra reduces business risk by eliminating the gaps between network compromise, detection and response.

For more information please visit www.vectra.ai

Abdulrahman’s professional experience covers most areas of IT, including: IT Audit, Information Security, Networking, Software Development, Systems and Networking Administration, IT Project Management and Training. Has solid background in e-Banking Security, Security Assessment and Computer Fraud with high achievements in Academic Diplomas and professional certifications.

Abdulrahman has worked for MIS as Information Security Division Manager, Information Security Services Manager for Al-Elm and IT Supervision Unit Head with SAMA, in Saudi Arabia. Abdulrahman holds M.Sc. in Computer Science from San Diego State University (USA) and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from King Saud University (KSA).

Mohammed is a Saudi leader in Cyber Security and Digital Transformation. During his career, he lead teams that developed KSA's ICT sector strategy, implemented national Cyber Security projects, and managed transformation in a number of government entities. Internationally, he worked on enhancing the security of the Chrome browser at Google, developing security features currently being used by more than 1 billion users globally. Furthermore, he is the first Saudi professional to receive the prestigious ACSAC Scientific Security Award during its 31st year.

As country manager for IDC Saudi Arabia, Mr. Hamza Naqshbandi is responsible for the leadership and overall strategy of IDC in Saudi Arabia. He oversees IDC's portfolio of research, consulting, and conference activities in Saudi Arabia. Previously, as IDC’s principal analyst for Saudi Arabia, he spearheaded the entire spectrum of IDC’s syndicated research, custom consulting, and advisory services in hardware, enterprise software, IT and cloud services, and telecommunications services in the kingdom. Prior to that, he was responsible for the leadership and general management of IDC’s IT services research, advisory, and consulting practice in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey region, where he led a team of regional research analysts and managed the delivery of custom and syndicated research activities.

Hamza is widely quoted in the local and global media as a thought leader for emerging technologies, digital transformation, and nationwide ICT strategies. He is a regular keynote presenter at ICT forums, events, and roadshows across the region and has led numerous executive workshops and roundtable discussions. Naqshbandi has more than 16 years of experience across sectors including information technology, oil & gas, investment research, and financial services. Prior to rejoining IDC, he was the CTO for a leading Saudi IT services company.

Uzair Mujtaba's responsibilities as a program manager with IDC Saudi Arabia mainly revolve around overseeing the end-to-end IT services syndicated research and custom consulting engagements. Prior to this, Uzair worked towards building IDC's Saudi Arabia Software & IT Services syndicated portfolio, tracking market developments, and contributing to consulting engagements both locally and across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. He also features as a thought leader and a frequent speaker in local and regional technology forums that focus on digital transformation, cloud, mobility, analytics, security, ecommerce, fintech, and digital payments, among others. Uzair has over 12 years of experience in multiple roles across various regions and sectors, including retail, financial services, energy & utilities, and industrial services. Having contributed to marketing and market research functions in his previous roles within the kingdom, he has extensive knowledge of the local and regional market dynamics. Before joining IDC, Uzair worked in a marketing role with GEMS, a leading environmental consultancy, primarily engaged by Saudi Aramco, and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and its affiliates. Prior to that, he was managing and leading the operations of the Business Solutions wing of HSBC in India.

Uzair Mujtaba is a Six Sigma Yellow Belt and Lean certified professional, who specializes in leading and managing strategic research and advisory engagements, data and trend analysis, market and competitive research, and pricing strategies.

Ibrahim Alshamrani is the General Manager of Security Intelligence Center where he manage, maintain and secure Mobily infrastructure- Second largest telecom company in Saudi Arabia. Before that he was the COO of Saudi Arabia National Cyber Security Center responsible for nation-wide information security efforts, where he oversees information security efforts in support of the nation's critical infrastructure. His responsibilities include Cyber Security Strategy; Cyber Center Operations; Cyber Risk Management and Analysis; Cyber Engineering and Integration; and Systems Security Policies and Instruction. AlShamrani holds a master's degree in information security from Georgia tech, USA. A master's degree in Business Administration from King Abdul-Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. He attained his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from King Saud University, Saudi Arabia His primary research interests are in the field of DNS, Machine learning and cyber security active defense.

Dr Loai Alomari joined Innovative Solutions in 2016 as the Vice President, Cyber Security Services. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing Innovative Solution’s professional services, managed security services, product development and vendor management with the primary objective of servicing the Information and Cybersecurity market, specifically for the Corporate, Enterprise and Government sectors in the GCC region.

During his tenure with the company, Dr Loai has successfully grown the technical team and has been heavily involved in the design, deployment and operation of some of the most challenging cybersecurity projects for some of the largest enterprise customers in various industry sectors.

Dr Loai has been in the IT industry for more than 17 years. Prior to joining Innovative Solutions, he held senior and executive roles across Australian and British government organisations and the Middle East leading teams of highly qualified pre-sales, consultants and support engineers.

Dr Loai studied Computer Information Systems at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)- Australia, and holds a PhD in Enterprise Governance of IT. He served on the ISACA Board of Directors for 6 years in various positions including the Vice Present role for 3 years.

Basmah ALJedia, has more than 11 years of experience in the field of Cybersecurity. Currently, ALJedia is an adviser for cybersecurity at the Ministry of Communication & IT building strategies for the cybersecurity ecosystem and ICT sector including cyber resilience , Cyber industry, GRC, capability building and awareness in alignment with national digitization vision. ALJedia worked at the Saudi Stock Exchange and Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the director of cybersecurity strategy & architecture.

ALJedia graduated from KSU with 1st degree of honor in Computer Science. She holds a master degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Information Security and holds professional certification in the field (CISM, CRISC and others).

Fatimah Alakeel is an Assistant Professor at King Saud University teaching and holding several administration roles. She is also the founder and CEO of CIAG, a non-profit organisation focused on building capacity in information security. In 2017, Fatimah completed her doctoral degree in Computer Science at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research focused primarily on the security of data integration systems. She also holds an MSc in Computer Science from DePaul university, USA. Fatimah’s research interests fall into the intersection between software engineering and information security, including formal methods in information security, secure development, security and privacy in data integration, threat analysis and IOT security. In the domain of training and public peaking, Fatimah conducted several training courses at KSU and PNU and was invited as panellist and speaker to number of events. Overall, Fatimah is an advocate for the cultural change focused on promoting female leadership roles in Saudi Arabia, where opportunities for them to thrive are becoming more readily available.

Fahad leads Sales and Marketing department for IS, he is responsible for sales operations, Marketing operation and Strategy. He Has Experience more than 17 years. Few pertinent names where he has worked previously are Mobily as Government Sector Sales Manager, STC as an Infrastructure project manager, HP as an Account Manager , and SAS as a Senior Account manager.

Fahad has earned his Bachelor Degree in Information Systems from King Saud University, he is an expert in Sales, Account management, project management, strategy plan and business Development. He has been on both the customer and vendor side, having an excellent skill of mediating complex communication situations.

Experienced professional & accomplished leader with more than 15 years of experience applied in Information Security and Information Technology, Yasser currently leads a team of Cyber Security professionals responsible for protecting STC Group infrastructure, networks and services to secure and enable the digital transformation journey in KSA.

Yasser has cross-industrial exposure to organizations in different verticals and countries, including defense, law enforcement, telecom, financial services, and government. Having proven record of accomplishment of professional experience in the areas of Information security management program, Security audit, Security education, Incident handling & forensics investigation. Holding a broad range of professional certifications including CISSP, CISM, C|EH, Security+, C|HFI, ITIL, SCSP, EnCE, ACE, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor & Implementer.

Through his career; Yasser had successfully established number of cyber security operation centers including building advance forensics investigations labs, threat intelligence and management practices for organizations within the GCC region, this includes (but not limited to) technical architecture , design, implementation, operation and training. He also was one of the senior members participating in building the 1st Managed Security Service center (Raqeeb) in Saudi & GCC in 2007. Yasser also worked as a technical lead member in designing and building large Cyber Security talents development program for number of Security & Defense organizations in KSA.

Internationally recognized System engineering leader with over than 25 years of management , Information’s Systems and Security experience, led System Engineers for multiple well know vendors building a business and technology plans for teams such as Netscreen ,Infoblox ,PaloAlto , Nutanix and Avinetworks ,Fluent in English , Dutch ,French ,German and Spanish.

Sultan leads and oversees all activities aimed at developing Cybersecurity measures in CMA, providing business stakeholders with information assurance services, including defining business and security requirements, integrating cybersecurity solutions, crafting security plans and strategies, and implementing effective risk management.

Sultan has an extensive IT and Information Security professional experience locally and internationally. Sultan has worked in the past for Saudi Airlines, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Florida Tech (USA), Boeing (USA), and Innovative Solutions (IS). Sultan has earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Information Systems from King Saud University, and his second M.Sc. in Engineering Management, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Florida Institute of Technology. He holds more than 25 specialized training certificates in Information Security and IT.

Rasha Abu AlSaud is Chief Information Security Officer at the National Commercial Bank (NCB). Prior to that, AlSaud was Vice President of IT Risk Management. In this role, she led both the establishment and implementation of NCB’s IT Risk Management Framework, in addition to the management of a two-year IT risk remediation program to improve the IT controls environment at NCB.

Abdullah Al-Omari serves as Executive General Manager of Security and Privacy with Mobily. He is responsible for managing all business and technology aspects of security operations, continuous monitoring, cyber defence activities, and security programs across Mobily’s networks and systems.

Prior to joining Mobily, he took on several leadership positions covering information security architectures, implementation, operations and programs. For the past 16 years, he has been developing and delivering large-scale technology and security projects leveraging best practices, proven architectures, and pioneering technologies. Abdullah also provides consultation and guidance related to the design and implementation of major systems and solutions. Abdullah has also international experience as he worked for 1 year with Technology Solution Provider in USA.

Abdullah has Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from king Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals with First Honor. He also has Master Degree in Information Security from Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA with perfect score. He is Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and also holds PMP, CISSP, GSEC, GPEN, GSNA, CEH, ITIL V3 and COBIT certifications.

Abdullah Al-Omari serves as Executive General Manager of Security and Privacy with Mobily. He is responsible for managing all business and technology aspects of security operations, continuous monitoring, cyber defence activities, and security programs across Mobily’s networks and systems.

Mohammed ELAffendi is a Professor of Computer Science at Prince Sultan University. Currently he is AIDE to the Rector, Director of CCIS Research, Director of CCIS Graduate Programs. He is also the founder and leader of EIAS Research lab (Emerging Intelligent Autonomous Systems & Blockchain.) Current active research projects in the areas of NLP, Blockchain and Security.

Former positions include Dean of the College of Computer & Information Sciences, Director of the Teaching & Learning Center, Director of PSU Research & Translation Center.

Research interests include Distributed Systems, Computational Linguistics, Bioinformatics, Blockchain and Autonomous Intelligent Systems. He has been conducting applied research in a wide range of areas, including natural language processing, speech recognition, digital watermarking, security and text mining.

Amir is the Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Kaspersky Lab. In his new role, Amir is responsible for strengthening Kaspersky Lab’s leadership in the region by strategically promoting the company’s vision of spreading cybersecurity awareness on a national level. While also promoting Kaspersky Lab’s award winning business and consumer products as well as the company’s Threat Intelligence services.

Amir previously held the General Manager position for the Middle East at Kaspersky Lab from 2016 to 2018; in which he played a vital role in positioning Kaspersky Lab as a market leader in its industry and have contributed greatly to the company’s growth in the region.

Amir has more than 17 years of managerial and sales experience in the field of IT Security. He subsequently headed sales departments in large IT companies such as Emirates Computers, Trend Micro and Bluecoat. Amir holds a Master’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).

Riku Valpas leads the Fortinet pre-sales engineer team in Saudi Arabia.

He has 20 years of experience in the network and network security space. The past 17 years Riku has worked in the Middle East in various roles, both technical and management. His past employers are Juniper Networks, Nixu Ltd and Fortum Ltd.

Riku has a master's degree in engineering physics from Helsinki University of Technology majoring in nuclear and renewable energy technologies.

Alanood is leading Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy in Saudi Aramco, and a Board Member of the Saudi Federation of Cybersecurity and Programming. She specializes in cybersecurity governance, as her experience include managing cybersecurity strategy, policies, data classification, and data leakage prevention, and multidisciplinary projects. She is holding a Bachelor degree in Management Information Systems with honors from Prince Mohamed Bin Fahd University. In addition to her organizational duties, Alanood participates in delivering presentations to undergraduates under the objective of raising the level of cybersecurity awareness, and help guide undergraduates who are about to join the workforce, acting as an example of a young professional who has embarked on her journey in the field of cybersecurity.

Roman Bezhan is a security researcher at ERPScan. He is responsible for performing various security assessments in the ERP security field. Roman has extensive security experience with such global vendors as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM; cooperated successfully with largest enterprise customers in various industry sectors all around the world.
Roman's research interests include Windows/*NIX security, cryptocurrency, and exploit development.

Dr. Basil AsSadhan is an assistant professor at the Electrical Engineering Department at King Saud University, where he currently serves as the dean of admission and registration of the university. He also works as a cyber security consultant at Taqnia Cyber. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Dr. AsSadhan's research interests are in the areas of: cyber security, network security, network traffic analysis, anomaly detection, and pattern recognition with a focus on the detection of C&C communication channels in botnet traffic. He is the author of a book and has published his research work in several journals and conferences. He has been certified by GIAC as an intrusion analyst (GCIA), and is the recipient of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Scholar Award.

Shalik Aboo currently works as Tripwire’s Technical Manager (Middle East & Africa) having more than 10 years of experience in Network & Information security. He brings a unique mix of Security, Compliance and Consulting and guide different verticals of organizations including military, banking, governments, oil and gas to address the cyber threat gap. His primary focus is to guide organizations to proactively defend cyber-attacks in both Operational Technology and IT.

Vibin Shaju is responsible for the Pre-Sales team for McAfee for Southern Europe, Middle East & Turkey. He assists customers to choose the right solutions to meet their security and business needs in an optimal way that balances cost of ownership with security posture. Like other IT functions, the security market is maturing, going through consolidation reflecting customers’ desire for trusted partnership with fewer suppliers.

Vibin has a 15+ years of IT Security experience in the region revolves around local and international IT security solution providers. He lives in Dubai holding a CISSP, CISM along with his Bachelors in Computer Applications and Masters in Business Administration.

Basel Alomair is an Associate Professor and Founding Director of the National Center for Cybersecurity Technologies (C4C) at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), an Affiliate Professor and co-director of the Network Security Lab (NSL) at the University of Washington-Seattle, an Affiliate Professor at King Saud University (KSU), and a cryptology consultant at various agencies. He received his Bachelor, Masters, and PhD degrees from King Saud University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Washington-Seattle, respectively. He was recognized by the IEEE Technical Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing (TC-FTC) and the IFIP Working Group on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance (WG 10.4) with the 2010 IEEE/IFIP William Carter Award for his significant contributions to the area of dependable computing.

His research in information security was recognized with the 2011 Outstanding Research Award from the University of Washington. He was also the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Dissertation Award from the Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity at the University of Washington (UW CIAC). He was awarded the 2015 Early Career Award in Cybersecurity by the NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research for his contributions to Modern Cryptographic Systems and Visionary Leadership. He authored/co-authored over 80 papers in the last decade, with multiple best paper awards, and he is a senior member of the IEEE.

Peter serves as VP EMEA - UEBA (User & Entity Behavioral Analytics) for Forcepoint, having been acquired when Forcepoint purchased RedOwl , the next generation Human Behavioral analytics firm focused on both Security & Compliance related to the insider threat, where he is responsible for driving and implementing the EMEA growth strategy of the company.

Forcepoint UEBA offers a cutting-edge analytical solution to security, compliance, and investigative use cases related to the challenges of monitoring and identifying insider risk. Forcepoint UEBA provides immediate value to mature organisations that understand the massive potential of their untapped internal data sources in improving oversight and reducing risk.

A business leader with extensive International sales and management experience. Experienced cyber security professional with over 20 years in the Cyber security market, and 25 years in security.IT security background with rounded leadership experience across Sales, Marketing, Professional Services and Operations. Used to working in complex internal and external environments and leading the organisation in the attainment of both annual business performance targets and longer term strategic objectives. Extensive knowledge of Security services and solutions including MSS, SIEM, IAM, Threat Intelligence and Security Risk consulting, including both software/hardware based solutions and integrated solutions.

Aidmar is Senior Systems Engineer at FireEye covering Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. In his current, he works closely with clients to keep them one step ahead of evolving Advanced cyber threats.

Aidmar possesses over 15 years of experience gained by joining leading ICT organizations in the Middle East region and engaging in Cyber Security operations and projects across divers sector including Defense, Government and Enterprise. Along with Bachelor degree in Computer Science he holds a string of reputable Security certifications.

Mr. Haider Pasha is Chief Technology Officer & Systems Engineering Director for Emerging Markets at Symantec. Since joining Symantec in 2014, Mr. Pasha has been partnering with CIOs across the industry, executing together on a multi-year architecture strategy for the geography including Cloud, Big Data, and BYOD. He is a trusted advisor to Symantec’s strategic customers and partners, helping them become more competitive and innovative while influencing and strategically guiding them in addressing security issues. A key area of specialty for Mr. Pasha is around architecting Security Operations Centers and helping customers understand and prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Prior to joining Symantec, Mr. Pasha spent 14 years at Cisco Systems covering various senior positions. He initially worked in Silicon Valley, California for 8 years and more recently in Dubai as CTO for Cisco Africa.

Mr. Pasha completed his MBA from Manchester Business School, UK and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Purdue University, USA. Over the course of his 20 year IT career, Mr. Pasha has held various certifications, including CCNP, CCSP, CISSP, CCIE (Security) and CEH. Mr. Pasha’s successes come from being able to bind advanced technical concepts to commercial, people and process requirements, while maintaining a balanced perspective with the business objective in mind. He is also Symantec’s go-to public Security spokesperson in the region.

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Kaspersky Lab is a global cybersecurity company celebrating operating in the market for over 20 years. Kaspersky Lab’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into next generation security solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection and a number of specialized security solutions and services to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky Lab technologies and we help 270,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.

FireEye is the intelligence-led security company. Working as a seamless, scalable extension of customer security operations, FireEye offers a single platform that blends innovative security technologies, nation-state grade threat intelligence, and world-renowned Mandiant® consulting.

With this approach, FireEye eliminates the complexity and burden of cyber security for organizations struggling to prepare for, prevent, and respond to cyber attacks. FireEye has over 6,300 customers across 67 countries, including more than 40 percent of the Forbes Global 2000.

For more information, please visit www.fireeye.com

Tenable®, Inc. is the Cyber Exposure company. Over 27,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. As the creator of Nessus®, Tenable extended its expertise in vulnerabilities to deliver Tenable.io®, the world’s first platform to see and secure any digital asset on any computing platform. Tenable customers include more than 50 percent of the Fortune 500, more than 25 percent of the Global 2000 and large government agencies.

For more information, please visit http://www.tenable.com

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security features without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 330,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. Learn more at www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, or FortiGuard Labs.

Avi Networks completes enterprises’ digital transformation with its smart load balancer and modern application services. The Avi Vantage Platform is deployed across data centers and clouds, delivering better elasticity, intelligence, and cost savings by providing granular per-tenant and per-app services. Customers enjoy 5X faster application rollouts, actionable analytics, and 70% lower cost.

Avi is backed by leading investors including Greylock, Lightspeed, Menlo, and DAG Ventures.

For more information, please visit www.avinetworks.com

McAfee is the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company. Inspired by the power of working together, McAfee creates business and consumer solutions that make our world a safer place. By building solutions that work with other companies’ products, McAfee helps businesses orchestrate cyber environments that are truly integrated, where protection, detection and correction of threats happen simultaneously and collaboratively. By protecting consumers across all their devices, McAfee secures their digital lifestyle at home and away. By working with other security players, McAfee is leading the effort to unite against cybercriminals for the benefit of all. www.mcafee.com

ERPScan is a leading provider of security solutions and services for ERP Systems. ERPScan operates internationally and helps Fortune Global 2000 companies build more comprehensive security plans by securing their mission-critical processes and maintaining compliance with GLBA, PCI, SOX, and even the stringent data protection requirements of the GDPR. Our software is certified by SAP SE. It covers all areas of security and protects business applications from cyber attacks and internal fraud. Our professional services, Penetration Testing and Security Audit, help to evaluate the overall security of enterprise systems. Find out more at erpscan.com

Carbon Black (NASDAQ: CBLK) is a leading provider of next-generation endpoint security delivered via the cloud. Leveraging its big data and analytics cloud platform – the Cb Predictive Security Cloud – Carbon Black consolidates prevention, detection, response, threat hunting and managed services into a single platform with a single agent and single console, making it easier for organizations to consolidate security stacks and achieve better protection.

As a cybersecurity innovator, Carbon Black has pioneered multiple endpoint security categories, including application control, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and next-generation antivirus (NGAV) enabling customers to defend against the most advanced threats. More than 4,600 global customers, including one third of the Fortune 100, trust Carbon Black to keep their organizations safe.
For more information, please visit www.carbonblack.com

Forcepoint is transforming cybersecurity by focusing on what matters most: understanding people’s intent as they interact with critical data and intellectual property wherever it resides. Our uncompromising systems enable companies to empower employees with unobstructed access to confidential data while protecting intellectual property and simplifying compliance. Based in Austin, Texas, Forcepoint supports more than 20,000 organizations worldwide. For more about Forcepoint, visit www.Forcepoint.com and follow us on Twitter at @ForcepointSec.

Tripwire is a leading provider of security, compliance and IT operations solutions for enterprise and public sector organizations. Tripwire solutions are based on high-fidelity asset visibility and endpoint intelligence combined with business context. Tripwire’s solutions include configuration and policy management, file integrity monitoring, vulnerability management, log management, reporting and analytics.

For more information, please visit www.tripwire.com

LogRhythm is introducing CloudAI, a holistic artificial intelligence (AI) technology intended to facilitate the “AI-enabled SOC.” CloudAI will enable unparalleled SOC effectiveness and efficiency, ultimately delivering autonomous automation of tasks throughout the Threat Lifecycle Management process. The technology is delivered on a modern cloud delivery platform and is powered by LogRhythm’s uniquely curated Machine Data Intelligence Fabric. CloudAI self-evolves with unsupervised learning, allowing continuous improvement in accuracy without manual intervention. The technology is architected to learn from the whole of your activity and the technology’s extended customer footprint, which will allow it to become the smartest AI in cybersecurity.

For more information, please visit www.logrhythm.com

Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, helps organizations, governments and people secure their most important data wherever it lives. Organizations across the world look to Symantec for strategic, integrated solutions to defend against sophisticated attacks across endpoints, cloud and infrastructure. Likewise, a global community of more than 50 million people and families rely on Symantec’s Norton and LifeLock product suites to protect their digital lives at home and across their devices. Symantec operates one of the world’s largest civilian cyber intelligence networks, allowing it to see and protect against the most advanced threats. For additional information, please visit www.symantec.com.

Attivo Networks® is the leader in deception for cyber security defense. Founded in 2011, Attivo Networks provides a comprehensive deception platform that in real-time detects inside-the-network intrusions in networks, public and private data centers, and specialized environments such as Industrial Control System (ICS) SCADA, Internet of Things (IoT), and Point of Sale (POS) environments. Founded on the premise that even the best security systems cannot prevent all attacks, Attivo provides the required visibility and actionable, substantiated alerts to detect, isolate, and defend against cyber attacks. Unlike prevention systems, Attivo assumes the attacker is inside the network and uses high-interaction decoys and endpoint, server, and application deception lures placed ubiquitously across the network to deceive threat actors into revealing themselves. With no dependencies on signatures or attack pattern matching, the BOTsink deception server is designed to accurately and efficiently detect the reconnaissance and lateral movement of advanced threats, stolen credential, ransomware, man-in-the-middle, and phishing attacks. The Attivo Multi-Correlation Detection Engine (MCDE) captures and analyzes attacker IPs, methods, and actions that can then be viewed in the Attivo Threat Intelligence Dashboard, exported for forensic reporting in IOC, PCAP, STIX, CSV formats or can be used to automatically update SIEM and prevention systems for blocking, isolation, and threat hunting. The ThreatOps offering simplifies incident response through information sharing, incident response automation, and the creation of repeatable playbooks.

ISACA is a professional, supplier-independent and nonprofit organization enjoying a global leadership in IT governance, Security, Risk, Control and Assurance. It was started in 1967 by a small group of individuals who recognized a need for a centralized source of information and guidance in the growing field of auditing controls for computer systems. As of November 2017, ISACA has more than 139,000+ members in more than 188 countries worldwide.

ISACA provides practical guidance, benchmarks and other effective tools for all enterprises that use information systems. Through its comprehensive guidance and services, ISACA defines the roles of information systems governance, risk, security, audit and assurance professionals worldwide. The COBIT5 Governance Framework (500+), the CISA (129,000+), CISM (34,000+), CGEIT (7,000+) and CRISC (20,000+) certifications are ISACA brands respected and used by these professionals for the benefit of their enterprises.

ISACA has a global membership with professionals associated with more than 215 Chapters worldwide. These chapters offer an opportunity to share a broad range of professional expertise from diverse business communities. Chapters sponsor local educational seminars and workshops, engage in IT research projects, conduct regular chapter meetings, and help to further promote and elevate the visibility of the IS audit, control and security professional.