Middle East CISO Executive Summit

In times of change and growth, CEOs are turning to their CIOs and CISOs to play a key role in sustainability. IT and Security leaders want to understand a step-by-step approach to adopt sustainable IT into their strategy. In doing so, they can demonstrate how to create sustainable impact and lasting change across the business.

In this keynote Ms. Moyer will discuss how to:

• Define the roles CIOs & CISOs can play in sustainability
• Incorporate sustainability into decision making for your IT strategy
• Understand next steps for CIOs & CISOs to drive rapid impact with sustainable initiatives

In an era where threats evolve with unprecedented speed and sophistication, IT & Security leaders must rise to the challenge. As attackers harness AI, the role of CIOs and CISOs becomes pivotal in safeguarding their organisation without stifling innovation. Haider Pasha, Chief Security Officer, EMEA & LATAM at Palo Alto Networks will share insights on how to balance these two priorities and keep on track to achieve enterprise priorities.

In this keynote, you will learn how to:

• Anticipate and counteract the demands of the new threat landscape
• Integrate emerging technologies that can fortify your defences
• Scale security measures to increase resilience against modern attacks

The complete entanglement of cyber risk with business risk is becoming increasingly visible. CISOs now have an opportunity to better pinpoint third parties that present a threat to the organisation. Yet the increasing complexities of third party, and even fourth party, risk management, prompted by a wide range of evolving threats, demands heightened attention. How can CISOs ensure they have a clear overview of the threat landscape and vulnerabilities across ecosystems and supply chains?

Join this session to discuss:

• Identification of vulnerabilities across your vendor landscape to prioritise response efforts
• Best practices for mitigating a new wave of sophisticated attacks to keep assets safe
• The role threat intelligence plays in risk management strategies to safeguard your digital ecosystem

Applications can make or break an organisation’s growth. Too many and you create opportunity for inefficiencies; too few and you risk being behind the curve. How can CIOs evolve their application infrastructure to streamline processes and maximise business value?

Join this Executive Boardroom to discuss strategies to:

• Build a business case to rationalise technology and increase resource allocation
• Create agile IT architecture to evolve with ever-changing business objectives
• Communicate change and value of applications to senior stakeholders

With the increased adoption of AI to inform business decisions, CISOs must protect data more than ever. By collaborating with Lines of Business, CISOs can have better understanding of their data security, privacy and governance without putting the organisation at risk.

Join this Executive Boardroom to discuss how to:

• Collaborate with Lines of Business to enhance your data integrity and availability
• Enhance governance frameworks to secure newly adopted technologies
• Identify how to balance the trust, risk and security across your data lifecycle

With focus on cost efficiency and achieving ambitious digital objectives, CIOs must strengthen the strategic partnership with the business. By showcasing how IT tools can solve business problems and investing in technology capabilities that support business goals, IT leaders demonstrate their role as business enabler.

Join this session to discuss:

• Matching the IT roadmap to a business challenge to demonstrate IT’s value
• Translate the value of IT to the board to increase investment in technology
• Empower and engage with users to foster a culture of IT ownership and collaboration

New regulations coupled with an evolving attack landscape are resulting in governments and regulatory bodies across the GCC having more oversight of cybersecurity incidents than ever before. CISOs must navigate regulatory compliance at local, regional and global level. In this session, IT security leaders will discuss regulatory insights and challenges and strategies for effective compliance.

Join this Executive Boardroom to discuss:  

• Strategies to comply with different regulations on a global scale
• Best practices for compliance, risk assessment methodologies and security controls
• Methods to balance emerging regulations such as SDAIA Data Protection and DIFC Digital Assets Law

Quality employee and customer experiences are integral to maintaining a competitive edge. CIOs and CISOs are focusing on automation and AI to transform digital experiences. By automating IT & Security processes and leveraging data to drive decisions, CIOs & CISOs can reimagine the digital workspace and create lasting value for the bottom line.

Join this session to discuss:

• Leveraging technologies to enhance and streamline user experience
• Using automation for scaling self-service experiences while reducing costs
• Developing techniques for solving real world business problems with AI