
Middle East CISO Community
Executive Summit
30 September 2024 | Fairmont Riyadh
30 September 2024
Fairmont Riyadh
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Middle East's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Create Alignment with Business to Demonstrate IT & Security’s True Value
Unlock AI’s Potential through Trust, Leadership Buy-In and Governance
Converging IT & Digital Transformation to Increase Operational Efficiencies
Middle East CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Khalid AlMaraghi
Qatar Energy
CISO

Basim AlRuwaii
Saudi Aramco
CISO

Ahmed Alketbi
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
CISO

Mesfer Almesfer
Neom
Group CISO

Naif Alotaibi
Public Investment Fund
SVP, Digital & Technology

Yasser Alswailem
Saudi Telecom Company
Group CISO

Alex Constantinidis
QNB
Group CISO
What to Expect
Agenda
9:00am - 9:45am Registration & Breakfast
9:45am - 10:30am Keynote
Embed Sustainability into IT Strategy to Maximize Growth Potential

Kristin Moyer
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
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
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 11:30am Breakout Session
Transform Your Enterprise — Lessons From Cloud Migration

Vinay Kumar
Chief Technology Officer
Landmark Group
As considerations on how to spend your IT budget mount, CIOs and CISOs are becoming more cost-conscious. No more so than during your cloud migration journey when costs can easily balloon out of control. Not having a straightforward ‘lift and shift’ approach means organisations struggle to understand which challenge to tackle first. Gaining leadership buy-in, managing cost and reassessing your security posture are three scalable steps to master on your cloud migration journey.
In this case study we will discuss how to:
- Communicate the ‘why’ behind cloud cost to leadership and engage right external partners
- Incorporate a holistic view of applications to ensure business framework reflects your cloud migration goals
- Develop strategies to reassess your security posture during migration and ensure resilience
10:45am - 11:30am Executive Boardroom
Threat Intelligence and Third-Party Risk — Doubling Down on Critical Vulnerabilities
Hosted by RiskRecon, a Mastercard Company

Asem Alhusaini
General Manager, Cybersecurity
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Atif Shaukat
Regional Director — Cyber Risk
RiskRecon - A MasterCard Company

Hamad Alkatheri
Chief Cybersecurity Officer
Ministry of Tourism KSA
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
11:30am - 12:30pm Networking Break
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