Middle East CISO Executive Summit

Join this exclusive evening hosted by the Governing Body, this dinner is a can’t-miss opportunity to connect with your peers prior to tomorrow’s Executive Summit.

Compromising business processes through exploitation of non-secure practices within business is a growing category of cybersecurity incidents. Many times, these are stealthy by nature, but their impact is devastating.

In this case study Ahmed Almalki, CISO at SABIC will share facets of their programme to secure business processes. Join to hear him to:

• Know the ways how business processes can be compromised
• Implement successful framework to conduct assessment
• Apply the insights gained to improve resilience of your organisation

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 a 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

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
• Future- proof your AI journey to embrace innovation and protect the organisation
• Drive cybersecurity consolidation with proven TCO benefits

Join Deven Pandey, VP Service Delivery at Gartner as he sits down with a client to discuss their collaboration and journey towards achieving the organisation's mission critical priorities for 2024 and beyond.  

Faced with challenges across human and machine identities, an expanded attack surface, and a remote workforce, CISOs know they need a better view of the identity lifecycle in their organisation. Where should you focus your time and investment to create a seamless user experience and gain ROI?

Join this Executive Boardroom to discuss how to:

• Focus on identity authorization to provide the most impact on the identity lifecycle
• Balance security controls with workflows to create a smooth user journey
• Gain leadership buy-in to make technology decisions which maximise ROI

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

With a change in leadership at Mumtalakat came a change in focus: to become more data-driven. Now, nearly a year into their cultural transformation to lead with data-centric decision making, Husain Alsabea, CIO at Mumtalakat will share his insights into securing leadership buy in, assembling the right team and collaborating with Lines of Business. By empowering data ownership, CIOs have a powerful catalyst to drive change throughout the organization.

In this keynote Mr. Alsabea will share how to:

• Gain leadership support by communicating data's strategic value and removing assumptions
• Develop a technically competent, business-oriented team and set clear, incentivized data milestones
• Collaborate across departments by identifying opportunities and creating cross-functional data initiatives