The 4th CISO 360 Middle East Conference – Dubai 2023 brought together CISOs and international cybersecurity leaders from the GCC region and from around the world for truly immersive discussions. As today’s CISOs move towards an uncertain future and unknown cyberspace, be privy to threat horizon updates and a toolkit focused agenda designed around CISO priorities! A problem shared is a problem halved!

We compared and shared how fellow CISOs are leading teams and driving their businesses forward, and we heard inspiring technical tactics and visions for the future! We learned from those doing the job day in day out what challenges are faced, with an expanded attack surface created through digital transformation, complex supply chains as well as insider threats. We heard practical tactics on how we can build collective resilience and a culture of good cybersecurity governance to defend our organisations and how we might we tip the scales back in our favour.

Why CISO 360?

Connect, innovate and leave inspired! Sit with peers who you know are largely facing similar risks and opportunities
Benchmark in a trusted space! Engage with fellow CISOs, practitioners and for meeting technology luminaries
Learn from business executives, risk managers and luminaries outside the security ‘echo chamber’
Engage in meaningful interaction with CISOs, innovators, investors for business and collaboration
Key Themes for Dubai 2023 included:

Secure Digital Innovation
Mitigate Cyber Crime
Achieve Cybersecurity Governance
International Speaker Panel included – Dubai 2023
Dr. Hoda A. Alkhzaimi, President, Emirates Digital Association for Women (and Co-Chair for Global Future Council for Cyber Security, World Economic Forum) – United Arab Emirates
Dr. Aloysius Cheang, Chief Security Officer Middle East & Central Asia, Huawei – United Arab Emirates
Bart Pietruszka, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, HSBC Bank Middle East – United Arab Emirates
Peter Ling, VP Global Cyber Security Alliances, Mastercard – Canada
Dr. Abdullah A. I. Alnajem, Chief Cybersecurity Officer – Cybersecurity Department, Gulf General Cooperative Insurance Co. – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Irene Corpuz, Co-Founder, Women in Cyber Security Middle East – United Arab Emirates
Prakash Padariya, Global Chief Information Security Officer, OYO Group – India
Rik Ferguson, Vice President Security Intelligence, Forescout – Poland
Jelena Matone, CISO, European Investment Bank – Luxembourg
Kais Barakat, Senior Information Security Specialist, Saudi Aramco – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ibraheem Khan, VP Information Security EMEA, Financial Services Company – United Kingdom
Sylvain Hirsch, Cyber Security Strategy, Mandiant, now part of Google Cloud – Singapore
Dr. Robert Coles, Head of Security Strategy, DS Smith – United Kingdom
Lady Olga Maitland, President & Chairman, Defence and Security Forum – United Kingdom
Matthias Muhlert, Security Bear – CISO, HARIBO – Germany
Eng. Majed Alshodari, Co-Founder, Saudi Association for Shared Services; Board, Tatweer Educational Technologies – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Joseph Makram, CIO, Egyptian Arab Land Bank (EAL Bank) – Egypt
Dr. Viktor Polic, CISO, Head of Information Security and Assurance Services, ILO – United Nations – Switzerland
Dr. Sally Leivesley, Managing Director, Newrisk London, Member of the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists (RSES) – UK
Ray Stanton, CISO/CSO, Board Advisor/NED – United Kingdom
Lorna Trayan, Executive Partner, Security and Risk Management, Gartner – United Arab Emirates