SPEAKERS

Laila specializes in digital & social media and currently leads national projects in Oman like the government innovation in emerging technologies and the Smart Ambassador initiative in Oman and other projects related to digital transformation.

Mike is a certified award winning C|CISO and is a former UK military security engineer who has over the past 30 years worked in U.K. Central Government and on cybersecurity within international government, law enforcement and a range of global firms.

Eng. Laialy AlMansoury, has over 20 years of experience in the IT and Security with extensive governmental project portfolios as well as experience managing large, complex IT projects.

Mr Hamad is well versed in network security and telecommunication as well as cybersecurity. His responsibilities currently lie as telecom section manager as well as a telecom committee manager.

Ms. Al Nahdi has previously played the role of Operations Manager, Service Delivery Manager and Security Operations Manager. She is also, one of the recognized Emirati females in defining and implementing Security strategies.

Sultan is qualified in articulating the impact of Cyber Security on business functions. His core responsibility involves establishing governance, setting the cyber security strategy and developing the Cyber Security and risk management frameworks for organizations.

With 16+ years of experience in the Information Technology, Ali’s background includes areas such as Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Cloud Transformation, and IT Service Management frameworks.

An experienced Director in Network operations and Cyber Security, Mohsen has a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Mohsen is a seasoned consulting professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in Computer Science from King Saud University.

With over 12 years’ of experience in IT and Information Security, Muath Al Homoud aims to develop security control systems that can meet regulatory requirements such as SAMA Cyber Security framework and NCA essential Cyber Security controls.

Tariq has more than 17 years of experience gained from reputable Banks including 6 years in IT, 5 years in Information Security and over 5 years’ experience in IT Audit.

Darweesh has more than 17 years of experience in IT/OT and information security. He has developed IT Security Governance structures and methodologies to perform risk assessment, business impact analysis, and security assurance to improve systems and operational security.

Having over 25 years of experience in SABIC and affiliates including 4 years of experience in the Government, Emad Al-Muaybid has served in more than 10 different managements, IT and Cyber Security related positions.

Abubakar is a cyber Security Strategist with 14 years of international experience in Cyber Security strategy development, data privacy, and CERT design and implementation and is an Advisor to the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority in Bahrain.

Alena has trained in Executive Leadership development while working in the field of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and is the co-founder of The Training Academy - ITW.

Varun Srivastava is a Cyber Security Professional with 13+ years of experience in this domain. He also serves on the advisory board of startups to contribute towards organic growth in their offerings covering Blockchain technology and E-Commerce.

The first Saudi to be awarded the best CISO, Mr Alshodari provides companies with IT insight, enabling businesses and leadership that will foster a successful business decision-making platform using the right set of IT portfolios.