Middle East Cyber Security Conference & Exhibition 2015

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15 & 16 September 2015, Golden Tulip Seeb Hotel, Muscat, Oman

Middle East Cyber Security Conference & Exhibition is Co-located with

OFSEC 2015 - Oman Fire, Safety & Security Expo

Post Event Report

A strategic approach towards transforming National Cyber Security

Nispana would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and participation in the Middle East Cyber Security Conference & Exhibition which was successfully hosted on the 14 - 16 September 2015 in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The Middle East Cyber Security Exhibition was co-located with OFFSEC at the Oman International Exhibition Center which was inaugurated by His Highness Sayyid Harib bin Thuwaini Al Said.

The two day summit was held at the Golden Tulip Seeb Hotel under the support of Eng. Bader Al Salehi, Director General, Oman National CERT. The summit was inaugurated by Mr. Yaqoob Safer Al Balushi, Deputy CEO for Infrastructure and E-Services followed by a welcome key note address by Eng. Bader Al Salehi, Director General, Oman National CERT. The event was attended by over 150 participants who had an excellent opportunity to listen to an array of case study presentations and success stories from international experts as well as technology solution providers who shared their insights on globally renowned cyber security.

The first day of the conference featured keynote presentations by Mr. Ayham Yassmineh, Criminal Intelligence Officer, Focal Point for Middle East and North Africa Region, INTERPOL General Secretariat who introduced the audience to Interpol’s global complex for innovation. Regional & International experts such as Mr. Kalle Bjorn, Director System Engineering Middle East Fortinet Mr. Roshdi Osman, Deputy CISO, Saudi Banque Fransi, Mr. Allain Kallas, Security and Risk Consulting, Middle East Managing Principal, Dell Secureworks, Mr. Samir Pawaskar, Head - Cyber Security Policy & Standard Cyber Security Division (Q-CERT), Ministry of Information & Communications Technology, Qatar, Broderick Perelli-Harris EMEA Director, Venafi, Faris Al-Kharusi, Head of Business Excellence - Real Time Operations & Smart Fields, Petroleum Development Oman, Kamlesh Luhana, Sales Engineer - UAE (Enterprise Customer Segment) & Oman at Raytheon-Websense, Dr. Rajini Anachi, Founder Mzeal Communications a partner of Gavs Technologies, Cyril Voisin, Chief Security Officer for Middle East and Africa, at Microsoft Corp. and Eng. Fahad Al Hussein, IT Services Director, Dr. Suleiman Al Habib Medical Group Holding Company shared interesting insights to combat cyber threats. Interactive Panel discussion moderated by Mr. Maitham Al Lawati who is the Head - Risk, Compliance & MSS, Oman Data Park on Secure and resilient frameworks in reducing cyber threats for organisations along with other panellists such as Mr. Nader Baghdadi, Enterprise Regional Director, Fortinet, Mr. Samir Pawaskar, and Mr. Allain Kallas created thought provoking discussions amongst the attendees.

The second day of the conference included an opening presentation by Mr. Ahmad Hassan MohdNoor, Director - Risk Management & Compliance Operations, Du Telecom, United Arab Emirates followed by Eng. Hussain Ali Al Lawati, Senior Specialist, Department of Information Security and Standards, Royal Court Affairs, Mr. Mudresh Shah, Technical Manager – Presales (Middle East), Cyberoam Technologies, Mr. Martin Hayes, Chief Technology Officer, Pinecone Cyber Defence, Mr. Jeffrey Mesquita, Bitdefender, Ian Evans, Vice President and Managing Director EMEA, AirWatch, Muhannad Khammash, Regional Security Consultant, Palo Alto Networks a Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC company, Suleiman Al Ghaithy, IT Security Lead, Daleel Petroleum LLC giving us an opportunity to learn about talking zero day threat to how to prepare your organisation to tackle a cyber threats. The panel discussion was lead by Dr. Rajini Anachi and discussed Assessing the most feasible Roadmap in developing ICT & Cloud based Provinces along with co panellist Mr. Furqan Hasmi, IT operations leader, Emirates Investment Authority, Mr. Murdesh Shah and Mr. Suleiman Al Ghaithy.

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Eng. Badar Ali Al-Salehi Director General – Oman National CERT

Head of ITU Regional Cyber Security Center

Ayham YassminehCriminal Intelligence Officer

Focal Point for Middle East and North Africa Region INTERPOL General Secrétariat

Ahmad Hassan MohdNoorDirector - Risk Management & Compliance Operations Du Telecom, United Arab Emirates

Samir PawaskarHead - Cyber Security Policy & StandardsCyber Security Division (Q-CERT), Ministry of Information & Communications Technology, Qatar

Faris Al-KharusiHead of Business Excellence - Real Time Operations & Smart FieldsPetroleum Development Oman

Eng. Hussain Ali Al LawatiSenior Specialist, Department of Information Security and StandardsRoyal Court Affairs

Fahad S. Al-Hussein IT Business Services Director, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group Holding Company

Roshdi A. OsmanDeputy CISO Banque Saudi Fransi

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Martin HayesChief Technology OfficerPinecone Cyber Defence

Furqan Ahmed Hashmi - PMP, CISSP, CCIE, TOGAFIT Operations Leader, Emirates Investment Authority

Maitham Al-LawatiHead - Risk, Compliance & MSS,Oman Data Park

Ian EvansVice President and Managing Director EMEAAirWatch

Broderick Perelli-Harris EMEA Director Venafi

Sayed ShamshuddinRegional Sales ManagerDELL

Jeffrey MesquitaPre Sales Services & SupportBitdefender

Dr. Rajini AnachimZeal Communications(Partner of GAVS Technologies)

Kalle BjornDirector, Systems Engineering – Middle East Fortinet

Nader Baghdadi Enterprise regional directorFortinet

Mr. Mudresh Shah Technical Manager – Presales (Middle East)Cyberoam Technologies

Cyril VoisinChief Security Officer, Middle East & AfricaMicrosoft

Suleiman Al Ghaithy - CEH, CHFI, MCSA, MCSE, COBIT 5.0 FoundationIT Security Lead Daleel Petroleum LLC

Alain KallasMiddle East Managing Principal Security Risk ConsultingDELL

IT Operations Leader, Emirates Investment Authority

mZeal Communications(Partner of GAVS Technologies)

Suleiman Al Ghaithy - CEH, CHFI, MCSA, MCSE, COBIT 5.0 Foundation

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His Highness Sayyid Harib bin Thuwaini Al Said inaugurated the Middle East Cyber Security Exhibition which was co-located with OFFSEC at the Oman International Exhibition Centre

The ME Cyber Security conference at the Golden Tulip Seeb Hotel which was inaugurated by Mr. Yaqoob Safer Al Balushi, Deputy CEO for Infrastructure and E-Services.



Broderick Perelli-Harris EMEA Director Venafi

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Ayham YassminehCriminal Intelligence Officer, Focal Point for Middle East & North Africa Region, INTERPOL General Secrétariat

Eng. Badar Ali Al-Salehi Director General – Oman National CERTHead of ITU Regional Cyber Security Center

Samir PawaskarHead - Cyber Security Policy & StandardsCyber Security Division (Q-CERT), Ministry of Information & Communications Technology, Qatar

Cyril VoisinChief Security Officer, Middle East & AfricaMicrosoft

Roshdi A. OsmanDeputy CISOBanque Saudi Fransi



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Dr. Rajini AnachimZeal Communications(Partner of GAVS Technologies)

Fahad S. Al-Hussein IT Business Services Director, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group Holding Company

Ahmad Hassan MohdNoorDirector - Risk Management & Compliance Operations Du Telecom, United Arab Emirates

Eng. Hussain Ali Al LawatiSenior Specialist, Department of Information Security and Standards, Royal Court Affairs

Mr. Mudresh Shah Technical Manager – Presales (Middle East)Cyberoam Technologies


Martin HayesChief Technology OfficerPinecone Cyber Defence



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Muhannad AlKhammashRegional Security Consultant, CISSP,CCIE R&S, CNSEPalo Alto Networks

Jeffrey MesquitaPre Sales Services & SupportBitdefender

Kalle BjornDirector, Systems Engineering – Middle East Fortinet

Ms. Roqaya Al-ToobiTeam Leader of Cybersecurity Alliancesand Cooperation departmentOman CERT

Ian EvansVice President and Managing Director EMEAAirWatch

Suleiman Al Ghaithy - CEH, CHFI, MCSA, MCSE, COBIT 5.0 FoundationIT Security Lead, Daleel Petroleum LLC



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Faris Al-KharusiHead of Business Excellence - Real Time Operations & Smart Fields, Petroleum Development Oman

Furqan Ahmed Hashmi - PMP, CISSP, CCIE, TOGAFIT Operations Leader, Emirates Investment Authority

Maitham Al-LawatiHead - Risk, Compliance & MSS,Oman Data Park

Alain KallasMiddle East Managing Principal Security Risk Consulting, DELL



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Accolades

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Attendee list

Al Batna Printing Press

Al Ghalbi International Engineering & Contracting

Al Izz Islamic Bank

Al Wadi Al Kabir Carpentry LLC

Alizz Islamic Bank

Bank Dhofar

Bank Muscat

Bank Nizwa

Bank Of Muscat

Banque Saudi Fransi

Black Root Trading Muscat

Central Bank of Oman

Civil Service Employees Pension Fund

Daleel Petroleum LLC

Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group Holding Company

Du Telecom-UAE

eCity

Emirates Investment Authority

Higher College of Technology

Horizon Capital Markets

Information Technology Authority

INTERPOL

Knowledge Oman

Military Technological College

Minisrty of Social Development

Minister Of State & Governor Of Dhofar

Ministry of Civil Service

Ministry of Defence

Ministry Of Defense

Ministry of Environment & climate Affairs

Ministry of Regional Municipalities & Water Re-

sources

Ministry of Tourism

MOD ISS

Modern College of Business and Science

Mustafa Sultan Science and Industry

Oman Cables Industry

Oman Data Park

Oman Development Bank

Oman International Development & Investment

Co. SAOG

Oman National CERT

Oman National CERT

Omantel

OmanTell

Ooredoo Oman

Organisation Represent

Organisation Represent

Pepsi Oman

Petroleum Development Oman

PromaSecure consultancy

Public Authority for Electricity and Power

Qatar National Bank

Q-CERT Ministry of Information & Communication

Technology, Qatar

Ramniklal B Kothary & CO LLC



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Royal Court Affairs

Royal Navy Oman

Royal Oman Airforce

Royal Oman Police

Selex ES

Sohar Aluminium

State Audit Institution

Telephony Communication

The Public Authority for Stores and Food Reserve

The Research Council

US Embassy Muscat

Zubair Automotive

Testimonials

Contego Solutions

It was an absolute pleasure working with the team Nispana to organize the cyber security event in Oman. And big thank you for all your hard work and professionalism to make this event huge success. It provided a unique opportunity to cater our prospect customers in a special way, and we received fantastic feedback following the event.

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- Chief Dr. John Ekere Etim, President Ikot Ekpene Chamber of Commerce and industry, Mines & Agriculture

We were very pleased with the efficient organization of the Middle East Cyber Security Exhibition and Conference by Nispana. Their team did a great job organizing the exhibition as well as the speaker panel and delegate meetings. We will work with Nispana for future events as well.

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Fahad S. Al-Hussein, IT Business Services Director, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group Holding Company

Participating at Middle East Cyber Security Summit is a tremendous opportunity and a great experience with wonderful networking exposure. Very interesting and exciting to share ideas with other members and see what others are doing and expecting. Appreciated the time and effort put forth by Nispana.

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Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC

Thank you Pradish for you and your team's extended support to make us more visible in the event for both Paloalto and MHD, it was our pleasure to associate with your organization to participate in ME Cyber Security conference, Hope we could expect more successful events in the future.

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Suleiman Al Ghaithy - CEH, CHFI, MCSA, MCSE, COBIT 5.0 Foundation, IT Security Lead Daleel Petroleum

This conference was incredibly valuable and a great refresher of stats. The conference not only met, but exceeded all of my expectations.

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Furqan Ahmed Hashmi - PMP, CISSP, CCIE, TOGAF, IT Operations Leader, Emirates Investment Authority

I am impressed with the way Nispana has organized and managed the event. The event was informative and covers many important parts of Cyber Security. It was one of the best events from networking point of view. Furthermore, organizers are very cooperative and accommodating. I wish Nispana best of luck for their upcoming events.

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State Audit Institution

Telephony Communication

The Public Authority for Stores and Food Reserve

The Research Council

US Embassy Muscat

Zubair Automotive

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