AGENDA
Coffee Break
Government at the center of a cyber battle
H.E. Mohammed Gheyath, Executive Director - Information Security Operation Sector, ADDA
Synopsis: Perspectives on the importance of cyber security in securing the nation and its digital assets from the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority.
Synopsis: Perspectives on the importance of cyber security in securing the nation and its digital assets from the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority.
Are you insured around cyber crime?
Jake Kouns, CISO, Risk Based Security
Synopsis: The current data breach landscape and cyber liability: how cyber insurance can be integrated into a risk management plan?
Synopsis: The current data breach landscape and cyber liability: how cyber insurance can be integrated into a risk management plan?
Cloud computing's appeal is cloud security's complexity
Nils Puhlmann, Chief Trust and Security Officer at
Twilio Inc. / Co-Founder Cloud Security Alliance
Synopsis: The era of Cloud Computing is often synonymous with simplicity, user friendliness, pay per use models and anything-as-a-service. But what appears at first sight as such an appealing way to conduct computing reveals itself often after a while as a complex world. Securing this complex world across services, providers and architectures can become quite complex and challenging.
Synopsis: The era of Cloud Computing is often synonymous with simplicity, user friendliness, pay per use models and anything-as-a-service. But what appears at first sight as such an appealing way to conduct computing reveals itself often after a while as a complex world. Securing this complex world across services, providers and architectures can become quite complex and challenging.
Optional visit to The Standoff Cyberbattle Security Operations Center (SOC)
A 3-day real-world hacking challenge, The Standoff sees teams of attackers (red teams) and defenders
(blue teams) tasked with attacking and defending a model city. A Security Operations Center (open by
invitation only) will be deployed to visualize the attacks from the city infrastructure in real-time.
Members of The Standoff organizing team will be on hand to explain scenarios to DM Beyond Cyber
guests.
Highlight Speakers
H.E. Mohammed Gheyath
Executive Director - Information Security Operation Sector, ADDA
His excellency Mohammed Gheyath currently serves as the Executive Director of Cybersecurity Operations at Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA). With over 18 years of professional experience, the accomplished Emirati executive specializes in organizational development, business function set-up, and technology management and development.
In his current capacity, H.E. Gheyath spearheads the ADDA’s efforts to adopt new technologies and initiatives to further enhance the cybersecurity infrastructure and cyber ecosystem. Gheyath’s strong leadership and constant support to the ADDA’s strategy have successfully culminated in the development of a common security transformation framework for all Abu Dhabi government entities, that increases the IT protection of the Emirate and the country’s digital infrastructure, systems and data.
Prior to joining ADDA, H.E. Gheyath was responsible for setting up the new function of the Information Security Regulatory Affairs at the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA).
He was also the Director General of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Smart Learning Program, a world-class innovative education system that uses the latest technologies in the industry. Under his leadership, Mohammed Bin Rashid Smart Learning Program launched the world’s first Smart School Transformation Framework that was implemented in over 250 schools across the UAE to help them transform into smart institutions.
H.E. Gheyath held several prestigious positions in various leading regional and international organizations. Among these were Vice Chairman of the Telecommunication Standardisation Advisory Group (TSAG) in ITU/UN; Chairman, the World Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly in Dubai, which attracted 900 delegates from more than 120 countries; Chairman of the National Committee responsible for the establishment of the UAE National infrastructure Operator, the third operator in the UAE; Head of the UAE delegation in the ICANN Government Advisory Group (GAG); and Technical Lead in the Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the US.
H.E. Gheyath holds a bachelor degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Khalifa University. He was one of the first patch of UAE executive leadership program. H.E. Gheyath has recieved many awards, among which the Prime Minister Office Appreciation certificate for effective participation in the Free Trade Agreement with the USA and EU, the Emirates Award for Government Excellence (2015), and the World Summit for Information Society Award (ITU / UN),
Jake Kouns
CISO, Risk Based Security
Jake Kouns is the CISO for Risk Based Security that provides vulnerabilities and data breach intelligence. He previously oversaw the operations of the Open Sourced Vulnerability Database (OSVDB.org) and DataLossDB. Kouns has presented at many well-known security conferences, including RSA, Black Hat, DEF CON, DerbyCon, Bsides, CISO Executive Summit, IEEE, FIRST, CanSecWest, InfoSecWorld, SOURCE and SyScan.
He is the co-author of Information Technology Risk Management in Enterprise Environments, Wiley, 2010, and The Chief Information Security Officer, IT Governance, 2011. He holds bachelor of business administration and master of business administration degrees from James Madison University, with a concentration on information security. In addition, he holds a number of certifications, including: ISC2’s CISSP, and ISACA’s CISM, CISA and CGEIT.
He has briefed the DHS and Pentagon on Cyber Liability Insurance issues and is frequently interviewed as an expert in the security industry by Information Week, eWeek, Forbes, PC World, CSO, and CIO Magazine. He has appeared on CNN as well as the Brian Lehrer Show, and was featured on the cover of SCMagazine.
Nils Puhlmann
Co-Founder, Cloud Security Alliance
Nils is Co-Founder and member of the Board of the Cloud Security Alliance, a community of over 33,000 security professionals in over 50 chapters worldwide with the goal to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing. The Alliance also educates on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing.