Why Attend

Exploring best practices and innovative strategies for managing security operations.

Focusing on methods and technologies for securing applications and cloud environments.

Discussing advancements and applications of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity.

Covering the latest trends and technologies in securing networks.

Addressing the identification and mitigation of risks related to third-party vendors and suppliers.

Regulatory compliance is no longer a back-office burden, it’s a strategic enabler. We will explore how organizations can embed regulatory mandates (data privacy, cybersecurity laws, emerging AI/tech rules) into core operations, turning requirements into levers for resilience, stakeholder trust, and business value. Key topics include cyber-by-design, auditability, vendor accountability, and continuity in the face of disruption.

In UAE’s rapidly expanding digital ecosystem, maintaining control over data, infrastructure, and vendor relationships is fundamental to national priorities. We will explore how organizations can align with sovereignty requirements — including data residency, local hosting, and reduced vendor dependency.

Many enterprises struggle with fragmented IT portfolios, technical debt, and legacy constraints. This theme addresses how to modernize intelligently — consolidating platforms, improving observability, and building future-ready architectures that scale, adapt, and support secure innovation.

AI and intelligent agents are transforming how security is delivered, but with great power comes risk. We will explore pragmatically deploying AI: governance models, guardrails for misuse, prioritization of high-impact use cases, and aligning AI systems with trust, transparency, and accountability.

Detection, response, and recovery are now continuous cycles rather than discrete events. We’ll delve into advanced analytics, managed detection & response, orchestration, external threat visibility (supply chain, third parties), and resilience metrics to operationalize security effectiveness.

Technology alone doesn’t guarantee security. Leadership, culture, and skill development must align. We will focus on transforming teams, embedding security ownership across functions, and equipping leaders to speak the language of risk and trust to the board, CEOs, and business lines.

Breaches will happen, but what matters is how an organization responds. We will cover crisis communication, forensic response, regulatory handling, insurance, stakeholder trust restoration, and turning adversity into credibility.

Different industries and environments in UAE pose unique security demands. We will focus on securing critical infrastructure (energy, utilities), connected devices and IoT, healthcare, finance, and rapidly evolving environments such as smart cities, industrial systems, and large-scale national development projects.