Speakers
Shilpi Handa
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:05 am
IDC Keynote: Orchestrating Resilience Amid Transformation, Regulation, and Emerging Threats
META’s cybersecurity agenda is shaped by unprecedented digital acceleration, regulatory dynamism, and the proliferation of advanced threats across IT, OT, and cloud. As organizations embrace AI, platform-centric architectures, and hybrid environments, the attack surface expands and adversaries become more sophisticated—leveraging GenAI, identity compromise, and cyber-physical exploits. At the same time, regulatory mandates around data sovereignty and trust are intensifying. CISOs are challenged to orchestrate holistic defense strategies that unify technology, process, and people: integrating real-time detection, adaptive controls, and continuous compliance, while investing in workforce upskilling and AI augmentation. Achieving resilience in this environment demands a proactive, inclusive approach—balancing innovation, operational continuity, and regulatory alignment across the region’s diverse digital landscape.
One Day Event 9:00 am
IDC Welcome Address
Shahin Hashim
Vijay Balakrishnan
Vijay Balakrishnan is a Senior Sales Engineer at Delinea covering the Middle East and Africa region, based in Dubai. With extensive experience across Privileged Access Management, Identity Security, and Cloud Infrastructure Protection, Vijay works with enterprise customers across UAE, Qatar, and Africa to design and deploy PAM strategies that reduce identity risk at scale. He specialises in SaaS-first PAM architectures, Non-Human Identity governance, and integrating privilege controls into AI and developer workflows.