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Shilpi Handa
Associate Research Director (META)
IDC
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Shilpi Handa
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:05 am
Leadership, Culture, and Talent: Making Security Everyone’s Business
How to build leadership commitment, board engagement, and workforce skills for a trust-driven culture.
Eren Eser
Associate Research Director, Türkiye
IDC
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Eren Eser
Eren is a seasoned analyst with 20+ years of experience in the ICT sector. He directs all IDC ICT research and consulting engagements in Türkiye, and all sustainability research and consulting projects across the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META).
Based in Istanbul, Eren has been involved in projects ranging from market forecasts to strategic consulting engagements on market entry, competitive analysis, go-to-market strategies, technology marketing, and end-user studies. Eren’s vast experience in the IT services, cloud, software, and telecommunications domains helps IDC clients understand the impact of technology-enabled, sustainable transformation processes in the context of sustainable digital business strategies, operations, products, and services. In addition to his research and consulting activities, Eren is a speaker at industry events.
Prior to joining IDC in 2017, Eren spent more than a decade in IT industry roles spanning portfolio management, channel and business development, pricing, and software development at companies including Turk Telekom and TAI.
Eren earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering and an MBA focused on technology road mapping for strategy and innovation, both from Middle East Technical University. He received a master of science in information systems, with a thesis on modeling mobile telecommunications services, from Middle East Technical University. During his academic endeavors, he studied for one semester at the University of Copenhagen, and for one semester at Harvard University. He is pursuing a marketing PhD focused on sustainability.
Hüsnü Tavlaş
Information Technologies Infrastructure Manager
A101
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Hüsnü Tavlaş
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:25 am
Resilience Metrics and Board Reporting: Speaking the Language of Risk
How to translate technical cyber resilience into board-level risk language. Covers resilience scorecards, linking security investment to financial risk reduction, regulatory compliance metrics, and how cyber insurance conversations are reshaping security governance.
Deniz Akay
CISO
Fuzul Holding
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Deniz Akay
Aydoğan Ovat
Cyber Security Group Manager
LC Waikiki
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Aydoğan Ovat
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:25 am
Resilience Metrics and Board Reporting: Speaking the Language of Risk
How to translate technical cyber resilience into board-level risk language. Covers resilience scorecards, linking security investment to financial risk reduction, regulatory compliance metrics, and how cyber insurance conversations are reshaping security governance.
Yalçın Bekmezci
Head of System & Security
Nakitera
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Yalçın Bekmezci
Süleyman Petek
Cyber Security Manager
Abdi İbrahim Pharmaceuticals
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Süleyman Petek
Hüseyin Akbaba
System Techn. & Cyber Security Manager
Tofaş
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Hüseyin Akbaba
Gökhan Köşker
CISO
MNG Kargo
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Gökhan Köşker
Aytekin Güzeliş
CISO, Allianz Türkiye
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Aytekin Güzeliş
Guzelis began his career as a software developer in Finansbank, before moving to Alcatel Lucent as an international network support engineer. He joined Ziraat Bankası IT audit team in 2007 and respectively worked as IT Auditor, VP of board of auditors and Head of IT service management department and is now head of security governance at Allianz Türkiye and has CISA, CRISC and ITIL v3 Fnd. certificates.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 2:00 pm
GenAI Risks and Opportunities in Cybersecurity
Generative AI is reshaping both attack and defense paradigms, introducing new risks and opportunities. Organizations are deploying sovereign AI models, focusing on data governance, model transparency, and regulatory alignment to mitigate risks.
Emre Erkıran
CISO
QNB Invest
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Emre Erkıran
Nurdan Demirci
Cyber Security Group Director
Aydem Enerji
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Nurdan Demirci
Event Sessions
One Day Event 2:00 pm
GenAI Risks and Opportunities in Cybersecurity
Generative AI is reshaping both attack and defense paradigms, introducing new risks and opportunities. Organizations are deploying sovereign AI models, focusing on data governance, model transparency, and regulatory alignment to mitigate risks.
Salih Talay
Cyber Security Director
Havelsan
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