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Thousands
of security
professionals to
visit GISEC
ore than 7,000 security
professionals are expected to
attend the seventh edition of
the Gulf Information Security Exhibition
and Conference (GISEC) in Dubai. The
show, one of the most impactful in the
region, is co-located with IoTX and
the Future Blockchain Summit, and
collectively 12,000 visitors are expected.
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Tackling global cybersecurity issues,
GISEC attracts a captive audience
of decision makers from over 200
government departments and leading
enterprises in the Middle East. The
agenda is directed by a powerful
advisory board of senior end-users from
Dubai Electronic Security Centre, Dubai
Police and Smart Dubai.
The mission of the event, which takes
place between April 1 and 3, is to
bring visitors the most innovative and
game-changing security solutions for
AI, Blockchain, IOT and enterprise
cybersecurity. CIOs, CISOs and CTOs
along with their teams and departments
will travel from 86 countries to learn
about the next disruptive events to affect
their departments and understand the
next moves of the senior leaders in
Middle East based companies.
Speakers include Abdulla Bader Al
Sayari, CISO, Department of Health,
Abu Dhabi, the man responsible for
securing Abu Dhabi’s Department
of Health through its Digital
Transformation; and Ahmed Attalla, a
17-year-old ethical hacker.
Other speakers include Paul Down,
Senior Director, Proofpoint. He has over
15 years of experience focusing on
employee behaviour analytics, criminal
cyber investigations and insider threat
detection and prevention. Also on the
speakers list are Basil Alothman, Founder
and Managing Director, Kuwait Hackers
LLC, and Brian O’Toole, CISO, Ericsson.
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CYJAX TO LAUNCH MIDDLE EAST
OPERATIONS AT GISEC
yjax, a leading provider of
digital threat intelligence,
ransomware negotiations
and incident response services, will
launch its Middle East operations
at GISEC.
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The company will demonstrate
how regional governments and
enterprises can leverage its market
leading digital intelligence platform
and customisable ‘live’ dashboards
to identify their digital risks –
including cyberthreats, reputational
risks and the Dark Web – and deploy
intelligent risk mitigation strategies.
Commenting on the importance
of threat intelligence and Cyjax’s
value proposition for Middle East
governments and enterprises, James
Mason, Intelligence Analyst at Cyjax,
said: “We are seeing daily cyberattacks
targeted at entities in the Middle East.
While these attacks range in their
sophistication and their motives, the
troubling statistic is that well over 70%
are targeted at government or state-
owned entities, using threat vectors such
as fake job ads or sophisticated APT
type attacks.”
He added: “As such, threat intelligence
should be an integral part of any
cybersecurity strategy as it focuses
on existing and emerging threats and
identifies internal and external risks to
the organisation, its infrastructure and
brand reputation.”
At GISEC, Cyjax can be found in Hall 7/
Stand 9.
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