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Joining Comodo as CISO (Great news for me 2021)

Joining Comodo Cybersecurity as CISO

I am really happy to announce that I will be a part of the Comodo family. I am really excited to work closely with our founder Melih Abdulhayoglu, a new CEO Ken Levine , and our new Chief Strategy Officer Dave Karp as well as the hero’s of ComodoFatih Orhan, Mehmet Özer Metin, Alan Knepfer and each team member of our Comodo family.

Customers need a better, more integrated and affordable means of preventing the onslaught of attacks!

For more info : https://www.comodo.com/comodo-cybersecurity/

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GISEC spotlights critical infrastructure, cybersecurity automation -Join for FREE 2021

GISEC 21 spotlights critical infrastructure cybersecurity automation By Mark Ferranti : https://www.cio.com/article/3620284/gisec-spotlights-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-automation.html A massive move to remote work and rising geopolitical tensions that threaten critical infrastructure have caused many a sleepless night for CIOs and CSOs in the Middle East over the past year. They are also giving technology leaders gathering this week in Dubai […]

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Cybersecurity in Banking Free Webinar – 21

Cybersecurity in Banking Free Webinar Join us where industry leaders bring their experience and perspective to discuss Cybersecurity in Banking ; Trends, challenges, regulations, & technologies Don’t miss out on RaCEWebinar, a 2-Day Cybersecurity webinar to be held on 3-4 February. 👉 FREE Registration:  Events | HIMAYA Protecting Data in an Era of Increased Cyber […]

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I am hiring Head of Information and Cybersecurity for Pakistan -2020

Head of Information and Cybersecurity for Pakistan  I am hiring the Head of Information & Cybersecurity for Pakistan, who will be part of my leadership team. Come and join us at Standard Chartered Bank. Our mission is providing “Best practice cyber security solutions, protection of data and privacy, improve resilience, reduce risks” If this makes […]

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Financial Sector Transformation – Free TRA1NING

Financial Sector Transformation Know what a UAE based Banking CISO, Dr. Erdal Ozkaya, thinking about the banking transformation from digital standpoint. How compliances are adapting to the new normal and how security landscape is changing and best approach to stay immune from the impact. He is talking about banking bots, cloud computing services, agility, WHF […]

Experts of Incident Response Age Cloud

Experts of Incident Response Age Cloud < 3

Experts of Incident Response Age Cloud Book

As most of you are already aware , later this year I will release a brand new book which is called ” Incident Response in the Age of Cloud” and like in many of my books I dedicate the last chapter to some world famous experts

In this book I will have :

Orin Thomas : (Microsoft )

Orin has written more than 40 books for Microsoft Press. He has also authored video- based training for Pluralsight and instructor led training for Microsoft Learning on datacenter and cloud topics. In his spare time, he is completing postgraduate research at Charles Sturt University focused on cloud security compliance accreditations.

Tyler Wrightson (Leed Cyber Security)

Tyler Wrightson is an author, speaker, teacher, instructor and a fanatic for anything security related. Tyler is also a huge fan of speaking in the third person and doesn’t find it creepy or narcissistic in the least.

Mark Simos (Microsoft) 

Mark is Lead Architect in Microsoft’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Group where he focuses on cybersecurity guidance to help customers manage cybersecurity threats with Microsoft technology and solutions. Mark’s has contributed to a significant amount of Microsoft cybersecurity guidance – most of which can be found on Mark’s List (check my previous post)

Brian Svidergol (Capital Group)

Brian Svidergol specializes in Microsoft infrastructure and cloud-based solutions around Windows, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, System Center, and Microsoft Azure. He holds the Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (Cloud Platform and Infrastructure) and several other Microsoft and industry certifications. Brian has authored several books related to infrastructure and cloud technologies. When he isn’t working on technology projects, he enjoys family time, basketball, and gaming.

Grzegorz Tworek (Standard Chartered Bank) 

Grzegorz likes to share his knowledge with other people, which results in publishing book and articles, active participation in scientific conferences or just telling others what he thinks about the IT. He is obsessed with Security and likes to travel a lot.

Hala ElGhawi (Standard Chartered Bank

Hala has more than 13 years of experience in banking industry and she is passionate in Risk management, Controls, Information Security, Technology, Business Continuity Management, and IT Governance.
I hold a Master’s degree in Quality Management, and the BSc in Management Information Systems, and I am certified in PMP (Project Management Professional), ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, COBIT Foundation & COBIT Implementation in addition to having a diploma in Risk Management.

Emre Tinaztepe (Binalyze

Emre  is a cyber security expert who has been in the InfoSec field for more than 14 years. He specializes in reverse engineering, malware analysis, driver development, and software engineering. Emre is the founder of Binalyze LLC (www.binalyze.com), which develops next generation incident-response solutions.

Ozan Veranyurt (Sony

Ozan is focusing on Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence with a background in Computer Engineering and IT & Security Project Management. He is working on different uses of AI in the field of security academically. Currently he works as a Global Security Program & Project Manager.

Raif Sarica (DIFOSE)

After spending more then 23 years in Turkish Military , Raif recently joined DIFOSE as CIO. DIFOSE stands for Digital Forensic Services which is providing a superior level of investigative, consulting, and training services.

Sukru Durmaz (DIFOSE)

Şükrü is one of the leading experts in the field of cybercrime investigations on a global scale. He is an award-winning speaker & technical expert in worldwide conferences organized by INTERPOL, EUROPOL, FIEP, NATO, and OSCE.

Ahmed Nabil (Standard Chartered Bank)

Ahmed is an industry expert in Information Security and Digital Transformation, public speaker at several international conferences and author. Ahmed was awarded by Microsoft  as Most Valuable Professional as well as Regional Director. Beside Microsoft he has several awards from EC Council and magazines.

George Balafoutis (Microsoft) 

An expert in cybersecurity, George Balafoutis works for Microsoft’s Global Cybersecurity Practice as a Cybersecurity Architect. He leads the company’s Worldwide Cybersecurity Champion program

George holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, MSc in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, and BSc in Mathematics from the National University of Athens.

He also holds the cybersecurity industry’s main certifications – GCIH, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, and GAWN among others.

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Combatting cybercriminals banking on financial vulnerabilities : GISEC Free Event 2020

Combatting cybercriminals banking on financial vulnerabilities

Unprecedented 238% spike reported in cyberattacks against banks and financial institutions from February to April 2020, how are you keeping pace and staying ahead of the attackers?

Join the power-packed GISEC virtual conference exclusively curated for the Banking and Finance sector.

When : Jul 22, 2020

Time : 01:00 PM (GMT +4)

registration : https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7iOrT1OfQF-mJVxn1Mb4VQ

SPOTLIGHT: A day in the life of a CISO

Moderator: John Salomon, Director – MEA, FS-ISAC, Spain

Panelists:

Illyas Kooliyankal, CISO, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), UAE

Jelena Matone, CISO, European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg

Majed Alshodari, CISO, Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (ACIG), Saudi Arabia

Dr Erdal Ozkaya, Regional CISO, Standard Chartered Bank, UAE

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