Agenda | AKJ Associates

Presentations already confirmed include:

Education seminars

How AI based ‘Threat Detection & Response’ finds and stops Ransomware

Abdullrazaq Zahran, Security Engineering Manager | META, Vectra AI

Cybercriminals are always looking for easy targets and opportunities to steal personal information. With no application, network, or data centre being invulnerable, decision-makers often harbour a false sense of security about their ability to fend off hackers—especially when they’re not armed with the necessary tools to succeed.

During our presentation we will cover:

How prepared your organisation is to detect and respond to a ransomware attack
What approaches other organisations are taking to stop ransomware gangs
How to detect and respond to Ransomware before it impacts you

Incident Response in the Age of Ransomware and Data Protection

Kapil Matta, Regional Manager, Enterprise - MEA, Malwarebytes

Recent Trends – Current Industry situation and ransomware NIST Framework and Ransomware Incident Response Automation Lever for next gen SOC Malwarebytes Value Proposition

Key Take Aways:

Specific Pre Attack events that indicate behaviour of ransomware in your environment
Incident Response Strategy to clean your environment on an ongoing basis - Automated/Orchestrated.
Organisations standing on NIST Cyber Security Capability Maturity Model
NIST Framework best practices to prevent ransomware

OFFENSIVE AND CONTINUOUS SECURITY TESTING - the emerging standard beyond traditional Penetration Testing

Ron Peeters, Vice President Middle East/Emerging Markets, Synack

Increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks can easily exploit serious Vulnerabilities in live systems that you are not aware of TODAY, are not found with the common vulnerability scanning tools and neither by traditional Penetration Testing. Hence the need for a new, next generation approach of Offensive Security testing that better mimics and preempts malicious attack behavior.

In this session you’ll learn:

Why the current model of compliance-based penetration testing is increasingly ineffective and obsolete.
Which exploitable vulnerabilities are missed the most and cause the greatest concern.
How a model combining highly skilled security researchers (with a hacker mindset) deployed in large Cohorts provides the necessary critical mass.
Several customer examples in the Middle East benchmarking the advantage of Offensive Security Testing.

Cybersecurity Automation in SecOps

Karthik Ananda Rao, Chief Technical Evangelist, ManageEngine

In this presentation, we will demonstrate on how SecOps can help regulate an organization's cybersecurity risk exposure by incorporating SOAR and SOC technologies. This automation of cybersecurity processes helps to prioritize, detect and respond to threats effectively by regulating business operations from password management to endpoint and data security.

Seamlessly collaborate between IT security and IT operations
Automate crucial security tasks, reduce cybersecurity risk and improve agility
Create a centralized function by continuously monitoring and improving security infrastructure
Detect anomalies and report on any unusual activity by UEBA

Regain control of your access with WALLIX PAM4ALL

Afi Hashim, Regional Manager, Middle East, Turkey & India & Danish Khan, Presales Manager, Wallix

Remote workforce, migration to the cloud, equipment multiplication, and new digital uses are leading to an explosion in the number and type of access to companies' critical assets. Face this challenge with PAM4ALL, the Unified Privilege Management solution that enables you to easily secure, control, and manage all your access. During this session, discover how WALLIX can help you reduce your threatscape by treating every user as a privileged user while keeping simplicity at the administration level.

During this session, you will discover:

How to prevent credentials theft from external attacks
How to stop lateral & vertical movement
How to prevent privilege escalation and insider threat
How to control third party access
How to meet audit and compliance requirements