:: MENA Information Security Conference 2012

17 APRIL

Pre-Event WorkShop

09.00 – 09.30: Registration

09.30 – 11.00: Information Security Governance and Risk Management – Part I

11.00 - 11.30: Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.00: Information Security Governance and Risk Management – Part II

13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break

14.00 – 15.30: Access Controls – Part I

15.30 – 16.00: Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.00: Access Controls – Part II

18 APRIL

Day 1 - 08:00 am - 06:00 pm

	08:00 am - 09:00 am	Last Minute Registration
	08:00 am - 09:00 am	Welcome Reception / Coffee Break Out
	09:00 am - 09:15 am	Conference Opening Speech by Dr. Mohammed Omar, CEO of VirtuPort
	09:15 am - 09:30 am	H.E. Eng. Basem Al Rousan – Minister of ICT
	09:30 am - 10:00 am	KEYNOTE - IRA Winkler - Zen and the Art of Information Security
	10:00 am - 10:45 am	Panel Discussion [Diamond & Platinum] – Moderator
	11:00 am - 11:30 am	Coffee Break / Professional Networking Break
	11:30 am - 12:15 pm	Mohammad S. Alawneh - UMNIAH - Umniah Security Solutions in Practice
	12:15 pm - 12:45 pm	Radi El Fassed - ZAIN - Information Security: A taste of reality
	12:45 pm - 01:15 pm	Richard Archdeacon - HP - Security 2.0 - How do I balance securing my business with enabling it? Why only a complete approach to information security will benefit today’s modern enterprise
	01:15 pm - 02:00 pm	Wolfgang Kandek- Qualys – The Urgent Need for a More Effective Approach to Security
	02:00 pm - 06:00 pm	Expo / Exhibit
	02:00 pm - 03:00 pm	Lunch Break / Professional Networking Break / Prayer
	03:00 pm - 03:30 pm	Raed Albuliwi - ANRC - Top Strategies for Detecting and Combating Advanced Persistent Threats
	03:30 pm - 04:00 pm	David Emm – Kaspersky - Targeted attacks: personal or corporate?
	04:00 pm - 04:30 pm	Adrian Culley - AccessData - In Cyberspace no one can hear you scream
	04:30 pm - 05:00 pm	Joakim Sundberg - SourceFire - Agile Security - Visibility, Flexibility & Control, how you fight Advanced Persistent Threats
	05:00 pm - 06:00 pm	Expo / Exhibit
08:00 pm -10:00 pm Sponsor / Speaker / VIP Guest Dinner -Smart Casual Attire

19 APRIL
Day 2 - 08:00 am - 05:00 pm
	08:00 am - 09:00 am	Networking / Coffee Break Out
	09:00 am - 09:15 am	Conference 2nd Day Speech by Dr. Mohammed Omar, CEO of VirtuPort
	09:15 am - 10:00 am	Vivek Malhotra – Frost & Sullivan - Securing the Enterprise - The Way Ahead
	10:00 am - 10:45 am	Michael Peters - The Security Trifecta: The Information Security by the Numbers
	10:45 am - 11:15 pm	Paul Kurtz- Cyberpoint - The Twenty Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense
	11:15 pm - 12:00 pm	Coffee Break / Professional Networking Break / Prayer
	11:30 pm - 05:00 pm	Expo / Exhibit
	12:00 pm - 12:30 pm	Dimitrios Petropoulos - I (TS)2 - How advanced, really, are Advanced Persistent Threats?
	12:30 pm - 01:00 pm	Kalle Bjorn - Fortinet - Web Application security, Web Application DDOS is on the Rise
	01:00 pm - 01:30 pm	Florent Fortune - Websense - Effective IT security embraces productivity whilst defending against blended threats.
	01:30 pm - 02:00 pm	Panel Discussion - Moderator [GOLD]
	02:00 pm - 06:00 pm	Expo / Exhibit
	02:00 pm - 03:00 pm	Lunch Break / Professional Networking Break
	03:00 pm - 03:30 pm	Yasser Alswailem - Dell - Digital Forensics Labs: The Next Generation
	03:30 pm - 04:00 pm	Selahaddin Karatas- SolidPass - Authentication 2.0 User Generated Security and Authentication (Bring Your Own Token- BYOT)
	04:00 pm - 04:30 pm	Closing Keynotes