Abdulrahman Al-Nimari
VP, Cyber Security
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Biography
A self-motivated renowned cyber security expert and a frequent conference speaker with more than 25 years of IT and cybersecurity experience.
Al-Nimari played different roles, in government and private sectors, in different IT and cyber security fields: Network/System Administration, IT Management, Cybersecurity Consultation and Architecting. Always working to advance cyber security and contribute to community.
Al-Nimari was awarded the Arab Social Media Cyber Security Influencer Award for 3 years 2019-2021 by the Arab Cyber Security Conference in Cairo. He was also among the top 2022 IFSEC Global Security Influencers.
He holds industry standard cyber security and project management certifications:
CISSP, CISM, CCISO, PMP, GSEC, GCIA, GCIH, GCUX, GREM, BCVRE
Speech Topic & Synopses
Zero Trusting Your Enterprise
Traditional IT network security is based on the castle concept. In castle security, it is hard to obtain access from outside the network, but everyone inside the network is trusted by default.
Zero trust security is an IT security model that requires strict identity verification for every user, device and communication flow trying to access resources on a network, regardless of whether they are sitting within or outside of the network perimeter.
Zero trust s a holistic approach to network security that incorporates several different principles and implementations. We will discuss the best recommended ways to start implementing the zero trust concept in an enterprise.