Alexander Tushkanov

Director, Key Accounts

BI.ZONE

Biography

Alexander has been part of BI.ZONE for over 7 years. In this time, he has worked with a plethora of prominent organizations in all industries imaginable: finance, chemical production, metallurgy, aviation, retail, oil and gas, IT, and others across Russia and the CIS region at large. Currently, Alexander manages a portfolio with over 100 of the region’s largest clients.
Since 2019, he has been the full-time presenter and ambassador of Cyber Polygon. In 2020, Alexander hosted the conference online to an audience of more than 5 million people from 57 countries, and in 2021, the event was streamed to 7 million viewers spanning 78 countries.
Alexander has also hosted international CTF competitions, conducted over 50 public interviews, moderated more than 30 panels, round table discussions, and press conferences in English and Russian.
His guest speakers include Craig Jones, Cybercrime Director, INTERPOL; John Crain, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, ICANN; Stéphane Duguin, CEO, CyberPeace Institute; Michael Daniel, President and CEO, Cyber Threat Alliance; Teresa Walsh, Global Head of Intelligence, FS-ISAC; Dhanya Thakkar, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing & AMEA Sales, Trend Micro; Wendi Whitmore, Senior Vice President, Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks; Jeremy Jurgens, Managing Director, World Economic Forum, and others.
In 2024, Alexander will be the presenter at Cyber Polygon specifically for the MENA ISC attendees.

Topic Name & Synopsis

Panel Session: Hyper Power in Cybersecurity. How to Resist the Challenges of Turbulent Cyber

As technologies evolve and businesses become more digitized, enormous data volume is shared between organizations, as well as people. Cybercriminals are always nearby, ready to breach it and steal money, as well. As their appetites grow, they invent more complicated attacks, utilizing technical and psychological means to reach their goals. For companies and people, it is becoming ever more complicated to remain resilient, have the data intact and keep up to date with the rapidly changing threat landscape.
Is it possible to build hyper-resilient cyber defenses to counter the critical threats? What tools can help to retain uninterrupted business operations?
During this session the speakers will discuss the key cyberthreats, both in MENA region and globally, as well as provide a comprehensive view on approaches and solutions to resist the challenges.