His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Ports and Borders Safety Council, immediately opened GISEC World 2024, the Center East and Africa’s largest and most impactful cyber safety occasion.
Operating for 3 days on the Dubai World Commerce Centre (DWTC), GISEC World’s thirteenth version options greater than 750 exhibiting manufacturers – a 50 % enhance over the earlier 12 months – as greater than 20,000 cyber professionals from 130-plus international locations collect to fight digital threats in a Gulf Cooperation Council cybersecurity market that, in line with analysts Frost & Sullivan, will triple in worth by 2030 to succeed in $13.4 billion.
The three-day powerhouse showcase, organised by DWTC, and hosted by the UAE Cybersecurity Council, options returning headline gamers and tech titans Huawei, Honeywell, du, Microsoft, and Google Cloud Safety, alongside groundbreaking cybersecurity firms akin to Spire Options, Pentera, Cloudflare, and Kaspersky.
Greater than 350 knowledgeable audio system and Chief Info Safety Officers (CISOs), alongside 1,000-plus moral hackers are additionally convening below the present’s ‘AI-driven cyber-resilience’ theme to detangle and demystify the rising international threats of the darkish cybercriminal underworld, as they ship 300-plus hours of immersive content material throughout 9 convention and workshop phases.
His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Al-Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, emphasised the significance of fostering collaboration to develop a extra cyber-resilient society amid the brand new period of cyber-threats. “The evolution of cybersecurity continues to current new challenges and alternatives for trade leaders world wide,” mentioned Dr. Al-Kuwaiti.
“The UAE Cybersecurity Council goals to create a protected and trusted cyber surroundings that helps organisations, establishments, and people obtain their potential. Such outcomes are amplified at GISEC World, which acts as a super-connector bridging the trade hole, encouraging thought-provoking discussions, and selling forward-thinking collaborations essential to the way forward for digital providers and belongings. In mild of newest developments in AI expertise, GISEC World 2024 serves as a pivotal platform in our relentless mission to forge and advocate for a cyber-resilient society grounded within the partnerships between the non-public and public sectors and aiming to domesticate a daring ecosystem that safeguards the integrity of firms and people,” he added.
Dr Aloysius Cheang, Chief Safety Officer of Huawei Center East and Central Asia, added: “GISEC World is the area’s largest and most respected cybersecurity occasion that’s in its thirteenth 12 months. I might count on no much less by way of relevance, ahead pondering and innovation in terms of programming.
“It is going to be the right alternative not just for the trade to collect and to share tales from the trenches but in addition the suitable platform for networking on the highest degree. GISEC World and the UAE collectively is the system for constructing a trusted digital oasis within the coronary heart of the Arab World,” added Dr Cheang.
Engaging line-up of eventsExclusive cybersecurity experiences will happen throughout the three-day occasion, together with the inaugural version of the World CyberDrill, a sensible simulation assessing essential targets and fascinating specialists from CERTs, CIRTs and CSIRTs hailing from over 100 international locations, fostering international cooperation to mitigate cyber threats.
Dubai safety groups from a number of authorities entities will for the primary time be a part of the brand new Seize the Flag competitors in partnership with the Dubai Digital Safety Heart (DESC), GISEC World’s official authorities cybersecurity accomplice, whereas flourishing start-ups from all throughout the area will compete on probably the most awaited Unlock Pitch Competitors on the returning GISEC Cyber Stars.
Displaying its appreciation for probably the most outstanding and visionary gamers within the Center East and Africa’s cybersecurity trade, GISEC World this 12 months will see the launch of the inaugural GISEC Cyber Excellence Awards in partnership with the UAE Cybersecurity Council and the United Cybersecurity Alliance.
One other brand-new function designed to showcase the most effective of open-source initiatives, instruments, and options, GISEC Armory will provide builders and specialists a novel alternative to show their work and join with like-minded professionals within the cybersecurity house.
An in depth convention programme with 300+ hours of future-oriented content material will promote a brand new enhanced expertise with thrilling highlights spanning every part from the inaugural sequence of govt boardrooms and convention roundtables to the brand new cyber defence monitor discussing the mitigation plans and weaponry towards rising threats.
The 2024 agenda can even launch probably the most awaited Ask the Hacker Q&A periods and the highlight on True Tales the place the viewers will hear world-class CISOs narrating true horror tales round billion-dollar ransomware assaults, monetary frauds, celeb telephone hacks, and extra, for the primary time on stage.
GISEC World additionally options the Dubai Digital Safety Heart (DESC) as its official authorities cybersecurity accomplice, and the Ministry of Inside and Dubai Police as official supporters.Extra info is on the market at www.gisec.ae.
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