Riyadh – While massive technological leaps and the adoption of digital-first strategies have propelled security-focused technologies to new heights, IT security professionals continue to face a host of challenges. These include the need to protect an increasingly distributed workforce, manage complex interconnectivity, and comply with stricter government regulations, all while enabling immersive customer experiences and ensuring data security.
International Data Corporation (IDC) will address these challenges and more as it hosts the Saudi edition of its IDC Security Roadshow 2023 in Riyadh on June 5. Taking place at the city’s Fairmont Hotel under the theme ‘Preparing for a New Era of Cyberthreats’, the event will bring together the country’s foremost cybersecurity leaders to showcase the very latest security innovations. Expert speakers will serve up essential guidance on navigating the increasing complexity of today’s interconnected world, managing the implementation of cloud security services, and designing security for hybrid multicloud environments.
“Faced with an increasingly volatile and shifting threat landscape, organizations across Saudi Arabia are diligently working to strengthen their security postures and support innovation,” says Hamza Naqshbandi, IDC’s associate vice president for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. “They are investing more and more in security services to meet the challenges that come with limited numbers of security specialists, higher numbers of remote workers, changing compliance and regulatory requirements, new hybrid environments, accelerating cloud investments, and the complexities of next-generation technologies.”
The IDC Security Roadshow 2023 in Riyadh will feature a keynote from Shilpi Handa, IDC’s associate research director for security in the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa, that will address the theme ‘Shaping Security Strategies for the Digital-First Organization’. In this session, she will present a series of strategies that CISOs can employ to enhance collaboration with their organizations’ leadership teams and improve their ability to detect and mitigate cyber threats and risks.
The agenda will also incorporate a series of fascinating end-user panel discussions, featuring first-hand insights from some of Saudi Arabia’s most respected industry thought leaders, including:
• Bader Alasoos, Senior Vice President of Cybersecurity, Mobily
• Khalid Alfaheid, CISO, Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture
• Ziyad Alshehri, Cybersecurity Director, Mobily
• Wael Fattouh, CISO, Bank AlJazira
• Bader Alkhaldi, OT Cybersecurity Project Manager, Saudi Aramco
• Abdulrahman Aljamaan, IT Security Manager, Gulf Monetary Council
The Saudi edition of the IDC Security Roadshow 2023 is supported by the ISACA Riyadh Chapter and a number of other valued partners, including: Host Partner: Cisco; Strategic Partner: Bespin Global; Platinum Partners: TXOne, Saudi Business Machines; Digital Trust Partner: Sirar; Gold Partners: Cloudflare, Randori, Swimlane, SentinelOne, Kaspersky, Vectra AI; Exhibit Partners: ServiceNow, Delinea.
To learn more about the IDC Security Roadshow 2023 in Riyadh, please click here or contact Sheila Manek at smanek@idc.com / +971 4 446 3154.
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