


"Advancing Cybersecurity Through AI and Strategic Resilience"
19th August 2025 @ JW Marriott Hotel Marina, Dubai, UAE

Event Overview
The 3rd Annual 100 CISO Summit & Awards 2025 brings together 100 of the UAE and Middle East’s top cybersecurity executives to confront AI-driven threats, build strategic resilience, and align cybersecurity with evolving business imperatives.
Through visionary keynotes, interactive exercises, UAE-specific case studies, and the prestigious Cyber Resilience Awards, this flagship summit empowers CISOs to drive secure digital transformation in a rapidly changing threat landscape.
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Featured Speakers

H.E. DR. MOHAMED AL KUWAITI
Head of Cyber Security
United Arab Emirates Government

JAY BAVISI
President and Chief Executive Officer, EC-Council

RASHED AL MOMANI
General Manager ME
Kaspersky

TASHKEEV VLADIMIR
Head of Consulting
Infosecurity (Softline Group)

PRANEETH VANTERU
Technical Consultant
ManageEngine

SUJATHA NARASIMHAN
Cyber Security Expert
Mimecast

GAUTHAM SRINIVAS
Regional Sales Director
Vehere

SARA KINDI
IM&T Cyber Defense Head
Petroleum Development Oman

SAQUIB MALIK
Head of IT Security
Al Tamimi & Company

DENIS YAKIMOV
Head of Information Security and Privacy, Equiti

FAISAL KHAN
Cybersecurity leader & the Associate, Director of Information Security & Compliance, Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC)

AHMED NABIL MAHMOUD
VP & Head of Information
Security Engineering in a
leading bank in UAE

BRUNO FONSECA
Regional Chief Security Officer and head of OpEx, GIG Gulf

Aus Alzubaidi
Group CISO, MBC Group (Middle East Broadcasting Center) Group

ALI KATKHADA
Group Chief Information Officer
Depa Group

IRSHAD MOHAMMED
Chief Information Security Officer
Burjeel Holdings

NADER M. GHAZAL (PH.D)
Managing Director / Chairman
The African-Asian Council for
AI & Cybersecurity – CAAAIC

VISHAL VAGHELA
Chief Information Security Officer
Americana Restaurants

YANA LI
Security Business Partner Director, WebBeds

NISHA RANI
Chief Information Security Officer
Emirates Leisure Retail
Testimonials

Divyanshu Shubham - WIO Bank PJSC, Manager Application Security
"Good, Very Informative and great Networking opportunity"
Prashant Murthy - Estée Lauder Companies, Executive Director: IT - Emerging Markets
"Interesting topics, Great Speakers and audience. Stimulating exchange over coffee and lunch."
Saquib Malik - Al Tamimi & Company, Head of IT Security
"Excellent & shared real life experiences which was great learning"
Abdulrahman Khaiwi - Emirates National Schools, Head of IT Department
"A nice new way of speed networking."
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