CSIS Egypt 2023 – Agenda – 5th CSIS Cyber Security Innovation Series Egypt Edition

6 March 2023 - Day 1

Timing	Sessions
09:00	Registration & Networking
09:50	Welcome Note by MS Events
09:55	Opening Remarks by the Chairperson
10:00	VIP Opening Keynote The role of Cybersecurity in the “Time of Crisis” Dr. Ahmed Abdel- Hafez, Vice President – Cybersecurity Affairs, National Telecommunication and Regulatory Authority, NTRA
10:20	Opening Keynote Cybersecurity innovation as the backbone of digital transformation – How cybersecurity can keep up with waves of innovation – Top trends driving cybersecurity innovation in 2023 – Good practices in innovation on cybersecurity: Embedding security into innovation Eng. Abeer Khedr, Head of Cyber Security, National Bank of Egypt (NBE) Chair of the Cyber Security Committee, Federation of Egyptian Banks of Egypt (FEB)
10:40	Spotlight Case Study GSMA 5G Cybersecurity Knowledge Base – 5G era and key security challenges – Layered security model and collaborative ecosystem – GSMA 5G Cybersecurity Knowledge Base and how operator may benefit – Practice recommendation of 5G Cybersecurity Knowledge Base Frank Li, Regional Cyber Security & Privacy Officer (RSPO), Huawei Northern Africa Region
11:00	Panel Discussion Addressing Ransomware in the digital age – Strategies for a proactive ransomware defence – Incident response to a ransomware attack – The role of the C-suite in a successful cyber security operation – New edge solutions to protect against Ransomware at early stage – Cyber resilience – enhancing data recovery in the age of ransomware Essam Elsayed, Head of Information Technology, Sinai Cement Ahmed Nabil Mahmoud, Chief Information Security Officer, Egyptian Banks Company Mohamed Nabil Mostafa, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Egyptian Arab Land Bank Dr. Samir Gaber, Head of Department of Cyber Attacks Monitoring and Early Warning Systems, EGCERT, NTRA
11:45	Coffee and Networking Break
12:15	Spotlight Presentation Building and Operating a threat-driven SOC – Threat-Driven SOC, what is? – Threat Intelligence as a core component in a Next-gen SOC – Building and Operating an effective SOC Ahmad Ashraf Hussein, Head of Presales, Egypt and Africa, Kaspersky
12:35	Panel Discussion A deep dive into the protectors of the cloud: Combating the rise in threats to cloud environments – Cloud Security: 5 Predictions on What Lies Ahead for 2023 – Key factors to security and cloud success in 2023 – Managing security vulnerabilities: What you can do to ensure effective cloud security? – Cloud security and DevSecOps automation Hisham Mohamed, Chief Information Security Officer, Emirates NBD Mahmoud Salaheldin, Chief Information Security Officer, NEXTA Egypt
13:10	Coffee & Networking Break
13:20	Panel Discussion Building a cyber security culture from within: Current practices and future needs – Assessing an organization’s security culture – 5 tips for building a cybersecurity culture – Optimise your organization’s security culture and, as a result, the security of your entire organization Ahmed Osama, Chief Information Security Officer, MCDR Ahmed Afifi, Cyber Security Manager, National Bank of Egypt Muhammad Fathy, Head of Technology & IT Operations Services, Banque Du Caire Eman Mohamed, Chief Information Security Officer, Fawry
14:00	Industry wide Panel Discussion Cyber Governance: Key principles for stakeholders to attain cyber maturity – Top 5 principles for governance of cyber security risk – Implementing a cybersecurity governance program – Understanding major challenges to cyber governance – Improving cyber governance with reciprocity ROAR Wessam Maher, Chief Information Security and Risk Officer, The American University in Cairo Dr. Ahmad ElGhazouly, Head of Information Technology & Information Security, PGESCO Khalid Farooq, CIO, Shefa Al-Orman Foundation & Hospitals Dr. Samir Gaber, Head of department of Cyber Attacks Monitoring and Early Warning Systems, EGCERT, NTRA
14:45	Networking Lunch and End of Day One

7 March 2023 - Day 2

Timing	Sessions
09:15	Registration & Networking
10:00	Opening Remarks by the Chairperson
10:10	Opening Keynote Building a transparent and secure digital workplace – Reconciling digital workplace and cybersecurity – Strategies and best practices to secure a digital workplace – How to ensure prompt reporting and resolution of security breaches or disruptions? Eng. Hazem Nabil, Vice President for Electronic Transactions Security, ITIDA
10:35	Spotlight Presentation Ransomware protection insights and protection mechanism – Six trends of Ransomware attacks – Policies of main governments to cope with ransomware attacks. – Ransomware intrusion attack process, defense technologies & evolution trend – Suggestions on ransomware protection Youssef AIT KADDOUR, Chief Cybersecurity Officer (CSO), Huawei Morocco
11:00	Deep Dive Presentation Cyber Deterrence – a new perspective -Enterprise security must play its role Ali NG with cybersecurity enforcement in disrupting threat actors infrastructure & operations -Enterprise security must shift its focus from the attack to the attacker to manage security in proactive & prevetive rather than reactive modes Osama M. Hijji, Chief Information Security Officer, EFG Hermes
11:25	Coffee, Networking Break and Live Demos
12:00	Panel Discussion Advancing cyber risk management: From security to Resilience – Elevating cyber resilience to be a board-level issue – Developing a cyber resilience strategy: Key components of cyber resilience strategy – Aligning information security, business continuity, and organizational adaptability – Designing the roadmap to cyber resilience framework Mohamed Hegazy, Chief information Security Officer, MDP Digital Payment Company Dr. Ahmad ElGhazouly, Head of Information Technology & Information Security, PGESCO Youssef AIT KADDOUR, Chief Cybersecurity Officer (CSO), Huawei Morocco Eng. Mohamed Hamed, Chief Technology Officer, Platino Group (elSallab Ltd)
12:45	Closing CISO Panel Discussion Evolving vendor risk management in the realm of cybersecurity – Assessing and addressing Nth-party risk – Streamlining vendor risk assessments – How you can leverage inherent risks and tiered assessments – How cyber risk exchanges are reinventing the assessment process Mahmoud Salaheldin, Chief Information Security Officer, NEXTA Egypt Mostafa Abdou Abdelghani Demerdash, Director of Information Security Department, South Cairo Electricity Distribution Company Sherif ELHalawani, Head Of Security Operation Center, CIB Eng. Abeer Khedr, Head of Cyber Security, National Bank of Egypt (NBE),Chair of the Cyber Security Committee, Federation of Egyptian Banks (FEB)
13:30	CSIS Awards
13:45	Closing Remarks for the Conference and Networking Luncheon