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“Cybersecurity now stands at the centre of further progress of the modern, electronic-based global economy.”
The Deputy Chairman of the Dubai Police and General Security, Lt-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim inaugurates the FTW
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his week’s inaugural Future Technology Week at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) will provide a strategic reference point in driving regional network security spend in a GCC-wide sector set to grow from US$340 million to US$1 billion by 2018, according to a Frost & Sullivan report. Starting on Tuesday 29 and running until Thursday 31 March, Future Technology Week is DWTC’s new umbrella identity collecting Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC), the Internet of Things Expo (IoTX), The Big Data Show and Gulf Enterprise Mobility Exhibition &
Conference (GEMEC). The consolidated platform arrives as Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Everything (IoE) technologies spur rapid regional growth in the adoption of secure connectivity, enterprise mobility and big data services. As the GCC moves towards a new era of cyber security readiness and IoT savviness, Future Technology Week will provide a cluster programme for an anticipated 10,000 public and private sector Information Communications Technology (ICT) professionals – comprising providers, vendors and buyers - to converge and explore software, hardware and infrastructure investments
opportunities. “Technology is thriving and the relentless progress is changing our daily habits, lifestyle patterns and business functions – a world of possibilities is available to us faster and easier than ever before,” said Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Exhibitions & Events, DWTC. “In this climate, the question of how safe, secure and reliable our technologies are is paramount. Future Technology Week collects four of the region’s leading specialised shows to create a compelling umbrella concept where global ICT leaders can converge and experience, discuss and dissect the industry’s top trends, issues and solutions.”
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EVERY MINUTE THERE ARE HALF A MILLION ATTACK ATTEMPTS HAPPENING IN CYBER SPACE. TO AVOID BEING THE NEXT WIKILEAKS STORY, WE SHOULD TALK.
At DarkMatter we’re in the business of mitigating risk. We provide end-to-end cyber security services that protect governments and enterprise. We define compliance standards that reduce risk from within and without. We have also assembled a team of the most highly experienced security experts to stress test systems. But we don’t stop there. We provide active Managed Security Services needed to protect resources, networks and communications 24x7x365. Our Infrastructure and Systems Integration team build resilience right into the heart of our clients’ businesses. We’re proud to be the Founding Cyber Security Partner of Future Technology Week and the Cyber Security Innovation Partner of GISEC. Visit us to find out more about the next generation of cyber security.
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Smart Cities Opportunities and Threats As a company responsible for securing infrastructure across nations and industries, DarkMatter is acutely aware that the growth in interconnectivity is giving rise to corresponding targets for cyber breaches given the expanding threat surface. “Cyber attacks have increased in sophistication as well as impact on organisations, resulting in cyber risks becoming a popular topic of discussion,” comments Eric Eifert, Senior Vice President, Managed Security Services at DarkMatter. “This is where a company like DarkMatter can assist in helping entities understand their cyber risks, how to establish a cyber security programme to mitigate those risks, and develop a cyber security strategy to continually monitor the environment and rapidly detect and respond to issues.” The growth in smart city projects requires a re-thinking of the approach to cyber security, placing it at the centre of network and system design and roll out. Dr. Najwa Aaraj, Vice President, Special Projects at DarkMatter says, “We believe that hyperconnectivity is going to be a trend for years to come, that is to say, more devices are going to have intelligence embedded in them, and be connected to a network. This is a fantastic
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development for making our lives easier and happier, but it also increases the attack opportunities for cyber criminals. Effective defence against these attacks requires that we consider security as a mainstream system and network design issue.” Dr. Aaraj continues, “Our position at DarkMatter is that entities ought
to operate assuming breach to system confidentiality, integrity and availability. They should build – by design – fortified system components through the integration of various functional security measures and ensure they plan for possible intrusions early on. They should also have the tools in place to deal with attacks effectively should they occur.”
UNLOCKING CYBERSECURITY IN A NEW LIGHT StarLink is exhibiting at Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) 2016 and has some key cyber security technology up their sleeve on the showcase pad. StarLink will be participating along with some of its key vendors including Attivo Networks, Tripwire, Darktrace, Gemalto, MobileIron and Venafi. Visitors can meet StarLink’s Management team to learn more about StarLink’s Security Framework, Solutions Lifecycle and Vertical Security Trend Matrix. Mahmoud Nimer, General Manager at StarLink, commented, “The state of the security landscape in the Middle East is rife with threats and the number of attacks and breaches continues to increase year-on-year. This makes our role vital to partners and their customers, as our primary focus is to provide best-of-breed technology to help customers achieve compliance and protect MAHMOUD NIMER, GENERAL MANAGER AT themselves against next-generation threats.” STARLINK He added, “This year, our theme at GISEC is, Cybersecurity Unlocked: Learn, Adapt, Defend. Our participating vendors will showcase cutting-edge technology with live demonstrations to provide insight into the domains of deception, threat detection, securing the breach, enterprise mobile security and elimination of trust-based attacks.”
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A DYNAMIC SECURITY OUTLOOK
JIM JAEGER, CYBERSECURITY CHIEF CYBER STRATEGIST. FIDELIS NETWORK
Fidelis Cybersecurity will demonstrate end-to-end attack lifecycle defense capabilities and solutions at GISEC 2016. Attendees can learn how advanced products and incident response services from Fidelis Cybersecurity reduce the time to detect and resolve incidents, prevent data theft and stop attackers at every stage in the attack lifecycle. “Cybercriminals are targeting the Middle East, and the mass adoption of e-services, from banking and insurance to government, adds another layer of complexity and introduces potential security issues. Organizations must be able to quickly operationalize intelligence across their infrastructure so they can identify and remove attackers no matter where they hide on the network and endpoints,” said Jim Jaeger, Cybersecurity Chief Cyber Strategist. Fidelis Network analyses network traffic at multi-gigabit speeds in real-time. It detects the tools and tactics of advanced attackers – including advanced malware, exploits, command and control activity, and data theft techniques – that can often get past traditional network security systems, such as firewalls and intrusion prevention systems. Fidelis Endpoint allows an organization to initiate an investigation and respond to a threat, no matter where it is in the corporate environment without depending on third-party proxies.
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Accelerating Digital Ambitions
ADAM PHILPOTT, DIRECTOR OF CYBERSECURITY, CISCO EMEA.
Cisco will showcase its strategy of ‘Threat–centric Security’, which includes threat detection, defense and secure remote access. The organization will use the GISEC platform to highlight its nextgeneration security solutions that deliver advanced threat protection across the
entire attack continuum before, during, and after an attack. Adam Philpott, Director of Cybersecurity at Cisco EMEA, will address issues related to digital transformation and how businesses can accelerate their digital strategies, whilst reducing the associated risks in a unique, scalable way.
“Technologies must provide marketleading levels of security effectiveness to detect and block threats and this begins with visibility. We also have to acknowledge that security by design has got to be part of everything that is being built, so that customers can ultimately trust it. With a threat-centric architecture, security can definitely be everywhere. As our customers embrace the move to digital, security becomes truly a front and center concern, not only in their infrastructure but as they connect more and more devices that are not connected today,” said Adam Philpott, Director of Cybersecurity at Cisco EMEA. Cisco will also showcase how its products and solutions can support its customers safely and securely through digital transformation and how they can weave in the security techniques and deployment as part of it.
RE-THINKING CYBER SECURITY BT Security is all set to make some noise this GISEC. Mark Hughes, CEO of BT Security, will deliver a keynote speech focused on National Cyber Security Transformation at GISEC. Mark Hughes will show how governments and organizations need to rethink their cyber strategies in the face of a rapidly changing cybersecurity landscape. He said, “With some of the highest levels of financial resources, energy resources and lucrative real estate investments concentrated in the region, coupled with a move towards smart government and smart services, this region can easily find itself in the spotlight of cyber attackers. We are pleased to see that governments realize the need for a comprehensive cybersecurity framework to secure business-critical data. GISEC is a great platform for us to engage with regional and global organizations and showcase solutions that will help them enhance their situational awareness and readiness in order to combat a more sophisticated generation of cyber threat actors.”
ANALYZING CYBER SECURITY IN NEW HORIZONS
FIROSH UMMER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, PALADION, EMEA
Paladion,at GISEC 2016, will focus on how enterprises can move to a predictive cyber defense model using security frameworks that actively and continuously adapt to the changing threat landscape. At the center of showcase will be RisqVU Active Detection & Response (ADR), a Big Data based security platform and proprietary CyberActive Security Analytics as a Service. Paldion will be joined by their Technology partners CounterTack, and Kaspersky. “Our booth will be hosting several sessions such as vulnerabilities in an IOT network, emerging APT’s, GRC for standards such as NESA, building a robust and integrated security intelligence center, and more,” said Firosh Ummer, Managing Director, Paladion, EMEA
FIREWALLS OF THE FUTURE
GLEN OGDEN, REGIONAL SALES DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST REGION, A10 NETWORKS,
A10 Networks has geared for the GISEC 2016 and will showcase the recently launched Thunder Convergent Firewall, an all-inclusive security platform that consolidates data centre firewall (DCFW), Gi/SGi firewall, Secure Web Gateway and IPsec site-to-site VPN into one solution. Other standalone products from the company’s portfolio that address various security areas—such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection, SSL Insight, data centre firewalls, Gi/SGi firewalls, Secure Web Gateways, Web Application Firewalls and DNS Application Firewalls—will also be demonstrated. Glen Ogden, Regional Sales Director for the Middle East region at A10 Networks,
said, “The firewalls of the future need to be high performance, have built-in SSL visibility, and handle ever-increasing data traffic. Thunder Convergent Firewall offers a converged security solution for service providers, cloud providers, and large enterprises in the Middle East. We are keen to demonstrate this revolutionary solution at GISEC.” A10 Networks will also offer GISEC attendees a chance to learn more about its comprehensive range of security products, including the new premium Thunder Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) and market-leading multi-vector DDoS protection solution Thunder Threat Protection System (TPS).
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LEVERAGING THE POWER OF BIG DATA ANALYTICS Finesse will be showcasing their cutting edge big data and analytics solutions among others at the IoTX and Big Data Show. These solutions are tailored for the global banking and financial institutions, telco, retail, government and enterprise community. Finesse’s portfolio of ingenious solutions are backed by process centric deliveries and managed services that enable organizations to gain insights into the extensive data collected from all business operations. Finesse will be leveraging its presence at The Future Technology Week 2016, a three day conference and exhibition which will facilitate access to the best ideas and technologies driving technology adoption for data analytics and business intelligence, helping create a clear big data business case for enterprises across domains. The IoTX will be giving a platform to demonstrate our expertise in IoT solutions for a smarter connected world encompassing of Governance, Infrastuctre, Energy, Healthcare, etc. Finesse delivers Big Data systems with unprecedented speed, scale and flexibility to enterprise companies. The solutions enables faster and less complex methodologies to develop and deploy Big Data applications and processes over a simple, insightful and user friendly interface. It is deployed in hybrid, private, virtual private and/or public cloud environments. Finesse helps enterprises focus on solving business problems. Finesse believes that technology plays a critical role in making the banking, telecom and retail industry more customer oriented, go digital across all channels and be able to deliver enhanced customer satisfaction. Such solutions and services help organizations stay competitive and ahead of the curve in today’s technology driven business environment.
PRABHU RAMCHANDRAN, DIRECTOR OF WEBNMS.
Walking Further Miles with IoT WebNMS IoT Platfrom is built with three salient capabilities: Energy management, Remote site management and Mobile asset tracking. The platform is highly compatible with multiple devices and protocols and can be tailor made to suit unique business requirements. The platform aims at enhancing endto-end business operations by improving
efficiency, reducing downtime, upgrading security and scaling up overall health of businesses. Prabhu Ramachandran, Director, WebNMS is one of the panelists at the IoTX conference on day - 2 and would also be making a presentation on IoT Platform at the show. “ WebNMS IoT Platform”, Mr. Ramachandran said, “ is a fine amalgama-
tion of core enterprise capabilities built with open and customizable APIs, that encourages application developers and system integrators to build and deploy real - time IoT applications within a short period of time”. Mr. Ramachandran further stated, “Middle East is vigorously looking to adopt technologies that add value to its business operations, lifestyle and economy at large; this has led businesses, cities and the governments to recognize and embrace IoT technology into their system”. Apart from the customizable platform, WebNMS has a wide portfolio of off the shelf real - time applications like ATM Site Manager, Cell Tower Manager, Road Infrastructure Manager, Solar and Wind mill Manager, Building Infrastructure Manager, Power Grid and Diesel Generator Monitoring Solution, Data Center Infrastructure Manager and Smart Lighting Solution. At IoTX 2016, WebNMS will showcase its latest, upgraded IoT Platform and highlight its best in class point solutions along with the region wise hardware and implementation partners, Option Wireless (Belgium), Imtac (Oman) and Elitser Technologies (UAE). Apart from a customizable Internet of Things platform, WebNMS has a wide portfolio of ready to deploy IoT applications like smart monitoring, data center manager, power grid monitoring etc.
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EXPLORING THE SPECTRUM OF IOT
OSAMA AL-ZOUBI, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER – CISCO OSAMA AL-ZOUBI, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER – CISCO
Cisco will demonstrate ‘real life’ smart city scenarios as well as showcase its IoT solutions including the Cisco Digital Ceiling framework at the technology exhibition. “Digitization and the IoT hold enormous potential to drive new experiences, cost savings, and revenues in every enterprise and IoTX 2016 is an ideal platform for Cisco to demonstrate how IoT technologies are playing an increasingly important role in improving the quality of life today, and for future generations,” said Shukri Eid, Customer Solutions Director, Cisco - Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS. At IoTX 2016, Cisco will showcase the key business architectures and solutions that will be important for digital transformation including Security, Cloud, Data Center and Analytics, Mobility, Application Centric Infrastructure and Collaboration. Cisco’s partners, Alpha Data and Philips, will also showcase their IoT solutions at the Cisco stand. “Our recently launched Cisco Digital Ceiling framework is set to become the next frontier in the IoT. Digital Ceiling converges multiple building networks through a secure and intelligent network platform, thus unlocking new experiences and efficiencies for workers, lowering facilities operating costs and putting sensor data at the organization’s fingertips. Cisco Digital Ceiling can help businesses start capitalizing on it in their buildings today,” said Osama Al-Zoubi, Chief Technology Officer – Cisco Middle EasT. Cisco’s Digital Ceiling framework and solution unleashes the power of the IoT by linking building services over a single, converged IP network. It transforms the unobtrusive infrastructure in ceilings across the building’s facilities into a secure, distributed, and standards-based architecture that delivers building intelligence at the edge of the network. The result is a building that is not only smart, but also is seamlessly and securely connected. With Cisco Digital Ceiling, organizations can improve the efficiency and sustainability of their buildings and manage them more effectively.
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CTF – A Head To Head Battle for the Future of Technology For the first time in the GCC the world’s greatest security enthusiasts will test their mettle in a head to head cyber security competition covering a range of technology challenges from network security to cryptography, web security and digital forensics. Future Technology Week’s CaptureThe-Flag Competition, held in association with CyberTalents.com, will see cyber security enthusiasts take part in various challenges to find the hidden ‘flag’ across a range of categories covering multiple levels of difficulty including:
• Reverse engineering • Network security • Cryptography • Web security • Network security • Digital forensics The Capture-The-Flag Competition is open to competitors from across the globe, with each participant having to pass an online qualification prior to the event ensuring their knowledge and skills are up to the required level. Teams who are able to solve their qualification challenge will then be eligible to play
in the final phase held live at Future Technology Week at Dubai World Trade Centre. Once each competitor has passed the qualification stage they will then be able to form teams of between two to five competitors. Each team will contain a number of different technology skill sets in order to allow them to solve as many challenges and accumulate as many points as possible? At the end of the event the team with the most points will be crowned the Future Technology Week CTF Champion 2016.
NEW WAYS OF IOT Necip Ozyucel, Cloud & Enterprise Business Group Lead, Microsoft Gulf on the 29th, 30th or 31st of March at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Necip will be able to discuss about : • Emotion detection: Demonstration of Azure Machine Learning project Oxford Apis, through an image processing application. The application is capable of taking pictures and analyzing the picture to predict the emotion on one’s face. (this is very interesting) • IoT Remote Monitoring solution: Demonstration of a remote monitoring solution based on Azure IoT Suite, IoT hub, Stream Analytics, Blob storage and Document DB. • Social analytics: Demonstration of social listening platform, that listens to a social network in real time, analyze and visualize it with PowerBI. Please note that the above will actually be demoed at the Microsoft stand and people can experience it in real time.
THE HACKATHON INTELLIGENCE ITH LAYER 8 TECHNOLOGY Future Technology Week in association with Microsoft, Dubai World Trade Centre’s (DWTC) new umbrella brand for a quartet of specialised industry trade exhibitions, is set to host the second live Hackathon series. The live Hackathon event will feature more than 40 developers, designers and coders pitching and developing new software technologies to a panel of judges. “A key enabler in our drive to develop the nation’s young talent by creating innovative breakthroughs in technology, the second Hackathon aims to bring together the brightest minds to develop, design and deliver the smart applications of the future,” said Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Exhibitions & Events, DWTC. “There is no limit to the online world of applications and ideas continue to be the starting point of innovation. We are excited to see the outcome of how these innova-
tive projects are brought to life by these entrepreneurial young developers.” The winning project will be entered in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup UAE, the local leg of the world’s premium student’s technology competition that encourages youth to apply their imagination, passion and creativity to technology innovations. Conceived to increase industry professionals’ insights into early access
developer platforms, advance design skills and capacity to make valuable hacking connections, this year’s Hackathon will feature three themes, Smart Transportation, Smart Environment and Smart Cities. Entries at the Hackathon will be judged by Sajaad Chaudry, Chief Business Officer, Pacific Controls, and Necip Ozyucel, Cloud and Enterprise Business Group Lead – Gulf, Microsoft.
‘START UP SHOWDOWN OF THE CENTURY’ AT THE HIVE
Future Technology Week will debut The Hive – billed by organisers Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) as the ‘Start-up showdown of the century’. Handpicked by an esteemed panel of distinguished technology industry experts, business gurus and SME accelerators, The Hive will see the region’s leading young entrepreneurs pitch unique start-up concepts conceived to solve today’s greatest technology challenges. During The Hive, the contestants will present breakthrough business concepts to a live audience and judging panel in a five-minute pitch on the first day of Future Technology Week. The panel of judges includes Ibrahim Tadros, Head, Business Development and Strategy, Wamda; Muhammed Mekki, Founding Partner, AstroLabs; Jonny Voon, IoT Lead, Innovate UK, and Shaun Moore, CEO and Founder, Chui – the world’s smartest doorbell. A one-day event, The Hive is supported by Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic in Development (DED) in Dubai mandated to develop the SME sector, Wamda and Astrolabs. “The Hive is a dedicated innovative platform for budding, ambitious entrepreneurs to present their entrepreneurial ideas and innovative start-up business concepts. It’s the start-up showdown of the century,” said Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice President, Exhibitions & Events, DWTC, the Future Technology Week organiser. The contestants’ submissions will be judged on six criteria including practical use of product or solution, innovative use of technology, ease of implementation, sustainable business model, user adoption to date and difference to other products in the market. The Hive’s ultimate winner will be awarded a cash prize of AED 50,000. “The Hive initiative should be supported because any effort to inspire entrepreneurs and tech SMEs is an investment in sustaining innovation and enterprise growth,” said Saeed Matar Al Marri, Deputy CEO of Dubai SME.
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