GISEC 2023 IN PICTURES

Yaniv Vardi, CEO, Claroty.

Claroty to showcase Cyber- physical Systems Security solutions

Claroty, the cyber-physical systems protection company, announced its presence at the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (Gisec). With a team of senior executives and industry experts onsite, the company will showcase its market-leading portfolio of cybersecurity solutions for cyberphysical systems across industrial, healthcare, and commercial environments. Highly interconnected cyber-physical systems including operational technology (OT), the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), building management systems (BMS), and more – collectively known as the Extended Internet of Things (XIoT) – have become pervasive as organisations across critical sectors seek to modernise their environments. While the ever-growing XIoT delivers a number of business benefits that drive innovation, resilience, productivity, and sustainability, it can also increase exposure to cyber and operational risks if not properly secured. Additionally, as CISOs become increasingly responsible for securing their organisation’s cyber-physical systems, they cannot rely solely on traditional IT security solutions to provide sufficient visibility into these assets without disrupting mission-critical operations.

Understanding the need to secure enterprise XIoT environments holistically, Claroty’s cyber-physical system protection solutions integrate seamlessly with customers’ existing infrastructure to provide full visibility, protection, and threat detection for all connected assets. Powered by deep domain expertise, its award-winning threat research group Team82, and a robust partner ecosystem, Claroty’s solutions are designed to meet the unique challenges and requirements of securing any XIoT environment, ensuring cyber and operational resilience for the connected organisations that sustain everyone’s lives.

Microsoft highlights Zero Trust approach and mixed reality policing tools

Microsoft brought a message of collaboration and resilience to Gisec 2023, where the company participated as a Strategic Partner and staged a headline showcase that has the potential to revolutionise policing. This year at Gisec, Microsoft will be showcasing innovative mixed reality experiences using HoloLens 2 that are powered by the reliability, scalability and most importantly security of Microsoft Azure. Mixed reality is a blend of the physical world and digital world, where digital information is represented by holograms that through AI respond to commands and interact with real-world surfaces in real-time. Together with DXC Technology, Microsoft will unlock the potential of the industrial metaverse using Mixed Reality, IoT and AI and deliver a modern approach to crime scene investigation through data forensics and incident response.

Jamil Abu Aqel, Mandiant Head of Systems Engineering, Middle East, Google Cloud.

Jamil Abu Aqel, Mandiant Head of Systems Engineering, Middle East at Google Cloud

At Gisec Mandiant will be showcasing Mandiant Advantage, the multi-vendor XDR platform delivering Mandiant’s expertise and frontline intelligence to security teams of all sizes.

One of the modules within Mandiant Advantage is Attack Surface Management which allows organisations to see themselves through the eyes of the attacker. This has rapidly become a top priority given the sharp uptick in adoption of cloud, SaaS and mobile across a distributed workforce which leads to an expanding, evolving and changing attack surface subject to an increasing number of sophisticated threats. Organisations can use the insights from Attack Surface Management to continuously discover and monitor their exposures and enable intelligence and red teams to operationalise and inform risk management.

Another module we will be talking about at the show is Security Validation - an automated and continuous testing program allowing organisations to quickly and confidently be able to answer the question: ‘Can we be breached by the latest attack?’.

Visitors will be immersed in a crime scene investigation demo and take the role of law-enforcement officers. This simulated experience will showcase how to place virtual markers, trace 3D objects, gather multimedia evidence and virtually transport back to the scene at any time to boost collaboration and case outcomes.