Cyber Warfare in the Gulf: A Peek to the World of Cybersecurity

This unique, thought-provoking seminar is designed for people with an interest in the world of information security. The seminar will focus on three vital and fascinating topics in cybersecurity.

• What forces are shaping the agenda of cyber offensive power states?
• What are the motivations and abilities these countries have?
• What countries are particularly targeted by these powers?
• What technological advancements facilitated offensive abilities?
• Is it ever going to be too late to deal with these threats?
• What can and can’t we do to protects ourselves?

• Alertness and preparedness for a potential incidence (routine protocols, precaution and eliminative measures, etc.)
• What are the first signs that a cyberattack is happening in your organisation?
• What are the very first steps that your people must do to understand what is happening?
• Steps in detecting an incidence and initial analysis of the situation.
• When and how does an incidence is declared as a ‘cybersecurity incidence’?
• Steps to assessing, containing, and reducing the threat.
• Frequency of reporting and evaluating the situation.
• Communication channels with internal and external role holders (administration, management, juniors and general employees, costumers, media, authorities etc.)
• The interplay between internal and external departments (legal, spokesperson, finance, consumer services, partner, cybersecurity professionals and non-cyber security personnel)
• Damage assessment
• BCP/DRP initiation
• Closure, documentation, and organisational learning processes

• What is MMSP, and how does it work?
• Is outsourcing my monitoring services safe for my organisation? Does it put my information in danger?
• Will it solve all of my worries and problems? Is my organisation immune?
• A practical illustration: See Secure’s approach, methodology and services.
• How to set up a SIEM/SOC centre?