HIGHLIGHTS

DAY THREEBY INSIGHT PARTNER

CYBER SENTINELSYOUR PREVIEW TO THE GULF INFORMATION SECURITY EXPO & CONFERENCE AND THE FIRST EVER GULF ENTERPRISE MOBILITY EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE

PIC OF THE DAY

WINNERS OF IT SECURITY AWARDS AT GISEC 2015

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“CIOs have no choice other than to respond to changes. Or else, we will always be playing catch-up!”

FARID FAROUQVP IT, DWTC

VISIT USSTAND NUMBER SR-28

TRANSFORMING PARTNERS INTO SECURITY EXPERTS“Changing and putting a goal which is to become the number 1 security vendor in the region requires to have a proper program that offers special advantages for the partners” says Maya Zakhour, Channel Director, ME for Fortinet. Maya highlighted the new changes Fortinet has made to its partner program-“The new program has several levels -platinum, gold, silver and authorised. We have put in place some new requirements to attain these levels of partnerships. Starting from authorised partner, a partner needs to have NSE1 (Network Security Expert Level 1).and go all the way till NSE 8. NSE certification gives the partner added value as a network security expert irrespective of any vendor. Partners can progressively do the various certifications from NSE1 onwards to gain more and more advanced understanding of the solutions so that they can really showcase their expertise to the channel. The certifi-cations cater to enablement from both technical as well as sales perspective. In June, we have the expert academy in Canne, France; so we are inviting our partners from the ME to book their seats from now. ”Additionally, Fortinet has introduced the rewards system which is focussed on advanced technologies as well. “It’s really a great incentive for partners to do more and more business with Fortinet”. Fortinet is making sure to engage actively with the partners from a very early stage so as to assist them all along the way to deliver the best solutions as well as best services.

What have been the latest on technology front from ESET ?ESET’s completely re-engineered and redesigned range of IT security products for business are now globally available. At the heart of the upgrades is the new ESET Remote Administrator- that has been rebuilt to enhance usability, improve security and lower the overall cost of implementation and management. Our goal is to exceed our customers’ expecta-tions, offering them first-class security that is unbelievably efficient and effective

to install, configure and run.

Could you highlight a major success story of ESET ME in the recent past ?BUiD has significantly strengthened its IT security posture with a campus-wide deployment of ESET Endpoint Security. They had done POCs with all big brands; however ESET top-performed on all levels making it the right choice for them.

Perhaps the best testament to the solu-tion’s simplicity and effectiveness is that

in the 6 months since its deployment, BUiD has not registered a single support call with ESET- something that was a fairly regular exercise with the institu-tion’s previous security solution.

There have been several other major deployments as well ; including Rivoli , NAFFCO, Sun & Sands Sports etc.

What are the major competitive advantages of ESET solutions over the others?Our solutions provide security without slowing the speed of the system ensuring that security is an enabler, not a deter-rent of business processes. Moreover, local support is a major point; in most other competitors, one needs to chan-nel through several partners for support hence delaying the process; that’s not so in case of ESET.

Any new updates in your part-ner program that you’d like to highlight?ESET has unveiled its new ESET Retail Partner Program for the Middle East. The scheme recognizes and rewards partners who have a proven track record of promoting and selling the ESET Smart Security and the ESET NOD32 Antivirus products. . ë

SECURITY THAT SPEEDS UP YOUR BUSINESS

PRADEESH VS, GM, ESET MIDDLE EAST

MAYA ZAKHOUR, CHANNEL DIRECTOR, ME, FORTINET

TODAYS GUESTS

BRUCE SCHNEIER - 10.10 AM

PHILIPPE ROGGEBAND -10.40 AM

DR. JASSIM HAJI - 3.30 PM

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HIGHLIGHT AT GISECA complete range of security solutions including network, endpoint and server security in an integrated manner across the region

STRENGTHn Security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership.

n With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGEn Integratedn Easy to deployn Simplern One point contact

HIGHLIGHT AT GISECIdentity and access management (IAM) solutions that give customers and employees one-click access to any application from any device

STRENGTHn Superior IAM solutionsn  Simplified enterprise grade security n Workforce identityn Single sign on

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGEn One password for many appsn Available both on premise and via

cloudn Not cumbersome n Agility

INDUSTRY SOLUTIONSn Healthcaren Financial Servicesn Public Sectorn MSPs

HIGHLIGHT AT GISECBlueCat IPAM Solutions provide a smarter way to connect mobile devices, applications, virtual environments and clouds.

STRENGTHn   Unified mobile security, address 

management, automation and self-service

n Rich source of network intelligence

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGEn Scalability in every directionn Reliable service deliveryn Powerful centralized IP address

management n Listening to customers and

addressing their concerns

HIGHLIGHT AT GISECSoftware provides enterprise wide, real-time analytics covering all endpoints, end users, apps and network connections and visualization of the IT infrastructure and service delivery

STRENGTHn Connect, collaborate

andcommunicate to enhance security

n real time analyticsn essential visibility

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGEn   Customers benefit from real-time 

visibility of their infrastructures from the end user perspective

n Actionable insight to enhance security

n Raise level of threat detection & compliance at end-user level

INTEGRATED SECURITY FOR THE ENTERPRISES SECURING ENTERPRISES BY PROTECTING PEOPLE

STAYING ALWAYS ON AND CONNECTED SMARTLYREAL TIME VISIBILITY FROM END-USER PERSPECTIVE

How has GISEC been so far for Comguard?I think it has been good. We have been able to showcase some of the new rela-tionships we had in Q1. It allows us to broaden our horizon on what we are able to offer. We also see a clear shift in terms of how the threats have increased and how complicated the threats have become and how the newer solutions are trying to tackle them.

So Comguard seems to be

onboarding several new vendors, isn’t it?More importantly, if you see they are addressing the new age threats, so that’s been the motto. Because the earlier set of tools or companies can’t address those in the fashion they are meant to be.

Has there been any change in the focus of Comguard?No, the focus continues to be security. But there are couple of areas we are trying to get into- these include the emerging

technologies like the cloud, virtualiza-tion, storage, compute, IoT. We are trying to develop in these domains and by the next GITEX, we shall be able to make announcements of actual brands and what we shall be doing in these areas.

Security is very much linked with mobility as well; so are you planning to venture into mobility space too?Yeah. We see lot of shift in security hap-pening to address the security concerns

on cloud, for new age applications, SaaS etc. On boarding new vendors is backed by our efforts to address all the changing needs of security across several domains.

Are you targeting SMBs as well?We have always been doing so through couple of brands like Kaspersky and we continue to do that. We are basically con-solidating that space; however our heavy focus is on the enterprise clients.

AJAY SINGH CHAUHANCEO, COMGUARD

PROVIDING 360° SECURITY TO ENTERPRISES

SOPHOS PING IDENTITY

BLUECATNEXTHINK

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SEAMLESS CYBER-ATTACK MITIGATION

SIEM TO MONITOR AND MITIGATE RISKS IN REAL TIME

Qualys CAP for Continuous Asset Inventory, Security and ComplianceQualys has launched the Qualys Cloud Agent Platform (CAP), a new platform that extends Qualys’ industry-leading Cloud Security and Compliance Plat-form with lightweight agents to continu-ously assess security and compliance of organizations’ global IT infrastructure and applications. This new platform provides organizations with a flexible solution to assess and address the security and compliance of their IT assets in real time, whether on-premise, cloud-based or mobile endpoints.

“The lack of visibility of the risks within an organization’s global IT infrastructure is a deep concern. Periodic vulnerability and configuration scans can provide some visibility but scale creates differ-ent problems. For example scanning a 100,000-node network can potentially yield millions of findings, which creates

said Charles Kolodgy, vice president, for IDC.

“Traditional vulnerability scanning methods present a number of challenges for IT security teams who either don’t have the proper credentials, or are scan-ning assets that aren’t always connected to the local network,” said Philippe Courtot, Chairman and CEO for Qualys . “Qualys Cloud Agent Platform is a game changer and a new paradigm of continu-ously assessing IT systems. This platform provides our customers with the flex-ibility and choice they need to conduct real-time vulnerability and compliance management for IT assets whether it’s on-premise, cloud-based or mobile endpoints.”

Qualys Cloud Agent Platform is now available for trial on all Windows plat-forms and will go live on May 15, 2015.

difficulty in prioritizing which vulner-abilities to remediate first. Using a host-based scanning approach, delivered as a service, brings not only real-time infor-mation but also can increase the ability to consume the high levels of data collected,”

PHILIPPE COURTOT, CHAIRMAN AND CEO FOR QUALYS

RAKSHA JASORIA, MARKETING MANAGER. EXCLUSIVE NETWORKS MIDDLE EAST

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What are the solutions LogRhythm is showcasing at GISEC 2015?We are showcasing our security intelli-gence platform that really incorporates SIEM , log management, host forensics, network forensics, advanced analytics, vulnerability intelligence, threat intel-ligence, incidence management and monitoring the response workflow that surrounds that.

What are the competitive advantages of your solutions relative to other vendors?Traditional SIEM tools don’t have the full breadth of coverage across the user, end point, host and the network. Our unified platform offers amazing secu-

rity inteligence unlike the others.

How is this technology being received in the ME region?The need for better monitoring and response caapbility, the need to reduce the time for detection and response in this region is one of the highest in the world because of the high level of invest-ment as well as the threat landscape put-ting the govt agencies, petrochemical industries and financial organizations at risk. Traditional security technologies can’t keep pace. Organizations need to shift their focus from trying to prevent and protect their infrastructure to real-izing that they will have problems, they will get compromises that they got to detect those in real time, respond to

them and mitigate accordingly.

So which are your distributors?We have been with Spectrami for some-time; they are a focussed VAD. And on EMEA basis, we have been with Exclu-sive Networks for many years. ë

ROSS BREWER VICE PRESIDENT AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF EMEA, LOGRHYTHM

As one of the largest single VAD of IT security solutions across the globe, Exclu-sive Networks brings in the pioneering CARM platform which is at the forefront of ‘post-breach’ security. CARM, Cyber Attack Remediation and Mitigation is an integrated solution platform that identi-fies when, how and where the breach took place and prepares a roadmap according to it. “A prime concern for all the CIOs and IT managers across the globe is Cyber Security. We offer a one stop shop solution to the channels and resellers. seamlessly brings together vendor technologies in a complete, fully demonstrable end-to-end solution enabling enterprises to identify, contain, respond, remediate and mitigate the impact of security breaches” says Raksha Jasoria. Marketing Manager, Exclu-sive Networks ME.

Talking about the vulnerabilities of vari-ous sectors in the region, she believes that no industry or region is barred from cyber threats or hacktivism but what makes Exclusive networks stand as a class apart is their service expertise and the expert trained team.

This year Exclusive network hit revenue market with a whopping €627 million and target to hit 1 billion by 2016. “The market has evolved on the services platform , but still there are many organizations out there who sell you products in the name of solutions. But at Exclusive networks, it’s Services all the way”.

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SPECTRAMI UNVEILS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER FOR LOGRHYTHM

Spectrami has entered into a strategic alliance with LoRhythm to offer an Cus-tomer Experience Center (CEC) facility for LogRhythm’s pioneering the Security Intelligence in Dubai, UAE. The facility will help Spectrami’s channel partners and end-users in the Middle East region.

The new advanced facility will work as a point of reference for companies that would like to understand the potential of Security Intelligence technology, which will enable users to experience the unique simplicity of LogRhythm managing Intelligence Platform, unifying SIEM, log management, network forensics, host

forensics and advanced security analytics, empowers organizations.

Expressing his happiness on the launch of new facility of CEC, Anand Choudha, Managing Director, Spectrami, stated, “This facility demonstrates our commit-ment to providing LogRhythm channel partners with the tools and resources they need to increase sales opportunities. This

will also provide a platform to customers who want to have a real time experience with Security Intelligence platform. It reflects the strength of our relationship and the confidence LogRhythm has in us to drive market expansion in the region.”

Mazen Dohaji, Regional Director – Middle EastLogRhythm, Inc., said, “We have seen a huge momentum for Security Intelligence platform in the Middle East region. We have chosen Spectrami as our strategic partner to establish LogRhythm Customer Experience Center due to their excellent capabilities, execution and expertise.”

GCC EXECUTIVES ARE AT HIGH RISK OF PRIVACY BREACHES

HANI NOFAL, VICE PRESIDENT, INTELLIGENT NETWORK SOLUTIONS, GBM.

Gulf Business Machines (GBM) has revealed based on its recent market survey that the increasing use of mobile devices for work is continuing to rise. According to the survey results, 80 per cent of execu-tives use their personal mobile devices for work purposes but only 10 per cent adopt appropriate security measures to protect the corporate data stored there.

The annual GBM Security Study, now in its fourth year, has shown that security breaches in the GCC are on the rise, with one in five participants being aware of a privacy violation in the past 12 months. Increasing threats of cyber-attacks, coupled with the rise of cloud adoption, mobility and social media, led companies to implement more flexible technologies in the workplace, whilst not necessar-ily investing enough to mitigate against potential risks associated.

“Security has become a boardroom discussion within an organization and in our fourth edition of GBM Annual Secu-rity Study, we are focusing on the regional executives’ awareness and readiness to address the security challenges” said Hani Nofal, vice president, Intelligent Network Solutions, GBM.

As services are continually being brought online and the region’s growing focus on smart services, GBM’s survey has shown that cyber security continues to cause concern for organisations and indi-viduals. “The future is digital,” concluded Nofal. “And we must ensure that the cor-rect security measures are in place in order for organisations, and the general public to feel safe in the technologies that can provide added value to their working and personal lives.”

Seal Security Loopholes with ManageEngine ManageEngine has revealed its latest Firewall Analyzer add-on for EventLog Analyzer, the company’s log analysis solution at GISEC 2015. The new add-on enhances EventLog Analyzer with multi-vendor security device and configuration manage-ment features to help IT security administrators monitor and analyze security incidents better. Admins can now seal security loopholes due to firewall misconfigurations, monitor network traffic and bandwidth usage, and propagate and analyze secu-rity incidents from log sources across the network — all from a single, central console.

Pravin Kumar, product manager at ManageEngine said, “In most cases, as a complement to log analysis, constant monitor-ing of security devices’ configuration changes helps contain attacks at the earliest stages. Our new add-on provides instant access to firewall device configuration details, network traffic and bandwidth usage details, and log data from sources across the network by collating them in one central location.”

The other highlights of the EventLog Analyzer Firewall Analyzer Add-On include better combat of external security threats, unmasking of shadow IT operations, meeting of compliance requirements for security device configuration man-agement, provision of contextual information to track down real security attack attempts,, and clear visibility into network bandwidth and traffic usage.

PALO ALTO NETWORKS AGAIN A LEADER FOR ENTERPRISE NETWORK FIREWALLS

JOSE THOMAS, CEO OF BULWARK

Palo Alto Networks has been positioned by Gartner in the “leaders” quadrant of the April 22, 2015 “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls.” Accord-ing to Saeed Agha, General Manager, Palo Alto Networks Middle East, this marks the fourth year that Palo Alto Networks has been recognized as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Firewalls1, which evaluates vendors’ “ability to respond to changes in the threat environment, and to present solutions that meet customer protection needs rather than packaging up fear, uncertainty and doubt.”

According to the report, “Vendors in this quadrant lead the market in offer-

ing new safeguarding features, providing expert capability rather than treating the firewall as a commodity.” “It’s an honor to be recognized for our ability to execute and completeness of vision in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls, and we’re thrilled to achieve this position for the fourth time. We are proud to see that our next-generation firewall continues to set the bar in the industry. It is the cornerstone of our unique enterprise security platform that combines network, cloud and endpoint security capabilities to safely enable applications and deliver automated prevention against cyber attacks – known and unknown.” René Bonvanie, CMO, Palo Alto Networks.

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Mobility Management Made Easier for Enterprises

BLACKBERRY COMES UP WITH AN ADVANCED SOLUTION BES12; SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT BY ESSAR GROUP AND TARPON ENERGY SERVICES

BlackBerry has launched BES12 Cloud, a cloud-based enterprise mobility manage-ment solution that will offer easy manage-ment of iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10 smartphones and tablets, as well as a wide range of Samsung KNOX and Android for Work smartphones and

tablets. “BlackBerry always commits to deliver

secure and innovative products to help our customers drive productivity and efficiency in their organizations, while reducing costs,” said Billy Ho, Execu-tive Vice President, Enterprise Products

and Value Added Solutions, BlackBerry. “Close relationships with our customers and partners is why we have announced our commitment to delivering a new BES12 Cloud solution later this month and delivered enhancements to BES12 and BBM Meetings today, continuing the expansion and evolution of our offering.”

“We have implemented BES12 in our organization to cater to the needs of EMM in our environment and are planning to trial the new BES12 Cloud solution,” said Jayantha Prabhu, Chief Technology Officer, Essar Group. “Our BYOD policy allows employees to have a choice. For example, some of our users have opted to upgrade to the BlackBerry 10 platform, especially those who want the QWERTY keyboard experience and have chosen a device like the BlackBerry Classic, while others are using Android, iOS or Windows devices. BES12 helps us manage all of this, with the peace of mind that our corporate data remains secure.”

THREAT EXTRACTION FOR ZERO MALWARE IN ZERO SECONDSCheck Point Software Technologies have recently introduced Check Point Threat Extraction, a radical new security approach that proactively ensures docu-ments are delivered to a network with zero malware in zero seconds.

Attacks are evolving and increasing every day, however documents still pose one of the highest risks of infection for organizations. According to the Check Point 2014 Security Report, 84% of com-panies downloaded an infected document in 2013. Companies need to implement

stronger defenses against these attacks. The only way to ensure complete protec-tion is to preemptively remove threats by reconstructing documents with known safe elements. With Check Point Threat Extraction, organizations can protect themselves against both known and unknown threats.

“Because the traditional approach of protecting against infected documents by looking for malware and blocking it does not provide absolute protection, organiza-tions need a way to preemptively remove

the threat of malware altogether,” said Dorit Dor, vice president of products at Check Point Software Technologies. “With Check Point Threat Extraction, organi-zations can now defend their networks against threats with a radical new technol-ogy that delivers 100% safe documents immediately.”

Check Point Threat Emulation, Anti-Bot, Intrusion Prevention and Antivirus complement Threat Extraction by detecting malware and providing full visibility and event information to any attack attempts.

PIONEERS IN SECURE ENTERPRISE MOBILITY

ADVANCED SECURITY VAD IN THE MARKET

‘sendQuick’ from TalariaX, the singapore based brand has been at the forefront of Enterprise Mobility and IT Security.

Facilitating a whole slew of niche applications such as Alert Notifications, Enterprise Messaging, Third Party Application Integration, 2 Factor Authentication and Network Monitoring, ‘sendQuick’ appliances are plug and play and yet Enterprise class to meet with demanding needs such as security, scaleability and redundancy.

Talking about the evolution of SendQuick, Ashok Kumar, Chief of Business Develop-ment, Talariax said ‘sendQuick is one brand that fits whether you are talking about a Prod-uct, Solution or Service as it depends upon how it is sold and implemented by our partners’.

TalariaX is well supported by a multi-tier ecosystem of channel partners some of whom have vertical expertise in selling solutions and services to end-users. TalariaX and their dis-tributors recently signed up reputed downstream resellers and systems integrators to help further reach in the market. TalariaX views GISEC 2015 as an important event since it is focused on IT security.

What is your agenda for Gisec?This is our first year in GISEC. For the past several years, we have been building our security solutions and are gradually moving on to the services zone. We have completely migrated from the product-centric phase and GISEC is an excellent platform for us to position ourselves in the market as an advanced security VAD and we are establishing a new partnership venture with Fidelis for cyber security.

What is the prime reason for security breach?One of the predominant reason for Middle East being targeted by the cyber criminals is because of the fact that security is not a ‘Boardroom Discussion’. Consumerization of IT is one of the legacy systems that enter-prises must transcend.

What is the biggest challenge that the region is facing?I believe, the market is still very product-centric and it is looking at security from a product perspective. It has to come above it and we as a VAD are trying our best to educate our channel partners and twist that around.

As a VAD, what does value mean to you?As a VAD, our value lies in how much value we can create in the channels. We believe in decentralizing value to our entire channel and partner ecosystem. ë

HISHAMUL HASHEEL A, GM –SOFTWARE & SECURITY, REDINGTON VALUE

ASHOK KUMAR, CHIEF OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - EMEA & SAARC, TALARIAX

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Today’s Conference AgendaDAY THREE, TUESDAY 28 APRIL 2015

10.00 Chairman’s welcome address

SCHNEIER ON SECURITY

10.10 - 10.40 TRAILBLAZER

Reactions and learnings from the Sony Hack

Bruce Schneier, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School, US

INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT

10.40 - 11.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

What do we need to make IoT security a reality?

Phillipe Roggeband, Business Development Manager, Cisco Security Architecture

11.10 - 11.40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Defenders Advantage

Peter Clay, CISO, Invotas

11.40 - 12.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Revealing the quiet intruder – understanding techniques used in modern cyber attacks

Brian Tokuyoshi, Senior Solutions Analyst, Palo Alto Networks

12.10 - 12.40 MORNING COFFEE

NEXT GEN THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES

12.40 - 13.05 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The enterprise impact of cyber risk through the shareholder lens

Kamran Ahsan, Senior Director of Security Services, Digital Services Business, Etisalat, UAE

13.10 - 13.40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Intelligent Security Operations Centre (I-SOC) - Framework

Firosh Ummer, MD EMEA, Paladion

13.40 - 14.30 Networking Lunch

INCIDENT RESPONSE

14.30 - 15.00 IDEA SWAP

The future of authentication amongst web services

Brett McDowell, Executive Director, FIDO AllianceMayank Upadhyay, Director of Engineering, GoogleDhruv Soi, Chair, OWASP India

15.00 - 15.30 IDEA SWAP

Protect, detect, respond: anatomy of an effective incident response plan

Mohammed Darwish Azad, Head of Group Information Security, Group IT - Emirates NBDRoshdi A. Osman, Deputy CISO, Banque Saudi FransiMayank Upadhyay, Director of Engineering, Google

15.30 - 16.00 IDEA SWAP

Active defence: how can data-centric protection increase security in cloud computing and virtualisation?

Dr. Jassim Haji, Director Information Technology, Gulf AirGeorge Yacoub, Acting Group CIO, SEHA

16.00 CLOSING REMARKS from the chair and close of the conference