Conference Day One: Sunday, 4 September 2016
08:15 - 08:35 Registration, refreshments and networking
08:35 - 08:45 Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
08:45 - 09:00 OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH: Moving the banking industry to the next level of cyber security to continue matching global standards of banking security
- Securing financial market infrastructures from cyber security threats
- Defining regulatory framework based on priority of cyber prepardness for the country and the region
- Combining smart banking techniques with the right level of cyber security protection controls
09:00 - 09:30 Securing the supply chain: An information security perspective
- Customising the entity’s information security standards to establish an objective driven policy
- 3rd party vendor management: What data to share and what not to share
- Monitoring and ensuring continuous improvement of information security processes and controls
09:30 - 10:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH: Compliance versus standards versus effective implementation of P1, P2, P3 and P4 modules roadmap for nationalised banks in the UAE
- Formulating security objectives and assessing exisiting IA gaps in the organisation
- Building cyber security controls that aim to reduce exploited gaps during vulnerability and risk assessment
- Meeting deadlines to develop and implement P2 and P3 controls with a pre-compliance audit to monitor performance
10:00 - 10:30 Networking coffee break and exhibition tour by VIP attendees
10:30 - 11:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Tackling insider threats by developing managed network security with the right combination of human intelligence and control security
Speakers:
Amrut Sugandh Associate Vice President – Information Security Assurance Emirates NBD, UAE
Dinesh O’Bareja Chairman Open Security Alliance, UAE
Mohit Saraswat Senior Manager - IT Infrastructure, Projects & Security Dubai Refreshments (Pepsi-DRC), UAE
Mahmoud Yassin Manager Data Center, National Bank of Abu Dhabi UAE
Amrut Sugandh Associate Vice President – Information Security Assurance Emirates NBD, UAE
Dinesh O’Bareja Chairman Open Security Alliance, UAE
Mohit Saraswat Senior Manager - IT Infrastructure, Projects & Security Dubai Refreshments (Pepsi-DRC), UAE
Mahmoud Yassin Manager Data Center, National Bank of Abu Dhabi UAE
- Insider threats: Deploying security controls to monitor sensitive information being leaked out of the organisation
- Deploying perimeter cyber security technologies to ensure a unified visibility and control
- Using dashboards to regularly monitor firewalls, IPs, web proxies and secured website content to provide the right level of security support for smart banking initiatives
Amrut Sugandh
Associate Vice President – Information Security AssuranceEmirates NBD, UAE
Dinesh O’Bareja
ChairmanOpen Security Alliance, UAE
Mohit Saraswat
Senior Manager - IT Infrastructure, Projects & SecurityDubai Refreshments (Pepsi-DRC), UAE
11:00 - 11:30 Intelligent GSOC modeling & zero-day exploitation scenarios to protect smart banking transactions from sophisticated malware and phishing attacks
- Using threat monitoring and incident response capabilities to develop GSOC models for various Finntech technologies, smart card payments, electronic gateways, digital ID encryptions and mobile device management
- Improving security intelligence reports derived from dayto- day IT operations and audits
- Combining forensics with intelligence, threat monitoring tools and incident response capabilities to build zero-day scenario
11:30 - 12:00 Investigating the latest trends in DDoS, APT & AVT attacks to build early detection and rapid response systems
- Identifying peak times for attacks to analyse high volume of attacks
- Discusing case studies from across the world on DDoS responses
- Reducing undetected breaches by implementing a multilayered approach to enhance data protection
Amrut Sugandh
Associate Vice President – Information Security AssuranceEmirates NBD, UAE
12:00 - 12:30 Prayer and coffee break
12:30 - 13:00 IDENTITY MANAGEMENT: Mobile device management and smart phone banking security
- Deploying strong cryptography and authentication mechanisms to protect customer data and transactions for smart banking apps using authentic identity access controls
- Identifying sources of exploitation: Social media apps, location permissions, IMEI numbers, storage and controls, camera photos, texts, etc
- Implementing a robust incident response plan and managing banking transactions on smart phones
13:00 - 13:30 Developing cyber resilience across managed shared security services: How to cope up with the speed of smart innovations of banking products and services
- Categorising IT systems resilience with the operational risks involved based on priority to criticality of data
- Protecting entry points at every shared portfolio: Wealth, treasury and advisory services that can be integrated with the enterprise cyber security systems
- Determining business process or technological failures by integrating operational risks with cyber security programmes
13:30 - 14:00 Securing the cyber space with Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to enhance information security
- Exploring PPPs as a way of introducing private sector technology
- Third party integration through a converged framework
- Building a PPP governance model to set expectations between sharing the security services
Dinesh O’Bareja
ChairmanOpen Security Alliance, UAE
Mohit Saraswat
Senior Manager - IT Infrastructure, Projects & SecurityDubai Refreshments (Pepsi-DRC), UAE
14:00 - 14:05 ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
The following session will feature a series of interactive
group discussions set in a roundtable format each for 15
minutes. There will be a maximum of 4-6 group leaders
who will introduce a concept/case study to the participants
followed by an interactive discussion and live feedback.
WHY PARTICIPATE?
Interactive group discussions are an excellent opportunity
to get straight to the point and ask the questions that
you want to know the answers to. The group format also
facilitates an excellent opportunity for networking between
industry professionals.
ROUNDTABLE A
14:05 - 15:00 Virtually monitoring plant security networks to monitor multiple attacks at one timeROUNDTABLE B
14:05 - 15:00 Transforming DNS from a vulnerability into a strength for banksROUNDTABLE C
14:05 - 15:00 Assessing cyber risks of shared and outsourced services in banksROUNDTABLE D
14:05 - 15:00 Learning from cross-industry: Best practices in cyber security mechanismsMohit Saraswat
Senior Manager - IT Infrastructure, Projects & SecurityDubai Refreshments (Pepsi-DRC), UAE