4-5 September, 2016
Dusit Thani, Dubai

Conference Day Two: Monday, 5 September 2016

08:30 - 08:50 Registration, refreshments and networking

08:50 - 09:00 Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

09:00 - 09:30 Organised E-crime: The new tool for stealing data, money laundering and conducting fraud

  • What should banks do to secure electronic payment gateways
  • Using contactless credit and smart cards to avoid physical contact with card holder and the merchant terminal as one of the techniques: Is this sustainable?
  • Teamwork between various stakeholders: Risk, information security, governance, forensics, electronic payments to isolate the e-crime

09:30 - 10:00 Digital fraud: Modernising cyber security to protect banks from evolving phishing and malware attacks

  • Defending information from unauthorised access and building a multi-tiered approach to improve defence mechanism
  • Balancing customer service excellence and fraud prevention using conventional and non-conventional methods
  • Using forensics tools to reduce risks of digital fraud and focus on threat protection operations

Jorge Sebastiao

Global ICT & Cyber Security Specialist
Independent Consultant, UAE

10:00 - 10:30 Building a centralised cyber security command centre: Intrusion detection, monitoring and risk mitigation in an evolving threat landscape

  • Developing bio-metric ATMs to avoid cash money laundering and thinking beyond PINS and temporary digital Ids
  • System and security monitoring: Evolving smart banking security and using smart techniques to monitor intrusions and be prepared for sophisticated attacks
  • Working together as a team: Data centre, AML and IT security with risk management departments
Mahmoud Yassin, Manager Data Center, National Bank of Abu Dhabi at UAE

Mahmoud Yassin

Manager Data Center, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
UAE

10:30 - 11:00 Networking coffee break

11:00 - 11:30 Cyber GRC: Getting the best out of ISO 27001, COBIT5 and UAE (IA) standards

  • Overview of the exisiting framework being used across the enterprise
  • Customising security objectives to fall in-line with the business processes
  • Securing the best from global practices to build a robust cyber GRC framework

11:30 - 12:00 Effective risk governance receipe for financial institutes

  • Understanding different lines of defences in the organisation with defined roles and responsibilities for each
  • The risk control framework embedded in key processes
  • Front to back risk views and enabling business decisions to align risk management strategy with organisation’s strategy

12:00 - 12:30 Cyber security assurance and framework: Driving it from the top

  • Cyber GRC: What’s the governance tone at the top?
  • Conducting periodic vulnerability assessments, penetration tests and improving the effectiveness of security controls to comply with the agreed cyber security framework
  • Using the “NIST” framework: Managing information security vendors and involving them in business continuity and IT disaster recovery plans to mitigate risks
Alaa Nasrallah, Vice President – IT Audit at Arab Bank, Jordan

Alaa Nasrallah

Vice President – IT Audit
Arab Bank, Jordan

12:30 - 13:00 Prayer and coffee break

13:00 - 13:30 BIG DATA: Using HADOOP tools to slow down financial data breachers

  • Transitioning from SIEM tools to HADOOP to manage size and complexity of data in organisations
  • Anticipating blind spots to ensure thorough preparedness and incorporating risk mitigation plans
  • Developing parallel HADOOP clusters in-line with the cyber security objectives of the organisation
Tamer Al Ajrami, Head of Information Security at Capital Bank, Jordan

Tamer Al Ajrami

Head of Information Security
Capital Bank, Jordan

13:30 - 14:00 What does data theft mean to different departments and what are the steps to minimise its subsequent impact

  • Bringing a level of consistency across data protection laws and legislations
  • I mmediate steps to be taken during a serious issue of data breach
  • Raising awareness of data security across deparments

14:00 - 14:05 Closing remarks by the Chair

14:05 - 23:59 Networking lunch and end of conference