Event Speakers

Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim

Board Member and Director General, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority

Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim is one of the few telecom engineers in the United Arab Emirates who, in a short period of time, achieved great accomplishments both on the academic and the career sides. Currently, Mohamed Al Ghanim is the Board Member and Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) which is entrusted with regulating all of the Telecom sectors in UAE; a vital sector, which comes second only to Oil and Gas.

Under Al Ghanim tenure, TRA has succeeded in implementing the regulatory framework for the sector, including the necessary policies, such as Interconnection Agreements and Pricing Policies, for the creation of a healthy and a competitive environment. During the initial six months of operation, TRA has launched Spectrum National Plan and Spectrum Frequency Chart map. Although United Arab Emirates was the last country in the region to regulate the telecom sector, the national spectrum plan and the chart were the first of their kind in the region. Among other TRA achievements is the licensing of a second operator: Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (DU), in addition to the existing operator Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat).

Lance Spitzner

Mr. Spitzner is an internationally recognized cyber threat researcher, invented and developed the concept of honeynets. Lance Spitzner is the author of the book "Honeypots: Tracking Hackers", co-author of "Know Your Enemy: 2nd Edition", and the author of over thirty security whitepapers and articles. He is the founder of the Honeynet Project - an international, non-profit security research organization that captures, analyzes, and shares information on cyber threats at no cost to the public. He has spoken for numerous organizations including the NSA, FIRST, the Pentagon, the FBI Academy, the President's Advisory Board, SANS, the Navy War College, the British CESG, the Department of Justice, and Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Prof. Clive Walker

Professor of Criminal Justice Studies at the School of Law, University of Leeds

Professor Walker was the Dean of the School between 2000 and 2005. He has written extensively on criminal justice issues, with many published papers not only in the UK but also in several other countries, especially the USA, where he has been a visiting professor at George Washington and Stanford Universities. His books have focused upon terrorism and the law, including, "The Anti-Terrorism Legislation" (Oxford University Press, 2002). In 2003, he was a special adviser to the UK Parliamentary Select Committee which was considering what became the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. A further book commentating upon that Act, "The Civil Contingencies Act 2004: Risk, Resilience and the Law in the United Kingdom", was published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Prof. Walker has also been called upon to prove advice to other UK Parliament Committees on terrorism and to the UK Government’s independent adviser on terrorism.

He teaches in criminal justice and constitutional issues, with innovative postgraduate courses in terrorism laws. He also supervises postgraduate research students, including some from the Middle East region.

Carole Longendyke

Director, Forensic and Investigative Services

Carole Longendyke is a Director in Grant Thornton’s Forensic and Investigative Services group, providing fraud and computer forensic investigations and consulting for government and private practice.

She has education, training, and experience in crime scene investigations and analysis, criminal investigations, crime and intelligence analysis, and emergency incident response. As a certified computer forensic examiner (EnCE), Ms. Longendyke has been involved in a number of high profile investigations including the Enron/Merrill Lynch Nigerian Barge Trail in Houston, Texas where she provided consulting services to the Special Attorney of the Enron Task Force.

In her current role at Grant Thornton, she works with the firm’s fraud investigators and forensic accountants to uncover, analyze, and present electronic evidence in matters of fraud and corruption. Ms. Longendyke graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. She is based in Washington DC and resides in Northern Virginia.

Michael Gunnison

Resident Legal Advisor, United States Department of Justice (DOJ)

Michael J. Gunnison is the Resident Legal Advisor for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in the UAE. Mr. Gunnison received a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a Juris Doctor degree from St. John’s University School of Law in New York, where he was Executive Notes and Comments Editor of the St. John’s Law Review and President of the Society of Comparative and International Law. He subsequently served as Law Clerk to Judge Dominick L. DiCarlo of the U.S. Court of International Trade.

He joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York in 1987. Since 1990 Mr. Gunnison has worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of New Hampshire, specializing in the prosecution of complex financial crimes. He has prosecuted numerous cybercrime and money laundering cases, including the case of notorious eBay fraudster Jay Nelson. Mr. Gunnison became Chief of the Criminal Division in 2002 and Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney in 2004.

He also serves as Coordinator for his district’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council. Mr. Gunnison is currently on assignment with DOJ’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training, and is stationed at the American Embassy in Abu Dhabi.

Ahmad AlMulla

Chief Information Officer, Dubai Aluminum Company Ltd

Mr. Ahmad AlMulla started his career in 1988 as a software developer with Dubai Aluminum Company Ltd and his 19-year journey with Dubal has taken him to virtually all areas of Information Technology - Application Development, Information Security, Networking, Process Control, Strategic IT, etc. Mr. AlMulla is currently a member of the Dubal Executive Management Committee.

Mr. Ahmad AlMulla is a graduate of The University of Arizona in Computer Engineering, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1987. In 1993 he received a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from Australia.. Additionally, Mr. Almulla has completed the “Program for Executive Development” from International Institute for Management Development (IIMD).

Jean-Francois Legault

Senior Manager – Analystic & Forensic Technology Deloitte & Touche LLP,

Jean-François Legault is a Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche’s Forensic & Dispute Services practice in Montreal where he specializes in computer forensic investigations and the prevention and detection of computer based fraud.

He is a member of the Adjunct Faculty of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners where he gives seminars and conferences on topics relating to computer crime and fraud. He is also a frequent guest speaker at fraud and information security conferences where he leads seminars on cyber fraud prevention and detection as well as digital investigations.

Jean-Francois graduated from HEC Montreal with a Bachelor of Business Administration and went on to obtain a Master of Science in Management degree, specializing in Management Information Systems. He currently holds the CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, CISA, CISM, ITIL designations.

Abdelkarim Darwish,

Expert at many global, regional institutions

Dr. Abdelkarim has obtained his PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA in 1994. He is considered as an expert at many global, regional and local institutions such as United Nations, the Arab Administrative Development Association, the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences NAUSS, the American University in Cairo UIC, the National Center for Criminal and Social Studies in Cairo, the Demographic Center in Cairo, the Administrative Development Institute in UAE. Currently, he is in charge of the Strategic Management Section in Sharjah Police Research Center.

Avinash Kadam

International Vice President - ISACA; Director, MIEL e-Security Pvt Ltd

Mr. Avinash Kadam (CISA, CISM, CISSP, CBCP, GSEC, GCIH) was the President of the ISACA Mumbai Chapter from 1998 to 2000, a member of ISACA’s K-Net Board from 2001 to 2002, a member of ISACA’s Research Board from 2002 to 2004, and an International Vice President of ISACA since 2006. In June 2005, he was awarded the Harold Weiss Award, which recognizes dedication to the IS audit, control and security profession.

Mr. Kadam has been teaching information security topics for the ISACA Mumbai Chapter’s CISA courses for the past 12 years and for its CISM courses for the past four years. He is also a Lead Instructor for ISC2 for its CISSP CBK review seminars and a Lead Instructor for BS 7799/ISO 27001 Lead Auditor Course for Det Norske Veritas.

Kevin Mansell

Control-F Security Ltd

Kevin Mansell is a recognised authority in the field of mobile phone forensics with a proven track record in training high tech crime investigators in the safe and effective retrieval of digital evidence.

Prior to starting his own company, Kevin spent 3 years as a high tech crime trainer at the UK's National Centre for High Tech Crime Training. Kevin has trained law enforcement personnel in mobile phone forensics, network and internet investigations and computer forensics. Since developing an entry-level course for mobile phone examiners in 2005, Kevin has successfully delivered mobile phone forensics training to over 200 students from the UK and overseas.

Kevin has represented the UK on Interpol's European Working Party on IT Crime where he collaborated with overseas colleagues to identify and publish good practice in the rapidly maturing field of mobile phone forensics. He has also spoken at both national and international electronic crime conferences.

Before working in the field of digital forensics, Kevin gained 9 years experience working within the telecommunications industry in a variety of technical and project management roles. This included helping GSM network operators to deploy state of the art fraud detection systems to stem revenue leakage.

Robert Bagnall

CEO, Maverick Security

Mr. Bagnall has 13 years of Air Force Intelligence experience and over a decade of cyber-security and security research experience. He has built and led Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) and technical security teams for the Department of Defense (DoD), the FBI, Computer Sciences Corporation, Counterpane Internet Security and SAIC. He has performed critical infrastructure assessments and both cyber and traditional intelligence analysis for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the DoD and iDefense. He has additionally provided cyber-security support, education and consulting to Fortune 100 companies, including Bank of America, Citicorp, Walmart, as well as to metropolitan governments and government entities, such as the County of San Diego, New York City and the Long Island Rail Road.

Mr. Bagnall is a regular cyber-security contributor and presenter to numerous conferences and security forums around the world. He has appeared as a subject matter expert in cyber-security and anti-fraud for various media, including ZDNet, ABC News, CNET, Wired, WTOP News Radio in Washington, DC and Channel 12's Jobline in NY.

Simone Seth,

Senior Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers

She is a distinguished industry leader and visionary focused on providing fast, secure, high quality governance, information security, risk management, and regulatory compliance based solutions, generating return on investment, enabling firms to move from efficiency and productivity gains toward value creation and business effectiveness.
Simone is distinguished from other information security professionals by her business acumen and focus - she has often been quoted as saying, "First and foremost, I am a business professional. Secondly, I am a leader who has a subject matter expertise in the arenas of information security, risk management and regulatory compliance".
She is dedicated to building eminence by contributing as a trusted advisor to senior management a deliver risk management and governance programs that support enhanced and sustainable stakeholder value, while minimizing financial, technical, regulatory, operational and security risks.

Raoul Chiesa

Founder & CTO, Mediaservice.net - Italy

Mr. Chiesa has been active in the field of computer security research at a high level since 1997, when as a member of a team of experts and researchers contributed to national and international Security R&D projects.

Mr. Chiesa and Mediaservice works with research institutes, multinational companies, finance operators, Public Administration and Public health services, banking, telcos, and Computer Crime Special Units (LEAs), all asking for top-level and vendor-independent consultancy and/or training services.

Moreover, Raoul Chiesa has committed himself to a campaign of “technological diplomacy”, we may say, according to which he has been fostering the purest ethical hacking spirit and IT Security in Italy and Europe, far from mere trade and brand interests, in order to support his own vision of Open Source.

Andrea Barisani

Chief Security Engineer, Inverse Path Ltd

Gentoo Security and Infrastructure Team member

Andrea Barisani is a system administrator and security consultant. His professional career began 8 years ago but all really started when a Commodore-64 first arrived in his home when he was 10. Now, 16 years later, Andrea is having fun with large-scale IDS/Firewalls deployment and administration, forensic analysis, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, security training and his Open Source projects. He eventually found that system and security administration are the only effective way to express his need for paranoia.

Andrea is currently a member of the Gentoo Security and Infrastructure Team. Also as an active member of the international Open Source and security community he's maintainer/author of the tenshi, ftester and openssh-lpk projects and he's been involved in the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual, becoming a ISECOM Core Team member. Outside the community he has been a security consultant for Italian firms and he's now the co-founder and Chief Security Engineer of Inverse Path Ltd. When outside his text-based world he joins real life and among many hobbies he studies for a Bachelor's degree in Physics.

Tariq Habib,

Director ICT Solutions at Etisalat

Tariq Habib brought a decade of experience with entrepreneurial spirit in design & business management of complex ICT systems, in such areas as telecommunications, Internet and e-security, when he came on board in 1999 as member of the senior management of Etisalat.
Soon after joining, in early 2000, launching of Comtrust was not only a big step for Etisalat but proved a pioneering and visionary step in sowing the seeds for digital economy. By creating a network of partnerships, Habib helped spur numerous initiatives in a region as wide as MENA and South East Asia. As a founder and architect of Comtrust and its services, he is well credited for creating the net positive effect on economies and intellectual capital of this region.
Today, as Director ICT Solutions at Etisalat, Tariq Habib is responsible for Corporation's technical and business vision, strategy and innovation in providing comprehensive and integrated business solutions to its top-tier customers. He also spearheads business diversification strategy based around emerging technologies and managed services.
Previously as Program Director, he has successfully delivered UAE's Federal e-Government program. The innovative e-services have been cited as Regional Best Practice by UNPAN and helped UAE leapfrog its ranking up by 18 country-positions in the UN Global e-Readiness Index for year 2005.

Rashed Alabbar, CISSP

Senior Manager / Product Marketing – eBusiness Solutions - Emirates Telecommunications Corporation

Mr. Alabbar is currently heading the product marketing of Etisalat’s eBusiness Solutions, including services such as Information Security, eHosting & Infrastructure Outsourcing, and Electronic Payment, etc. He has worked in developing, selling and marketing IT Security products for the UAE and the GCC Region since 2004. Rashed has over 15 years of experience in Information Technology, with a focus in the IT Security field. He’s continuously seeking to raise awareness on IT Security threats and solutions in the region. Mr. Alabbar has substantial experience in the assessment and establishing of international partnerships and alliances with the purpose of enriching product lines, enhancing service delivery, increasing business value, and reducing cost of production. He has previously worked with organizations, such as Dubai Police, DataFort, Dubai Internet City, and a number of Internet Serivce Providers in California, USA.

Andrea Ghirardini

Mr. Ghirardini spent most of his time testing enterprise level information systems at Sodalia - a company, started as a joint-venture between Telecom Italia and Bell Atlantic. He also has solid background in projecting and building open source-based software solutions, security "ad-hoc" systems based on netfilter, ipf/pf/ipfw, squid.

Mr. Andrea Ghirardini has more than 6 years of specific IT security experience, working with solutions from Checkpoint, Axent (now Symantec), CA, IBM and others.

Yousef Shams Ed-Deen,

Instructor in law enforcement and administrative

sciences, r, d & t consultant, comparative criminal justice policy advisor, public security strategies, and planning advisor, islamic criminal public policy advisor.
Dr. Yousef Participated and represented in 22 Academic Conferences, and Siminars a member in the "Five-Members Experts Regional Arab Committee on New Crimes-Organized Crimes Control Policy Makers" formed by the Arab League - The Council of Arab Interior Ministers.
Some SPECIALIZATIONS AND EXPERTIZE of Dr. Yousef are : Seyasah Shar'iah (Islamic Public Policy), Criminal Justice, Police Sciences, Public Administration & management, Research, Training and Development (R,T&D), Management Information System, Criminal Sciences i.e. Crime Analysis, Criminology, Criminal Sociology, Crime Analysis, and Criminal Psychology

Faiz AlRaisi

Mr. AlRaisi is the Head of Information Assurance Team responsible for corporate wide infrastructure security at Oman Telecommunication Company (OMANTEL). He has joined Omantel in early 2003 as an Information Security Specialist, working previously with the Diwan of Royal Court (DRC), where he was in charge of DRC's High level accounts. At DRC he has led multiple large-scale projects, such as the upgrade and the security of the Court's information infrastructure.

Mr. Faiz AlRaisi is a UK's Cleveland College Computer Science graduate. He has obtained his Master's degree in Information security at the University of London, Royal Holloway in 2002. Certified as CISSP, EPT, CEH. The moderator of a mailing list focused on awareness and promoting information security in Oman, among the first mailing lists that warned about serious vulnerabilities and threats, such as Mblaster worm and the Microsoft DNS-RPC vulnerability.

Zane Lackey

Security Consultant, iSEC Partners, Inc

Zane regularly performs application penetration testing and code reviews for iSEC. His research focus includes AJAX web applications and VoIP security. Zane has spoken at top security conferences including BlackHat and Toorcon. Additionally, he is a co-author of Hacking Exposed: Web 2.0 (McGraw-Hill/November 2007) and contributing author of Hacking VoIP (No Starch Press/October 2007).

Prior to iSEC, Zane focused on Honeynet research at the University of California, Davis Computer Security Research Lab under noted security researcher Dr. Matt Bishop.

Dr. Fadi Aloul,

Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

His research and industrial interests are in computer and network security. He has presented several invited talks and tutorials at various international conferences and companies such as Intel and Microsoft.
He developed several tools that are currently used by Fortune 500 companies. Dr. Aloul holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering summa cum laude from Lawrence Technological University (LTU), and an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science and engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, respectively. He is a recipient of several international prestigious fellowships and serves on the technical program committees of many international conferences and workshops.

Andy Jones,

Senior Research Consultant with the Information Security Forum (ISF),

an independent, not-for-profit association of over 300 of the worlds' leading organisations.
Andy joined the Information Security Forum in 2004, bringing a solid industry background within information security.
He has over twenty years experience within the IT industry working in a number of roles ranging from programming to technical strategy for blue chip companies. Prior to joining ISF, Andy was a security manager for a large international airline for many years before moving to become head of information security at a major UK retailer. Andy has specialist knowledge in the areas of outsourcing and disaster recovery, having worked extensively in these fields.

Andreas Fuchsberger,

A member of the Institute of Directors and Associate Member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)

B.Sc. M.Sc. (London) EUR ING CEng MBCS CITP CISSP-ISSAP MIoD received a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science in 1992 and an MSc in Information Security in 1993, both from Royal Holloway, University of London. Since 1998 Andreas has been a lecturer in the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, where he lecture on network, computer and software security. He has over 18 years of experience in teaching and running training classes in IT security architecture, design and programming. He has published articles on cyber crime, programming and network security, intrusion detection/prevention and vulnerability analysis. From 1999 until 2000 he was employed as a principal Consultant for ISS until he joined eSecurity Inc as Technical Manager for EMEA. He rejoined the ISG in 2003. Andreas holds CISSP and ISSAP credentials of (ISC)2. He is a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng) of the Engineering Council UK as well as a EUR ING of Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales d'Ingénieurs (FEANI).

Dr Mamdooh A, Abdelmottlep (Ph.D, JD)

Professor of Criminal Justice At Sharjah Police Research Center Legal Advisor & Security Expert

Dr, Abdelmottlep has contributed in the development of Arab Police Thinking.

He is considered the first in the Arab World to call for the development, modernization and professionalism of security work by policemen.

In cyber crimes, Dr, Abdelmottlep has contributed in putting together the way of using digital evidence in courts and that is the main point in his presentation

Mr. Vitaliy Kamlyuk,

Senior Virus Analyst, Kaspersky Lab

Vitaliy Kamlyuk works for Kaspersky Lab since 2005. He graduated from Belarussian State University, with specialization in the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. He was offered to join Kaspersky team after winning the first prize at one of student conferences in Information Security held in Moscow.
He joined the company as a developer but his knowledge in different areas of IT helped him to work as Unix system administrator, supporting critical services, 'Technological Inventor'. He also actively took part in public speaking. The peak of his interests ended up in antivirus lab. Now he is a senior 'virus analyst' and his major interest is 'botnets'.

Arnold S. Yoon,

Member of FIRST(Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) Steering Committee and Board of Directors

Arnold S. Yoon is the Awareness and Collaboration Liaison for CERT Coordination Center, United States.
His areas of expertise are building global collaboration, assisting teams and provide mentoring/ training in the area of 'creating and managing CSIRT', 'international CSIRT collaboration'.
Mr. Yoon have experiences in not only operational area but also technical area from serving Korean Navy HQ, Ministry of National Defense and Korean national CERT - KrCERT/CC prior to working for CERT Coordination Center.

Matthew McGlashan,

Team Leader of the Coordination Centre at AusCERT, Australia's national Computer Emergency Response Team.

Before Joining AusCERT in 2000, Matthew worked as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers in IT security consulting, auditing and risk management.

Most recently, Matthew has been developing and coordinating AusCERT's incident response capability targeting malicious code.

Matthew holds degrees in Information Technology and Law from Queensland University of Technology./p>

Robert Lowe,

Computer Security Analyst

Robert Lowe has worked at AusCERT (the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team) since June 2003 as a Computer Security Analyst. His work at AusCERT includes providing AusCERT members with assistance with Incident Response and a plethora of other programming, analytical and training tasks. Prior to joining AusCERT Robert was a Senior Client Services Engineer for an Internet gambling software provider. Robert's previous experience includes systems and database administration, development, training delivery, as well as application integration and support. Robert graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science (Computing).

Karel Rode,

Solutions Strategist for Security Practice, CA Africa

Karel is a 45 year old IT security professional that attained his CISSP in 2002 whilst in the employ of Dimension Data Security in Cape Town. He has worked as a freelance security consultant, defining Identity and Access Management principles, policies and architecture for a large finical services organization, deployed perimeter security controls for a number of retail, financial, chemical companies and education organizations.
He currently works for CA Africa as the solutions strategist for the security practice, assisting the sales organization and CA partners. His main focus areas are identity management, host access management, security information management and network based forensics.
Karel serves as one of the directors of the Internet Security Group of Africa and has been instrumental in starting a remote chapter for the ISG in Nigeria.

Ganesan Lakshmanan,

Team Leader, Security Management, CA Dubai.

Working as Team Leader for Security Management with CA in the Arab Countries, Ganesan is responsible for understanding customer requirements and providing suitable security solutions based on CA technology through consulting and solution architecting.
Ganesan has more than 15 years of work experience in the IT Industry as well as with Research Institute. He specializes in IT security and is recently focusing on Identity and Access Management. In the last 10 years, he worked with many major organizations in the Government, Banking and Telecom sectors in the Middle East region.
Before joining CA, Ganesan worked for the Department of Space in India, the Saudi American Bank in Riyadh, Platinum Technology and Computer Associates Middle East in various capacities. Ganesan holds Bachelors Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Ganesan holds CISSP and CISM certifications.

Moatasem Ayyash,

Senior Consultant, Security Management, CA Riyadh.

Mr. Moatasem Ayyash is a Senior Technical Consultant at CA engaged to provide CA security solutions such as Identity Manager and SSO.
He worked at HARF as Chief Technology Officer and the Project Manager for Al-Shura e-Government Initiative (Saudi Parliament), Mr. Ayyash has over 10 years of experience as Enterprise Solutions Architect with business engineering projects and specific contribution to regional e-government initiate in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Mr. Ayyash engaged with PWC; IBM global services to deploy Identity based solutions.

Ian M. Dowdeswell,

Ian M. Dowdeswell is the Incident Manager in Qatar’s CERT (Q-CERT).

Ian joined in February 2007. The incident management team, provides proactive threat and vulnerability warning services and a reactive incident response capability, including forensic investigation, for both Qatar and the GCC region.
Ian was commissioned into the British Army, in 1975, following officer training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and has served on a variety of operational tours, command, teaching and staff appointments worldwide.
Following completion of a Masters Degree in Design of Information Systems in 1994, he specialised in computers and information systems. He has since been actively engaged in the formulation of policy and procedures, research, procurement, as well as practical implementation of information security and its management in Government networks.
In March 2003, he was appointed Head of UK MOD’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), whose role is to co-ordinate Information Security and Computer Network Defence (CND) pan-MOD, for the Army, Navy and RAF, as well as the MOD Agencies and Trading Funds.
Apart from his MSc in Design of Information Systems from the University of Cranfield (UK), Ian is also a qualified Computer Information Security Manager (CISM), a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and an Associate of the newly founded Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP). Ian also holds a BSc (Honours) in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham (UK) and a Masters Degree in Biochemistry from the University of London (UK).

M Divakar Kini,

Master of .Engg, CISSP Head of Architecture & Security, National Bank of Dubai, an Emirates NBD Company

M Divakar Kini is a post graduate from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is currently heading Architecture and IT Security in NBD.
He has 24 years experience in IT management, Strategic Planning, Applications, Infrastructure/ Technology and Information Security.
He is the architect of the in-house developed internet banking application, which NBD launched in 1998. He is responsible for bank-wide IT architecture (both applications and infrastructure) & Security and is a firm believer that investments in Architecture and Security can actually provide ROI. Mr. Kini has had an active role in the evolution the internet banking has witnessed over the years in NBD.

Maxim Shirokov,

Business Development Manager, Middle East & Africa

Maxim Shirokov is in charge of developing and growing Kaspersky Lab business in the MEA region.
He has over eight years of experience in the IT industry, extensive background in international business development, sales management and marketing.
Maxim holds his MBA in Innovations Management from the Academy of National Economy (Moscow, Russia) and has a BA degree in Public Relations from Tambov State Technical University.
Before joining Kaspersky Lab, Maxim held senior business development and key account management positions in SPIRIT Corp., TerraLink Technologies and SWEBERS Group – all involved in the ITC industry.

Mohammed Al-Raisi,

Chief Manager of IT at a financial firm

A Salford University , UK, Computer systems engineer graduate. Joined Muscat Municipality in September 1990 as a systems engineer, and then soon became a project leader to many key strategic projects such as vehicle fleet management system, addressing system, municipal licensing system, boards and health management systems.
Furthermore, became the IT development team head, then after became the Applications director whom responsibilities were, heading the infrastructure (network, security, database and systems) and also the development team
Mohammed Al-Raisi, did his masters (MSc) in Information security from University of London, Royal Holloway in 2002, followed by a CISSP certification (among the first Omanies if not the first to become a CISSP). The creator and moderator of a mailing list focused on awareness and promoting information security in Oman, among the first mailing lists that warned about Mblaster worm and now the Microsoft DNS-RPC vulnerability.