The second edition of Cyber Strategists Summit and Awards 2023 was held at Shangri-La hotel in Dubai. The event brought together industry practitioners and cybersecurity experts in the region to explore new ways to build cyber resiliency and discuss innovations.
We also honoured security pros who have demonstrated leaders, innovation, and vendors for their contribution to the industry. The summit was kicked off by keynote addresses from Hariprasad Chede, CISO of the National Bank of Fujairah, and Bader Husni Zyoud, senior information security manager at Sharjah Central Finance Department.
The event also featured a panel discussion on the top cybersecurity security trends to watch out for in 2023. The panelists included: Rami Dweik, Country Manager – Middle East North for Vectra AI; Mohammed Al Tamimi, Enterprise Security Group Regional Leader for Middle East, Turkiye and Africa ( META) at Akamai technologies; Lalan Mishra, Senior Cloud Security Architect at Skyhigh Security; Terence Sathyanarayan, Managing Director, Pulse IS; and Bernard Montel, Technical Director EMEA / Security Strategist, Tenable
Below is the list of Cyber Strategists Awards winners:
Rubina Salam from Emirates Hospital Group
Nitin Shingari from Daman Health
Arif Irfani from Sharjah Islamic Bank
Padam Kafle from Aster Hospitals
Rajesh Yadla from Al Hilal Bank
Mustansir Aziz from Automech Group
Clen Cletus from MBC
Hadi Anwar from CPX
Yazad Khandadia from Emirates NBD
Somnath Sarkar from Mashreq Bank
Jijish Gopi from the Department of Finance Dubai.
Jayesh Nandanan from Mediclinic Middle East
Saqar Al Ali from Sharjah Central Finance Department
Parvez Hamza from TAQA
Younus Changoth from Western International
Shibu P Kurian from Americana
Hany Sayed from DAndB Dubai
Basem Easa Belal from Dubai Sports City
Hussain Al Khalsan from Zand
Jagmohan Singh from Sukoon
Hariprasad Chede from National Bank of Fujairah
Tushar Vartak from RAK Bank
Abdulla Bader Al Sayari from the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi
Sabin Subramanian from Class Hotel Apartments
Mansoor Ali Khan from Q Holding
Ahmed Al Madani from Horizon Terminal
Abhilash Radhadevi from OQ Trading
VENDOR AWARDS
Best endpoint security vendor award: SentinelOne
Best cybersecurity training provider: SANS Institute
Best zero trust security vendor award:Akamai
Best cloud security vendor award: Vectra AI
Best MDR provider: eSentire
Best vulnerability management software vendor: Tenable
