Explore human-led tech-powered transformation
May 19 - 21, 2024 Cairo, Egypt
PwC Middle East is pleased to have taken part in the CDIS-Egypt three-day conference aimed at exploring the evolving landscapes of cybersecurity and data integration within Egypt, the MENA region, and globally. It featured a formidable lineup of speakers—international, regional, and local experts—who will impart their knowledge and expertise. In tandem with the conference, an accompanying exhibition will enable various companies, both local and international, to display their technological capabilities
CDIS 2023 was a three day cybersecurity and data intelligence systems conference and exhibition that shed light on the status quo and future of cybersecurity in Egypt, MENA and worldwide and had international, regional and local speakers discuss and share their knowledge and expertise.
We were on ground showcasing how to build a secure digital society, how to utilise data intelligence to its full potential and what to do when a cybersecurity crisis hits and how to truly capture the benefits of digital transformation.
We also launched a paper ‘Leveraging digital intelligence to foster the management of convergent national security, public safety and cyber security’ which can be downloaded here.
Our presence
Managing attack surface management at a national level
Mohamed Saty
Tuesday 16 May
02:45 - 03:00 PM Cairo Time
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Achieving risk management and resilience at the national level
Simone Vernacchia and Bassil Mohammed
Wednesday 17 May
04:15 PM Cairo Time
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Protecting national level critical infrastructure
Simone Vernacchia and Paritosh Tripathi
Tuesday 16 May
04:00 - 04:45 PM Cairo Time
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Policing and defending the Metaverse using AI
Simone Vernacchia and Mohammed Saty
Thursday 18 May
11:15 - 12:00 PM Cairo Time
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Panel discussions
Securing cloud computing in Egypt
Wednesday 17 May 1:45 PM Cairo Time | Hall 2
Moderator:
Dr. Fady Ismael, Information and Telecom Security expert
Panellists:
Simone Vernacchia, Partner, Digital & Technology Consulting, PwC Middle East
Lee Ambrose, Managing Executive, Liquid C2
Atef Mohamed, Cloud Director, E Finance
Mostafa Mohamed Safwat , Senior Systems Engineer, Fortinet
Ahmed Salama, Commercial Solution, Director Microsoft
Making national level cybersecurity effective and efficient
Wednesday 17 May 3:45 PM Cairo Time | Hall 1
Panellists:
Simone Vernacchia, Partner, Digital & Technology Consulting, PwC Middle East
Walid Zakaria Executive Director, Egyptian Computer Emergency Readiness Team, EG CERT
Mohamed Madkour Huawei, VP Global Carrier Networks Solutions
Amgad Yassin, IT Protocols, Technical Director
Omar Alomar, Cybersecurity Partner, Trusted Partners, KSA
Preventing and managing digital frauds in the financial services industry
Wednesday 17 May 3:30 PM Cairo Time | Hall 2
Moderator:
Dr. Fady Ismail, Information and Telecom Security expert
Panellists:
Bassil Mohammed, Senior Director, Digital,Cybersecurity, Resilience, Infrastructure, PwC Middle East
Abeer Khedr, Head of Cybersecurity, NBE
Representative from Mastercard
Representative from EGBank
Using Cognitive and AI Technologies to manage large scale IOT solutions
Thursday 18 May 10:30 - 11:15 AM Cairo Time | Hall 2
Moderator:
Simone Vernacchia, Partner, Digital & Technology Consulting, PwC Middle East
Panellists:
- Dr. Khaled Eldestawy, Vice Chairman, Egyptian Electricity Holding Company for
- Distribution Companies’ Affairs
- Amsal Kapetanovic, Regional Manager MENA, InfoBip
- Omar Alomar, Cybersecurity Partner Trusted Partners KSA
ChatGPT & large language models for intelligence & cyber defence/attack
Thursday 18 May 10:00 AM Cairo Time | Hall 1
Moderator:
Eman Al Awadhi, Vice President of Network and Cybersecurity Expo City, Dubai
Panellists:
Simone Vernacchia, Partner, Digital & Technology Consulting, PwC Middle East
Ahmed Ashraf, Senior Security Consultant, Kaspersky
Dr.Soha Safwat, Associate professor in Computer Science, ECU
Cyber crisis management and IT hygiene perspectives
Wednesday 17 May 10:30 AM Cairo time | Hall 2
Moderator:
Dr Soha Safwat, AI and big data expert
Panellists:
Mohamed Saty, Senior Manager Cybersecurity, PwC Middle East
Karim Shebah, Fortinet
Rania El Rouby , CISO Banque Misr
Cyber crime, terror & hacktivist ecosystem
Wednesday 17 May 12:30 PM Cairo time | Hall 2
Moderator:
Simone Vernacchia, Partner, Digital & Technology Consulting, PwC Middle East
Panelists:
Dr. Emad Helmy, Executive Director of Cyber Risk Resilience & Business Continuity, NTRA
Mohamed El Sharkawy , SecOps SystemsEngineer, Fortinet
Dr. Ahmed AlnTarawneh, Manager of the Cyber Shield Academy at the Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB)
Leveraging digital intelligence to foster the management of convergent national security, public safety and cyber security
Contact us
Walid Sayed
Partner & Egypt Consulting Leader, PwC Middle East
Tel: +20 (02) 275 7700 (ext. 5392)
