The UK consultant David Rubens will share insights on emerging threats and 21st century challenges at the Critical Infrastructure Protection Summit, in Dubai next week.
The MENA Business Infrastructure Protection 2013 Summit will take place on the 4th-5th December at the Fairmont Hotel Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Summit will address the increase in attacks on physical and cyber-based systems essential to the minimum operations of businesses in the Middle East and North Africa
The opening day will focus on cyber security and information management with speakers including the Head of information Security and Compliance from the Dubai World Trade Centre; the Chief of Security from BT Middle East and Africa and the Senior Analyst and Acting Head of IT Security from the Government of Dubai speaking in the morning.
The discussion will move onto physical and operational security concerns for businesses in the MENA region. Speakers include a Business Continuity Specialist from Kuwait Oil Company, the Security Manager from Sanofi in Egypt, and the Security and Crisis Management Director from GE Oil & Gas, who will discuss the elements around preparing an counter terrorism threat response plan.
The keynote presentation on the morning of the second day will be given by Major Eng Arif Mohammed Al Janahi from the Department of Protective Systems at Dubai Police who will speak on the latest surveillance and monitoring systems. The second day topics will be around the concepts of crisis management, risk analysis and management, standardisation and strategic trade controls.
The Director of Information Security from the National Bank of Egypt will speak on risk management for the banking sector, and the Head of Business Continuity from Standard Chartered Bank will then discuss the impact of 9/11 and the fundamentals of business continuity planning and disaster recovery. The Global Director of Security from Jebel Ali Port will discuss standardisation of security throughout DP world, among other speakers who will provide delegates with a view of the fundamentals of critical infrastructure protection and resilience in the Middle East and North Africa over the two days.
IRN will be closing registrations on Monday, December 2. More about the MENA Business Infrastructure Protection 2013 Summit is online at – http://www.businessprotectionsummit.com/
