GEC NEWS WIREMicrosoft held the second edition of its CISO Executive Series, designed to support chief information security officers in their fight against malicious digital actors.
This year’s event, called “A Hacker’s Guide to Security Strategy”, was held at the JW Marriott, Kuwait City, where the country’s CISOs networked with peers, and heard in-depth analysis on the current and future threat landscape from a cyber-security specialist. The summit comes amid continuing and frequent global media reports on high-profile attacks involving private- and public-sector organisations. Recent years have seen a marked rise in targeted and sophisticated attacks, as businesses try to figure out how to secure their digital estates.
“Microsoft’s CISO Executive series encourages organisations to ask, ‘What are cyber-attackers likely to go after, once they have breached our corporate perimeter?’ The answer to that question is the start of a coherent, inhouse security strategy. Coupled with the power of the intelligent cloud and the perspective of seasoned White Hat experts like those heard here today, organisations should be in great shape to take the fight to the cyber-criminals.” said Cyril Voisin, Executive Security Advisor for France, Italy, the Middle East and Africa at Microsoft’s Enterprise Cybersecurity Group
Also, speaking at the Kuwait CISO Executive event, Paula Januszkiewicz, CEO and Founder of CQURE, and a Cyber-Security expert said “As the game intensifies, it’s time to level up, and venues such as Microsoft’s Kuwait CISO Executive forum are the ideal way to do it. Cyber troublemakers are devious and creative. Kuwaiti businesses and government agencies have to think like hackers, to anticipate their attack vectors and behaviours; only then can they secure what matters most: their precious digital assets.”
The Microsoft CISO executive forum concluded with key takeaways from all perspectives of cyber security, and proved to be a strong platform for security professionals from across Kuwait to network with peers and engage with subject matter experts.
