We are proud to be joining with our Partners in the UAE celebrating their National Day, the 49th anniversary of the Emirates' unification. National Day is celebrated on December 2, the anniversary of the federal unification of the seven emirates in 1971.

The aim of our sessions is for Cyber Wales members to share guidance and expertise with people and organisations in the Middle East on the following critical topics:-

* The Cyber Threat Landscape - to better understand what we are up against

* Measuring Cyber Risk Posture - using Best Practice Frameworks

* Implementing Cyber Protection - with leading edge Systems & Technologies

* Building Cyber Awareness - by developing a cyber secure culture

These sessions are designed for change managers, heads of operations, heads of HR, chief information security officers, legal counsels and data protection officers and the agenda for the session will include:-

17:00 - Opening & Introductions from Mr Faheem Azhar, Cyber Wales Steering Group Member and Strategic Advisor for the UAE & the Middle East Region, and Mr John Davies, Co-Founder & Chair of the Cyber Wales Ecosystem.

17:10 - Our special guest speakers from the Middle East this month are:-

17:10 - Our special guest speakers from the Middle East this month are:-

* Mr Ramachandru Tejavath, IAS Rtd, Cabinet Minister Rank, Special Representative of Government of Telangana, New Delhi, India, who has agreed to deliver a talk on Cyber Digital Risk & Safety

* Mr Shajahan K Kakkattil, IT Quality Assurance Manager, Information Technology, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, who has agreed to deliver a talk on Cyber Threat Landscape, Primarily orienting on Business Email Compromise related Threats

* Mr Ahad Mirbacha, Trade and Investment Adviser - Department for International Trade - British Embassy Kabul, who has agreed to deliver a talk on Encouraging & Promoting Cyber Trade – Afghanistan & UK

* Mr Tareq Arian, Spokesperson to Ministry of Interior Afghanistan, who has agreed to deliver a talk on Encouraging the Importance of General Public Cyber Security Awareness & Cyber Preparedness of Afghanistan

* Mr Mehzad Sahar, Group Head Information Security Engro Group Pakistan: An information Security C Level Executive, Keynote Speaker, Mentor, Author, Visionary and FinTech Security Leader to speak regarding Cyber Security related topic on ‘Know & Respect Your Pilot i.e. Privileged Administrators

* Mr Amadou A Bah, President, Gambia Cyber Security Alliance, who has agreed to deliver a speech on Cyber Awareness

* Mr Ahsan Qamar, Director of Business Solutions, Wateen Telecom Pakistan, who has agreed to share his views on the security and regulatory challenges customers are facing while migrating to public cloud, Pakistan. There are a couple of use cases that I would like to put in front of the other panelists and attendees and seek input from them on how they are addressing these challenges

17:45 - Mr John Davies, Co-founder of the Cyber Wales Ecosystem will describe the "Must Do's" of Cyber Security a Best Practice Framework developed by Cyber Wales which helps identify exactly what threats an organisation is facing, explore systems and technologies required to mitigate those threats and suggest the training and governance that would create the best cyber secure culture.

18:15 - The talks will be followed by Questions & Answers and an open discussion on the topics covered in this webinar.

These sessions are a great example of international collaboration and information sharing as Cyber Wales joins with the cyber community of the Middle East to share ideas and knowledge in the fight against cyber crime.

Link to the event - https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/131425365