The Payments & Cards Network is dedicated to the Payments industry. Adding value to clients by offering innovative executive search, recruitment and RPO solutions to
international clients. With offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, San Francisco and London, a global outlook and understanding of the payments landscape is in place to offer the
best advice and service on the market.
Call us with your specific needs today on +31 203 030 257 and one of our consultants will be able to help quickly and efficiently.
Paladion is a specialized partner for information risk management to leading organizations across industries in Asia, US and Middle East. Paladion is rated as the largest 'pure-play' Information Risk Management partner in Asia and is also the only Gartner rated managed security provider in Middle East.
For over a decade, Paladion has been actively managing information risks for over 700 customers. Paladion provides complete spectrum of information risk management comprising of security assurance, compliance, governance, monitoring, security analytics and security management services to large and medium sized organizations. Paladion also offers a suite of Security Intelligence Products for global enterprises and Cloud Managed Security Services for mid-market organizations. Paladion’s offerings have been recognized and awarded by Gartner, Asian Banker, and Red Herring amongst others. Paladion is also actively involved in several information risk management research forums and has authored many books on the same.
Planet Biometrics.com is a free-to- access news and information portal that takes biometric reporting and information dissemination to a new level. The portal is
designed to shine a light on the biometric industry, promote the industry's expertise, give critical analysis, uncover breaking news, and, most importantly, provide educational information and advice for end users.
It contains:
Fully researched news and information;
Information segmented into relevant technology/application/industry silos;
In Focus portals designed to educate and inform in highly targeted subject areas;
Events listings, a fully-featured industry directory and more...
The site also offers a free e-newsletter, which contains all the latest news, plus commentary from the site's panel of industry-renowned advisors. To make sure you don't miss out, register at: www.planetbiometrics.com/user/register
Banking Technology
Banking Technology is the definitive source of news and analysis of the global fintech sector.
Founded in London in 1984, Banking Technology has been at the forefront of the print and online publishing for the international community of bankers, financial services professionals, vendors, consultants, analysts and other industry participants, big and small.
Our website attracts around 80,000+ unique monthly visitors and our daily newsletter is delivered to over 17,500+ key decision-makers in the financial services and technology sectors.
Our broad readership and reputation, combined with in-depth coverage of fintech and banking technology issues on a worldwide scale, makes Banking Technology the leading resource for technology buyers, sellers, developers, integrators and other specialists across the sector.
NFC Times is the only source of original, in-depth, independent news and research about the mobile payments and contactless markets. That's why so many industry decision-makers have seen the value of becoming premium subscribers. Other publications rely on press releases and talking points; we talk to key sources, do original research and use our years of experience to give you facts, context and insight you can't find anywhere else.
Global Banking & Finance Review is a leading Online and Print Magazine, which has evolved from the growing need to have a more balanced view, for informative and
independent news within the financial community. Our experienced contributors provide this quality and in-depth insight in a clear and concise way, providing leading
players and key figures with up to date information within the finance sector. Read in over 200 different countries and ranked below 15,000 globally by Alexa across
billions of websites. To find out more, visit us at http://www.globalbankingandfinance.com
TelcoProfessionals
TelcoProfessionals(TP) is an interactive, content rich, blog- and video-centric online community, and business exchange, developed exclusively for the Telecom and
Media industry. We are dedicated to individuals working in the industry globally, as a place they can find and help each other get ahead. TP includes a full
Telecom & Media events listing, blogs from Thought Leaders, videos of the people shaping the industry’s future. TP allows you to network directly with over 110,000
like-minded unique viewers from 206 countries.
To enhance your professional profile and network for future business opportunities, or to visit our jobs portal, join us today on www.telcoprofessionals.com.
Mobile ID World
Mobile ID World is here to bring you the latest on mobile authentication solutions and application providers. Our company is dedicated to providing users with the best content and cutting edge information on technology, news, and mobile solutions for your mobile identity management needs.
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Payments & Cards Network
The Payments & Cards Network is a talent provider consultancy purely dedicated to the fintech, payments, and commerce domains. With the biggest global network of over 35.000 fintech professionals and our experienced consultants, who are able to connect you to highly skilled people to boost your business performance.
The Payments & Cards Network is also the publisher of PCM “The Payments & Cards eMagazine”, an online monthly publication focused on all things payments, cards and fintech. It is backed by the largest network of payment professionals worldwide, currently reaching over 120.000 with in excess of 50.000 unique readers per month.
Card & Payments World analyses the latest developments in marketing and loyalty, card and digital payments, technology, customer analytics, card fraud and security. Packed with data, analysis, overview and statistics, Card & Payments World is the title of choice for industry professionals wanting more than just press releases. Facts are checked at source, industry leaders interviewed, and the extensive experience of our team used to provide analysis of the impact of the news.
Everything you need to stay on top of the fast moving and complex payments industry.
Fraud Watch is the leading publication reporting on all aspects of financial crime and money laundering. Subjects covered include compliance and regulatory changes, plus trends and developments of importance to fraud, money laundering and compliance professionals worldwide.
It provides global reporting of legal judgements, fines, ongoing investigations and upcoming fraud threats including payments fraud. In addition, there is detailed coverage of systems security initiatives, data protection rules, cybercrime threats and merchant requirements.
An online daily news and in-depth article service complements the six printed newsletters per year. This is required reading for everyone in financial services.
To subscribe contact Maxine Wernick on +44 (0)1572 820088 or email publisher@cm-media.net
OER
OER is the leading business publication in the Sultanate of Oman. OER, part of United Media Services (UMS) Group, is the required reading for decision makers who value reliable, timely and authoritative business news reportage. As an advertising medium, OER presents an audience, which is premium at decision-making levels.
Banking Technology is the go-to, trusted resource for financial services and banking technology specialists across the sector. Their reputation has been earned over the years through their understanding of the industry, investigative journalism and independence.
Banking Technology delivers daily news and commentary on all things fintech through their website and free daily newsletter, whilst Banking Technology Magazine – a monthly print and digital publication in circulation for over three decades – provides in-depth research of the industry’s developments and trends.
Their annual awards show, Banking Technology Awards, recognises excellence in the use of IT and financial services, strive for innovation, and professional contribution to the industry’s betterment.
Security Solutions Watch.com invites you to participate in our "In The Boardroom" thought leadership series similar to these examples with: DELL EMC, Cisco IoT, HP Cybersecurity. Major media and trade media exposure such as: CNN, LA Daily News, Miami Herald, The Wall Street Journal is guaranteed. See our demographics, traffic and reach. What's YOUR solution? Contact Marla, MBE@SecuritySolutionsWatch.com for a tour.
Cyber Defense Magazine is by ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals for IT Security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting edge knowledge, real world stories and awards on the best ideas, products and services in the information technology industry.
InAuth is the leading digital device intelligence company for a mobile-first world. InAuth delivers the most advanced device identification, risk detection, and analysis capabilities possible to help organizations limit risk, remove friction, and reduce fraud within their digital channels. With safer digital transactions, banks, payment networks, merchants, healthcare providers, governments, and other organizations are better positioned to capture new revenue opportunities and compete more effectively in an "always-on" world.
Deloitte is the world’s largest and leading professional services firm, providing audit & assurance, tax, consulting, financial advisory and risk advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries, whether they are in the energy, communications, oil and gas, financial services, family businesses, healthcare, public or education sectors among others.
It serves four out of five Fortune Global 500® companies through a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries bringing world-class capabilities, insights, and high-quality service to address clients’ most complex business challenges.
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KPMG
As one of the leading professional services firms in the Lower Gulf (UAE and Oman), KPMG is proud of its reputation for delivering cutting-edge solutions and exceptional client value. With over 70 partners and directors leading over 1000 professionals across five offices, KPMG works shoulder to shoulder with clients, offering independent audit, tax and advisory services to business corporations, government bodies and not-for-profit organizations.
Founded in 1993 in Kraków, Poland, Comarch prides itself on being one of the leading software houses in Europe with over 5000 employees worldwide and more than 3000 successful projects carried out for the largest international brands.
With 20 years' experience in the industry, Comarch Financial Services, a business sector within the Comarch Capital Group, specializes in developing sophisticated software and IT systems for major financial institutions in banking, insurance and capital markets.
Our expertise has gained worldwide recognition and a significant portfolio of clients among insurers, banks, mutual and pension funds, brokerage houses and asset management companies in more than 30 countries. Our client list includes UniCredit, Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Swiss Life, Ergo, Oney, Allianz, and more.
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) creates software that fuels transformation for organizations and enables them to seize the opportunities of the application economy. Retail and commercial banks are embracing digital transformation with CA as modern consumers expect each experience with their bank to be secure and personalized across every digital touch point.
The Identity-Centric Security portfolio from CA is a comprehensive, integrated identity solution that provides capabilities to support consistent security across web, mobile and API channels. It can help you protect your bank from being the victim of the latest breach attack, but it offers far more than just breach protection. By providing an outstanding user experience as well as security across hybrid and cloud environments, the portfolio can enable you to leverage new business opportunities, extend your partner ecosystem securely and improve your overall customer experience and loyalty. The CA Security portfolio not only protects your bank, it enables it so that it can grow ... securely. “
The UAE Financial Market Association was decreed by the Ministry of Social Affairs in December 2011 and
is the standard bearer for financial markets professionals in the United Arab Emirates; we have more than
200 members under the umbrella of the UAE FMA.
The UAE FMA is affiliated to ACI - The Financial Markets Association, the global umbrella body of national
associations. The Paris-based body has more than 13,000 members worldwide in more than 60 countries.
This makes ACI the largest international association in the wholesale financial markets. ACI - The Financial
Markets Association was founded in France in 1955 following an agreement between foreign exchange
dealers in Paris and London. UAE Financial market Association seeks to add value to the industry and its
members by promoting continuous education and social awareness.
The main priorities of the United Arab Emirates Financial Markets Association are to keep members
informed of the changes in the financial industry and provide a forum for discussion in organized events on
issues affecting the markets, the UAE FMA enhances educational value and working experience and
knowledge by providing appropriate educational services to those with a legitimate interest in the financial
markets.
"Hackers Interview is the dream portal of InfoSec Professionals. This portal allows experts in various roles be it Ethical Hackers, Forensic Experts, Cyber Crime Investigators, Infosec Professionals, Security Researchers called for an interview to share their views, experience, real life challenges etc. 'Every person has a start to achieve the position they have now reached’- Hackers Interview is interested in that start. Hackers Interview contains various blogs, articles, news, personal experiences for newbies who are interested to make their career in the field of Information Security. Moreover Hackers Interview has taken initiative to inroduce Information Security Organisations,Conferences, Events , Products to make the people aware about every aspect of Information Security."
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IBS Intelligence
As you may know IBS Intelligence (www.ibsintelligence.com) is one of the world’s leading FinTech research firms with 350 research reports covering all major banking systems and 250+ suppliers. Since its inception 20 years ago, in 40 countries, 5 of the top 10 banks, 9 of the top 10 consulting firms, and 9 of the top 10 suppliers have been its clients. It’s Editorial Team in London provides daily FinTech news and insights coverage, and publishes the monthly iconic IBS Journal. IBS SalesVision Portal covers over 5000+ FinTech system purchases providing great insights to CTOs seeking to make informed FinTech buying decisions as technology becomes highly disruptive. Lastly, IBS Intelligence has been chosen by S&P CapIQ and Thonson Reuters to be a provider of research to its one million+ buy-side and sell-side clients every month.
Innovatrics
Innovatrics is an independent provider of biometric software solutions for identity management projects. Since 2004, Innovatrics has been helping organizations to prevent identity fraud using innovative biometric solutions. Innovatrics has successfully completed over 500 projects in 68 countries, with over 900 million people having been biometrically processed using Innovatrics software. Innovatrics' line of next-generation identity management technologies includes Innovatrics AFIS, the world's fastest multimodal Automated Fingerprint Identification System and IFace, a proven facial biometric solution. With a global team of experts, Innovatrics is dedicated to working with partners around the world to deliver powerful identity management solutions.
The Paypers (www.thepaypers.com) is the Netherlands-based leading independent source of news and intelligence for professionals in the global payment and ecommerce community. Our products address ecommerce, payments, Fintech and fraud management professionals, as well as merchants, payment services providers, payment processors, merchant acquirers, banks, financial institutions, start-ups and technology vendors.
We have a special focus on major trends and developments in payments-related industries, such as
payment solutions & services/digital payments, digital commerce, payments infrastructure (innovation) fraud and risk management, laws, regulations and compliance, banking and fintech (banking innovation), regtech, finance, mergers & acquisitions and venture capital.
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Tahawul
Tahawul Tech is the definitive platform in the Middle East for IT content. Covering stories across enterprise technology, cybersecurity and the region’s IT channel industry, Tahawul Tech brings business leaders and technology decision makers together to share their stories of transformation.
For any serious IT player in the Middle East, there are key market sectors that are easy to list – government, energy, banking, education, health, hospitality and so on.
For two decades, Computer News Middle East has been the link between the regional IT player and these key target markets.
VASCO is a global leader in delivering trust and business productivity solutions to the digital market. VASCO develops next generation technologies that enable more than 10,000 customers in 100 countries in financial, enterprise, government, health care and other segments to achieve their digital agenda, deliver an enhanced customer experience and meet regulatory requirements. More than half of the top 100 global banks rely on VASCO® solutions to protect their online, mobile and ATM channels. VASCO’s solutions combine to form a powerful trust platform that empowers businesses by incorporating identity, fraud prevention, electronic signatures, mobile application protection and risk analysis.
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InAuth
InAuth is the leading digital device intelligence company for a mobile-first world. InAuth delivers the most advanced device identification, risk detection, and analysis capabilities possible to help organizations limit risk, remove friction, and reduce fraud within their digital channels. With safer digital transactions, banks, payment networks, merchants, healthcare providers, governments, and other organizations are better positioned to capture new revenue opportunities and compete more effectively in an "always-on" world.
Paladion is a specialized partner for information risk management to leading organizations across industries in Asia, US and Middle East. Paladion is rated as the largest 'pure-play' Information Risk Management partner in Asia and is also the only Gartner rated managed security provider in Middle East.
For over a decade, Paladion has been actively managing information risks for over 700 customers. Paladion provides complete spectrum of information risk management comprising of security assurance, compliance, governance, monitoring, security analytics and security management services to large and medium sized organizations. Paladion also offers a suite of Security Intelligence Products for global enterprises and Cloud Managed Security Services for mid-market organizations. Paladion’s offerings have been recognized and awarded by Gartner, Asian Banker, and Red Herring amongst others. Paladion is also actively involved in several information risk management research forums and has authored many books on the same.
Darktrace is the world’s leading AI company for cyber security. Created by mathematicians, the
Enterprise Immune System uses machine learning and AI algorithms to detect and respond to cyber-
threats across diverse digital environments, including cloud and virtualized networks, IoT and industrial
control systems. The technology is self-learning and requires no set-up, identifying threats in real time,
including zero-days, insiders and stealthy, silent attackers. Darktrace is headquartered in San Francisco
and Cambridge, UK, and has 30 offices worldwide..
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) is the leading platform and productivity company for the
mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the
planet to achieve more. Microsoft’s holistic security platform, Intelligent Security Graph and broad
industry partnership empower customers to take advantage of digital transformation, securely.
Infosec Ventures is a venture fund focussed on transforming Cyber Security.
BugsBounty.comTM is MENA's rst and largest community of ethical hackers and a platform to run Bugs Bounty programs - public, private and internal.
HumanFirewallTM hardens the Human layer in Cyber Security, and transforms it from the weakest to the strongest layer...finally! Using a unique approach, the platforms simplifies the reporting of and mitigation against malicious actors and events, using human-powered tactics.
CodeSecTM is a gamified secure code training platform with a new hands-on method of training, that uses data-driven evaluation techniques to map and enhance a developer's true secure code writing ability.
SH1ELDTM is a platform for automating Pen-Testing integrated directly with the SDLC process. No Human Intervention required.
Anomali delivers earlier detection and identification of adversaries in your organizations network by making it possible to correlate tens of millions of threat indicators against your real time network activity logs and up to a year or more of forensic log data. Anomali's approach enables detection at every point along the kill chain, making it possible to mitigate threats before material damage to your organization has occurred.
With more than two decades of IT experience-including more than 12 years as a CIO/COO in the financial services industry (Conventional and Islamic)-Mohamed Roushdy has been working for major financial services, conglomerate and software services companies in the region. He has the distinction of being an executive team member on establishing four Islamic finance startups in the GCC and North Africa, and also led the IT team for the first ever transformation of Conventional Bank into Islamic Bank. Mohamed has worked for major financial service organisations in MENA and was an Advisor with Booz and Co in establishing a prominent financial services startup in North Africa. Currently, Mohamed holds the position of Technology Advisor at Bank Al Bilad - Saudi Arabia. He has significant expertise in IT strategy, digital transformation, governance, applications services, networking, information security and infrastructure management. Mohamed holds an MBA from Manchester Business School (MBS) and received the award of Middle East Ambassador of Manchester Business School in 2013. He was rated among the top 50 CIOs in the Middle East 2012 by CNME magazine, and has been nominated as one of the technology leaders in Middle East by FT Summit for many years.
Rasha Abu Al Saud
Chief Information Officer - National Commercial Bank
Rasha Abu Al Saud is the Chief Information Security Of cer of a leading Saudi Arabian bank. In her role, Rasha and her team established a cyber intelligence center and successfully implemented a number of security-related technologies to improve the monitoring capabilities within a short period of time. The projects she implemented covered identity governance, network protection, SIEM, eGRC, endpoint monitoring, DLP, secure build, threat detection, and vulnerability infrastructure, in addition to a comprehensive security controls framework. Rasha holds a BSc degree in Computer Science from King Abdullah University and several industry certifications. She is a frequent speaker in local and international conferences, sharing her expertise in IT risk, governance, security and threat monitoring.
Prashant Nair
Head of Operational Risk & Governance - Noor Bank
Prashant Nair (PIOR) has been with Noor Bank as the Head of Operational Risk & Governance since 2013. He has been instrumental in the implementation and ongoing management of operational risk and governance in the bank. He is a domain risk expert in banking, with special expertise in operational risk and information security governance. He has successfully implemented information security governance practices within Noor Bank. A seasoned banking professional with an eye for detail and comprehensive experience in operational risk, audit, internal control, centralised banking operations, branch operations, business continuity and system migrations, Prashant brings with him 17 years of banking experience with a strong background of 10 years in operational risk management and internal control. He brings to the table his skills in risk management, internal controls and corporate governance, along with hands-on experience in banking operations and practical banking knowledge.
Noha Amin
Head of Information Security - Kuwait Finance House
Osama Hijji
Chief Information Security Officer - Banque Du Caire
Roshdi A Osman
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer - Banque Saudi Fransi
Roshdi Osman is a cyber security strategist, international speaker and business-oriented information security executive with over 15 years of experience in security leadership roles at various organisations, including Fortune 500 companies. Roshdi has established and implemented security strategy and roadmaps at various organisations, building the security frameworks and implementing the core components to achieve GRC as Business as Usual. Roshdi is visionary leader with strong skills in business management. He is a subject matter expert with a professional track record of successfully designing and implementing enterprise-wide fraud and nancial cyber crime risk management programmes for large-scale nancial institutions.
Thabet Bakheet
Head of Information Security - Central Bank of UAE
Thabet Bakheet Thabet, a UAE National with a passion in Cyber Security, with more than 15 years of experience in oil & gas, telecommunication, and Banking sectors in building, and operating secure telecom and customer services.
He Hold a Msc in Information Security & Computer Crimes from Glamorgan University in UK, BSc in Business Information Technology from HCT – UAE, an industry certified Information security professional (CISSP), and currently pursuing a MSc in Banking & Finance from Paris Sorbonne University.
He was appointed as Head - Information Security to lead the Cyber Security Initiatives and program for Central bank of UAE.
Thabet Bakheet is an active member in the information security field, and regularly attends and participates in different information security events.
Hariprasad Chede
Chief Information Security Officer, National Bank of Fujairah
Hariprasad Chede joined the National Bank of Fujairah as its Head of Information Security in June, 2011. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the bank's information security programme. This includes establishing and overseeing the bank's security architecture, ensuring data privacy, overseeing regulatory compliance and developing and implementing security-related policies to mitigate any operational risks.
With over 16 years of experience, Hari has substantial expertise in information security, consulting and risk management that is specific to the financial services sector. He has earned a number of prestigious certifications for information security and assurance from leading organisations like ISACA and (ISC) 2. Additionally, Hari has been associated with the ISACA UAE Chapter since 2006 and is currently its vice president. He also has a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangalore University, India.
Ameen Ali
AVP Security Operations, Al Hilal Bank
Hussain Al Khalsan
Deputy Head of IT & GRC, Commercial Bank of Dubai
Kevin Nevias
Director - Information Security Risk Specialist, Leading International Bank
Yazad Khandhadia
Associate Vice President – Information Security, Emirates NBD
Yazad Khandhadia is an information security leader and passionate innovator, with skills ranging from information security strategy, program development and management and security assurance to security operations. His interests include cloud security, artificial intelligence, blockchain, IoT, digitisation, mobility, bi-modal IT, red teaming and forensics.
Prior to this role, Yazad worked in the domain of information security policy and standards development and risk assessments. Yazad received his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Master's degree in International Business from Bombay University and University of Wollongong, respectively from 1997 to 2004.
Pankaj Kundra
Regional Head of Payments, Mashreq
Pankaj Kundra is the Regional Head of Payments at Mashreq Dubai. Since December 2015, he is overall responsible for P&L of Mashreq’s Payments Business (Credit Cards, Debit Cards and Acquiring business). Pankaj has 17 years of banking experience across various countries. Prior to joining Mashreq Dubai, Pankaj was the Head of Retail Banking at Mashreq Egypt, where he lead the turnaround of retail bank from a loss making to a profitable business franchise through increasing the revenue streams in a consistent and sustainable way. The main pillars of growth that he built for Mashreq Egypt were Cards, Personal Loans, Liabilities, SME and Mashreq Gold Business. From 2007 to 2013 Pankaj was a Sr. Vice President and Business Head – Mass Market Segment and Auto Business at Fullerton Financial Holdings in UAE. His key achievements during that time include being involved in the founding team which set up a world class finance company in the UAE. He was involved in many aspects of the company including credit policy, product proposition, branch distribution set-up, sales, etc.
Azeem Bashir
Global CISO, Cyber Execs
Azeem Bashir is an award winning industry recognised business-driven CISO with a highly-successful background in B2B, FinTECH, InvestmentRetail Banking, Financial Services, Consulting, Energy, Utilities Oil & Gas, Government & Global Corporate sectors.
Azeem has held the position of CISO and Director of Cyber Security for EMEAR for many global businesses and is a ‘Trusted Advisor’ on Cyber & Information Security Risk Management throughout the UK Government and Banking sectors.
Over 20 years leading InformationCyber Security and Information Risk Management delivery across multiple sectors, with extensive proven track record across EMEAR managing Banking, Oil & Gas, Critical National Infrastructure Cyber-attacks and building Cyber Security & Digital Transformation Programs.
Brian Byagaba
Head of Information Security, Commercial Bank International
Brian started out with PwC serving clients across multiple industries; from financial services to telecom, retail and oil & gas companies. Eventually working with Barclays Bank, he specialised in the financial services sector, focusing on risk management across technology, business systems and products. Over the last 16 years as technologies have evolved, Brian has continually enriched his experience and technical knowledge of risk management most especially in information security. In his current role, Brian leads the information security team of Commercial Bank International (CBI), which is a UAE based commercial bank. At the top of his agenda is working with the senior leadership team of the bank to make sense of the noise so that the most relevant and prioritized security agenda items are attained. This is especially important considering the fast pace of environmental changes in the industry.
Dennis Koh
First Vice President - Head of Banking, Payments and Security, United Overseas Bank
Dennis Koh is the Head of Banking, Payments and Security in the Digital Banking and Mobile team of United Overseas Bank (UOB). In this role, he manages a team of product owners that are tasked to re-define the customer experience across Internet Banking and Mobile platforms. Working closely with the UX, development and IT security teams, he is a keen to prove the best user experience to UOB’s customers without compromising on security.
Dennis was previously the Area Product Owner, Channels and prior that Mobile Payment SME at Visa Europe. He was heavily involved in all the Mobile Payments initiatives in Europe and the London Olympics project. Prior to that, he was at Gemalto, the leader in digital security, in a wide ranging of roles from development engineer to technical consultant. Dennis graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a 1st class honours degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Khaled Moharem
Head of MENA, SWIFT
Khaled Moharem is SWIFT’s Head of Middle East and North Africa. Khaled has worked at Swift for the past 8 years managing a diverse community of financial services organisations, ranging from Central Banks, Commercial Banks, Market Infrastructures, Investment Managers, and Corporates. Prior to this, he worked in the credit card industry for 9 years. With more than 20 years covering the financial sector in the region, Khaled has a strong understanding of market challenges and opportunities.
Dr. Martin Emms
Newcastle University
Dr. Martin Emms is a cyber security researcher at Newcastle University focusing on the security impacts of new payment technologies, user authentication using ubiquitous and IoT technologies and related security issues caused by unintentional privacy leakage. Martin’s work is enhanced by his industry experience; working as a solutions architect in payments and as a systems designer of safety critical embedded control systems for MoD, satellite communications, nuclear power and transport.
Mohammed Aamir Ali
Newcastle University
Mohammed Aamir Ali is currently a PhD research student at the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security at Newcastle University, UK. His research centres around exploiting the potential vulnerabilities in the payment eco-system (especially NFC mobile payments, payment applications and online payments ) Understanding the insidious tactics targeting the world of cyber systems gives Mohammed an in-depth insight into the methods and psychology of attackers. He has ongoing research which involves landscaping the developments and security challenges in the e-commerce payment systems.
Sameer Bedi
Head of Information Security, Mashreq
Sunil Gupta
President & COO, Paladion
Sunil Gupta is President and Chief Operations Officer at Paladion. He leads the company’s global delivery, practices, and operations, and is responsible for people practices, HR operations and learning & development. For India and the Middle East, Sunil will also be at the helm of sales operations.
Prior to joining Paladion, Sunil has held several senior leadership positions encompassing strategy, technology, and operations in Aricent (erstwhile Hughes Software Systems), Symphony Teleca, Logica India, and was COO at Edgeverve systems (an Infosys company) in his last role. He has a wealth of experience in leading teams that deliver platform based services, and has a deep understanding of the dynamics that are playing out in enterprises as IT is transitioning to be more agile, secure and responsive. He brings a great blend of business, strategy, delivery, and operations to the team.
Sunil has a B-Tech in Computer Science from NIT Trichy, Madras University.
Markus J. Krauss
Senior Director Digital Identity & Security, EMEA, CA Technologies
Luke Merry
Vice President of Technology Partnerships, InAuth
Peter Martis
Face Business Unit Director, Innovatrics
Peter Martis is currently acting as a director of the Face Recognition Business Unit at Innovatrics. He is focusing on the continuous product improvement, increasing Innovatrics' presence on the face recognition market and evangelizing the use facial biometrics on mobile devices.
Prior to Innovatrics, Peter has worked for Nuance, Genesys and Siemens, focusing on sales activities and business development of the biometrics and customer service solutions. While working at Nuance, Peter has managed to increase the sales of voice biometrics technology in the Central European reagion by 400%.
Peter holds a degree in Computer Automation from Slovak Technical Unversity. Peter is married with 2 children.
Bharat Panchal
Head - Risk Management; National Payments Corporation of India
Bharat Panchal is Head - Risk Management of National Payments Corporation of India since April-2011. Bharat is responsible to Monitor, evaluate and implement improvements of Risk management controls and governance areas, which are Enterprise Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Information Security, Internal Audit and Fraud Management. He is also responsible to establish the ownership for risk management activities across the organization and partnering with functions and member banks to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of operations, safeguarding of tangible and intangible assets, accuracy and integrity of transactions and processes. Under his leadership, NPCI has achieved PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 22301 and ISO 9001. He was instrumental to receive Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award Certification of Merit in February 2016.
Bharat has been awarded as "Security Leader of the Year" in December 2014 by Data Security Council of India (DSCI) for his significant contribution in cyber security in banking sector and "Information Security Meastro-2015" by INFOSECURITYLIVE.COM in April 2015. Recently awarded dynamiCISO Security Excellence "Trailblazer" Award in March 2016.
Amit Mehta
VP, Head of Security, Middle East & Africa; Mastercard
Hussain AlKhalsan
Deputy Head of IT Risk & GRC; Commercial Bank of Dubai
Amit Roy
EVP & Regional Head, Paladion
Jonathan Martin
Director EMEA Operations, Anomali
Mohammed Al-Moneer
Regional Director – MENA, A10 Networks
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REDmoney Group is the foremost global provider of specialized Islamic financial media services across two core divisions of events and publishing. Established in 2004, the firm has offices in London, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur: offering an unrivalled multi-channel service across the full spectrum of the global financial markets. For more info, visit www.redmoneyevents.com
Under REDmoney group, Islamic Finance news (IFN) is a leading global digital, subscription-based publication around the world by providing the latest insights of islamic finance news. Published weekly, the journal provides exclusive and comprehensive coverage of the global Islamic financial markets through in-house analysis and expert external contributions; in addition to a daily news service, additional quarterly supplements and a variety of special annual issues. For more info, visit www.islamicfinancenews.com
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Ankush Johar
Director, bugsbounty.com
FICO
FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading analytics software company, helping businesses in 80+ countries make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth, profitability and customer satisfaction. The company’s ground-breaking use of Big Data and mathematical algorithms to predict consumer behaviour has transformed entire industries. FICO provides analytics software and tools used across multiple industries to manage risk, fight fraud, build more profitable customer relationships, optimize operations and meet strict government regulations. Many of our products reach industry-wide adoption — such as the FICO® Score, the standard measure of consumer credit risk in the United States.
Malwarebytes is the next-gen cybersecurity company that millions worldwide trust. Malwarebytes proactively protects people and businesses against dangerous threats such as malware, ransomware, and exploits that escape detection by traditional antivirus solutions. The company’s flagship product combines advanced heuristic threat detection with signature-less technologies to detect and stop a cyberattack before damage occurs. More than 10,000 businesses worldwide use, trust, and recommend Malwarebytes. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in California, with offices in Europe and Asia, and a global team of threat researchers and security experts. For more information, please visit us at http://www.malwarebytes.com/
Innovatrics
Innovatrics is an independent provider of biometric software solutions for identity management projects. Since 2004, Innovatrics has been helping organisations to prevent identity fraud using innovative biometric solutions. Innovatrics has successfully completed over 500 projects in 68 countries, with over 900 million people having been biometrically processed using Innovatrics software. Innovatrics’ line of next-generation identity management technologies includes Innovatrics AFIS, the world’s fastest multimodal Automated Fingerprint Identification System and IFace, a proven facial biometric solution. With a global team of experts, Innovatrics is dedicated to working with partners around the world to deliver powerful identity management solutions.
AlgoSec is a provider of software for network security policy management, also known as firewall policy management that help organizations align security with business processes. AlgoSec discovers maps and migrates application connectivity, analyzes risk, and intelligently automates network security policy changes across cloud, SDN and on-premise networks.
AlgoSec's products automate the management and enforcement of security policies across firewalls, routers, virtual private networks (VPNs), and related security devices in data centers and across private and public cloud platforms. Enterprises use AlgoSec's products to manage their network security policies, identify vulnerabilities, migrate application connectivity flows to the cloud,[1] prepare for firewall audits and ensure continuous compliance to regulations and cyber security standards such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, NIST and Sarbanes-Oxley.
CyberArk
CyberArk is the only security company laser-focused on striking down targeted cyber threats, those that make their way inside to attack the heart of the enterprise. Dedicated to stopping attacks before they stop business, CyberArk is trusted by the world’s leading companies — including more than 50% of the Fortune 100 — to protect their highest-value information assets, infrastructure and applications. CyberArk’s security solutions master high-stakes compliance and audit requirements while arming businesses to protect what matters most.
Entrust Datacard
Entrust Datacard Corporation offers identity and secure transaction technologies for financial, government, corporate, education, healthcare, retail, and transit industries worldwide. It offers financial cards, passports, and ID cards; and digital realm of authentication, certificates, and secure communications. The company provides instant card issuance, transaction security, mobile authentication, high-volume card issuance, border control, e-government, citizen ID program, credential lifecycle management, authentication, identity credential management, SSL certificates, and employee ID solutions.
Utimaco
Utimaco is a leading manufacturer of Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) that provide the Root of Trust to all industries, from financial services and payment to the automotive industry, cloud services and the public sector. Utimaco delivers a comprehensive product family of HSMs. Each of hardware models can be deployed as a general purpose HSM for easy integration into existing software solutions. They can also be customized to enable the development of new solutions supporting partners to implement their solutions.
Utimaco is a worldwide supplier of professional cybersecurity solutions and is based in Aachen, Germany. Since 1983, Utimaco has been developing hardware-based, high-security appliances (Hardware Security Modules) and compliance solutions for telecommunication provider regulations (lawful interception and data retention). Today, Utimaco is a world-market leader in both segments. Customers and partners of Utimaco in all parts of the world trust the company’s long-term, proven reliability and investment protection, as well as its many certified IT security standards. Utimaco stands for recognized product quality, user-friendly software, excellent support and trusted high security — made in Germany
FindBiometrics
FindBiometrics is your leading industry resource for all information on biometrics identification and identity verification systems and solutions. We have the latest daily news from the global biometric and identity management business community, a comprehensive vendor list, informative articles, interviews with industry leaders, exclusive videos, links to biometric associations and a calendar of the most important current industry news events and conferences. For more than a decade we have brought you the top industry news, answering all of your questions, and have remained an integral player in the biometrics community. Now, here in the industry's most rapid growth period, we are here to keep you more connected, knowledgeable, and up-to-date on the latest identity management news than ever before.
TelcoProfessionals
TelcoProfessionals(TP) is an interactive, content rich, blog- and video-centric online community, and business exchange, developed exclusively for the Telecom and Media industry. We are dedicated to individuals working in the industry globally, as a place they can find and help each other get ahead. TP includes a full Telecom & Media events listing, blogs from Thought Leaders, videos of the people shaping the industry’s future. TP allows you to network directly with over 110,000 like-minded unique viewers from 206 countries.
To enhance your professional profile and network for future business opportunities, or to visit our jobs portal, join us today on www.telcoprofessionals.com.
Mobile ID World
Mobile ID World is here to bring you the latest on mobile authentication solutions and application providers. Our company is dedicated to providing users with the best content and cutting edge information on technology, news, and mobile solutions for your mobile identity management needs.
From the same minds that brought you FindBiometrics, Mobile ID World is committed to bringing you the best information, in a quick, contextual, and comprehensive way. Mobile ID World is your authorized go-to source for everything in strong mobile authentication. This includes: M2M, NFC, access control, biometrics enabled smartphones and anything that promises to make life more convenient and secure.
Global Banking & Finance Review
Global Banking & Finance Review is a leading Online and Print Magazine, which has evolved from the growing need to have a more balanced view, for informative and independent news within the financial community. Our experienced contributors provide this quality and in-depth insight in a clear and concise way, providing leading players and key figures with up to date information within the finance sector.Read in over 200 different countries and ranked below 15,000 globally by Alexa across billions of websites.
Established six years ago, Financial IT is the venue where the FinTech community makes itself heard. Innovation is the common feature of the companies that we work with. Some are FinTech disruptors, posing a direct challenge to established institutions. Others are technology companies, providing solutions that produce positive outcomes for the institutions and their clients. We provide a digital platform for multimedia and editorial content, rankings and overviews of major industry events.
