09:15 – 09:30: Opening keynote address

Sultanate of Oman - The Arab world’s regional cyber security centre

09:30 – 10:30: Cyber defence on the national agenda

Viewpoint 1: National Cyber Security Policy
  • Designing technology, legislative and regulatory frameworks
  • Governance, effectiveness and efficiency
Viewpoint 2: Realising strengths and weaknesses
  • Self-reliance through R&D
  • Capacity building
  • Compliance and law enforcement
Viewpoint 3: Achieving better international collaboration
  • Regions should collaborate first
  • Multilateral information sharing
  • International cooperation

10:30 – 11:15: A collective national and regional effort for efficient functioning of CERTs

Viewpoint 1: Overview of what is known today

1. Tip of the iceberg. What we know and what we are worried about
2. Origination of attacks

Viewpoint 2: The iceberg effect

1. The reality of the situation is well hidden

Viewpoint 3: National strategies

1. Honeynets
2. Industry and institutions working together

Viewpoint 4: Regional and International collaboration

1. Sharing talent and knowledge is the only way to succeed
2. Live attack and incident data sharing

Speaker Information Badar Ali Al-Salehi
Director of Oman National CERT

11:15 – 12:00: Security and privacy risks related to cloud and mobile

Viewpoint 1: Do you really know where your data is stored?
  • Impact of virtual border crossings
  • Legally and illegal data access
  • Secure transmit paths
  • Encryption and backup
Viewpoint 2: Cloud-based security management
  • Security and monitoring
  • Viral and malware technology for mobile environments
  • Enhanced mobile handshake between corporate and public environments
  • Centralised data analysis solutions for cloud technology
Viewpoint 3: The next 5 years
  • Legal frameworks
  • Next generation encryption
  • Protected communication networks
  • 13:00 – 13:45: Cyber barring - Distributed Denial of Service

    Viewpoint 1: How much did you actually lose and do you really know how often it happens?
    • Forget what you think you know. In reality you know about 10% of what is really happening.
    • How easy is it to DDOS?
    • Loss of trust from customers
    Viewpoint 2: Impact of economic loss
    • Data loss = $
    • Access loss = $
    • Brand damage = $
    Viewpoint 3: How you can fight a typical DDOS attack
    • Identifying genuine traffic
    • Responsive and threat aware firewalls
    • Security compliance and standardisation
    Viewpoint 4: The future of DDOS protection
    • Cloud-based CDN routing
    • Human behaviour analysis
    • Layer 7 attack protection
    • ISP collaboration and DDOS mitigation

    13:45 – 14:30: Cyber intrusion and analysis

    Viewpoint 1: Know your enemy and their goals
    • Analyse, understand and secure
    • Dormant intrusion which triggers later
    • Know your weaknesses, the hackers do!
    • Digital forensics
    Viewpoint 2: Lost or stolen
    • Fraud detection: Monitoring and protecting accounts
    • Secure keys and secure payment
    • Secure mobile payments. NFID
    Viewpoint 3: The future of advanced analysis
    • Memory forensics
    • Real time network analysis
    • Behavioural analytics

    15:30 – 16:15: Industrial control systems and the role of corporate IT

    Viewpoint 1: What happens when you don’t accept the truth?
    • Black outs and loss of business
    • Incorrect actions and manipulation of processes
    • Physical damage and loss of life
    Viewpoint 2: Who is trying to attack you?
    • Political motivations
    Viewpoint 3: Smart grids and SCADA protection
    • Secure smart grids
    • Hybrid security, corporate and industrial strategies
    • Human intelligence and training methodologies
    Viewpoint 4: Today vs tomorrow’s prevention
  • Network protection
  • Roadmaps and technological advancements

  • Speakers Profile

    Kevin Cardwell

    Independent Consultant

    He developed the Strategy and Training Development Plan for Oman CERT during its inception and.

    Hord Tipton

    Executive Director

    Hord Tipton is the Executive Director at (ISC)², the largest not-for-profit membership body.

    Andrea Rigoni

    Director General

    With more than 20 years of experience in Cyber Security, Andrea Rigoni is currently the.

    Raoul Chiesa

    Cyber Crime Adviser

    Raoul ‘Nobody’ Chiesa – after having been among the first Italian hackers from 1986 to.


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