Conference

CYSEC MENA 2026

CYSEC MENA 2026 convenes cybersecurity ecosystems from Bahrain and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, focusing on securing critical infrastructure. The conference brings together senior cybersecurity leaders, industry innovators, strategists, and cross-border partners to examine threat landscapes and drive actionable resilience. Key themes include governa…

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24Speakers
14Sponsors
1Exhibitors
14Sessions
35Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at CYSEC, in alphabetical order.

Aamir Khalid Pirzada
Chief Information Officer · National Metal Manufacturing & Casting Co (MADANIYAH)
Abdulla Al-Mabbad
Head of IT Infrastructure · Aluminium Bahrain
Ahmad Alqabbat
Founder · Alqabbat Advisory
Ahmed T Alawami
Head of AI & Digital Transformation (Energy & Utilities) · Saudi Energy
Akhilesh Tripathi
Head of Information Technology · Y K Almoayyed & Sons (B.S.C)
Ali Abdulla Hasan Alsadadi
Chief of Information Technology · Ministry of Oil and Environment
Eng.Huda Ahmed Mohsen
Chief Of Information Technology · Ministry of Information
Hisham Amin
GRC and cybersecurity leader · Confidential
Hossam Yusuf
Principal, Information Security Officer · Arcapita
Malay Upadhyay
Senior Sales Engineer · Sophos
Mohammad Hammoudeh
Cybersecurity Chair Professor · Aramco
Mohammed Bashammakh
Cybersecurity Manager · Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA)
Mussab Z. Aswad
Academic Vice Principal · Nasser Centre for Science and Technology
Nishanth Kumar Pathi
Director - Cyber Security & Governance · Gulf Air Group
Noble Pillai
Advisor · National Cyber Security Center of Bahrain
Prabhakar Sangishetty
Information Security Controller · Bahrain Airport Services [BAS]
Saad AlGarni
Head of Cybersecurity · Saudi Global Ports
Shakeel Shaikh
Head of Information Security · Ahli United Bank
S. Mahmood Sabt
Head of Technology Security · BBK (Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait)
Talal Khalifa
Senior IT Specialist · Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA)
Vijay Balakrishnan
Senior Sales Engineer · Delinea
Yaqoob Al-Slais
Assistant Professor at Department of Information Systems - College of IT · University of Bahrain

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

DelineaGold
ExabeamGold
Recorded FutureGold
SentinelOneGold
SophosGold
AttackIQBronze
EntrovyBronze
ExeonBronze
IGRC SquareBronze
ManageEngineBronze
QualysBronze
RAS InfotechBronze
ThreatLockerBronze
WallixBronze

Agenda

Selected from 14 sessions.

  • 08:00 – 08:55

    Registration & Networking

  • 09:00 – 09:05

    Welcome Address and Introduction to the Conference

  • 09:15 – 09:25

    Opening Address

    Address by Govt Entity

  • 09:30 – 10:05

    From Policy to Protection: Governing Cyber Risk at National & Economic Scale

  • 10:10 – 10:30

    Sponsor Spotlight: Delinea

    Reserved for Delinea

  • 10:35 – 10:55

    Sponsor Spotlight: Recorded Future

    Reserved for Recorded Future

  • 11:10 – 11:40

    Prayer & Coffee Break

  • 11:25 – 11:50

    Machine-Speed Defense: AI as the New Cyber Force Multiplier

  • 11:55 – 12:10

    Sponsor Spotlight: Sophos

    The Great Security Paradox

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 35 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

35 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
11Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
21Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

ManageEngine·Delinea·Sophos

Speakers by seniority

50% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite417%
  • Founder / Owner14%
  • Director / Head of729%
  • Manager / Lead313%
  • Engineer · IC313%
  • Advisor / Investor14%
  • Other roles521%

Of 24 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ManageEngineSponsor · BronzeExhibitor-
2DelineaSponsor · Gold1
3SophosSponsor · Gold1
4AttackIQSponsor · Bronze-
5EntrovySponsor · Bronze-
6ExabeamSponsor · Gold-
7ExeonSponsor · Bronze-
8IGRC SquareSponsor · Bronze-
9QualysSponsor · Bronze-
10RAS InfotechSponsor · Bronze-
11Recorded FutureSponsor · Gold-
12SentinelOneSponsor · Gold-
13ThreatLockerSponsor · Bronze-
14WallixSponsor · Bronze-
Sponsors by tier
gold5
36% of 14
bronze9
64% of 14
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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