Past event · 26 June 2026
Are You Breach Safe?
Cyber Essentials Tactics
An invitation-only afternoon at the AWS Space in DIFC, built around one honest question: what actually works in UAE security, as opposed to what looks good on a compliance report?
What happened
A senior room, and a question nobody dodged
The session brought together security and risk leaders from aviation, government, utilities, healthcare and financial services for an expert panel and an open discussion on breach readiness.
Attendees came from 49 organisations, and the most common concerns they told us about on registration were keeping pace with new threats, limited budget and team resources, and knowing which vulnerabilities to fix first.
By the numbers
Small room, senior room
62Registered
27Attended
49Organisations
3Expert panel
This was a deliberately small, invitation-only room of 30 seats. The attendance figure reflects that — it was a selective, senior session rather than a large conference.
The panel
“Between Compliance and Reality: What Actually Works in UAE Security”
- Gemma SinghInfoSec & Compliance Manager, AppliedAI
- Rahat SiddiqRegional Cybersecurity Architect, GBM
- Sathya VenugopalSenior Director, Secneural
- Ahmed Abdel RazekModerator, ThreatsView
Next event · 20 August 2026
Taming the Beast: AI Governance Crash Course
Two hours, free and live online. The real scale of AI risk, and the controls that contain it.