Global cybersecurity experts to convene at Bahrain for Arab world’s pioneering cybersecurity event

  • Date: 23-Nov-2022
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:Bahrain
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Global cybersecurity experts to convene at Bahrain for Arab world’s pioneering cybersecurity event

Manama, Bahrain: Industry-wide collaboration is high on the agenda of the Arab International Cybersecurity Summit (AICS) – a first-of-its-kind event being held from December 6-8 at Exhibition World Bahrain.

Co-hosted by the National Cyber Security Centre and held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander, and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, AICS represents the region’s highest level of engagement, bringing together experts from government, industry, and business verticals including BFSI, oil and gas, energy, utilities, IT and telecommunications, manufacturing, education, and more.

The Summit’s three-day Cyber Leaders Forum, which has attracted decision-makers from across Europe, the USA, the UK, Asia, the Baltics, and the Middle East, will look to reframe the region’s Cyber Security Leadership landscape with His Excellency Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Managing Director of the National Data Centre under the UAE’s Supreme Council for National Security, expected to call for supercharged collaboration in his regional keynote address.

“With the cost of cybersecurity incidents in the Middle East reaching a new high of $6.93 million per data breach — significantly higher than the global average cost of $4.24m per incident – it’s time to question whether we move the