AmCham Kuwait, OSAC, and (ISC)² host a conference

AmCham Kuwait, OSAC, and (ISC)² host a conference

AmCham Kuwait held a joint webinar with the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), and (ISC)² on ‘Enterprise Risk Management: The Relationship Between Traditional Security and Cybersecurity. The panelists for this discussion included Shahzad Khattak Assistant- Legal Attaché Supervisory Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Layth Alissa- Partner at Everyware Pro, Colin Brown- Security Management Consultant at Saudi Arabian Chevron, Richard Archdeacon - Advisory CISO for the EMEA region at Cisco, and Senthil Kumar, Managing Director – Technology Consulting, Protiviti Middle East. The discussion was moderated by Dana Winner- Co-Chair at Overseas Security Advisory Council. The purpose of the conference was to assist private sector leaders with understanding the necessity of integrating cybersecurity into their risk management programs.

In her opening statements, AmCham Kuwait’s Executive Director Paola de la Roche welcomed the panelists and moderator and welcomed (ISC)² members, OSAC Members, the U.S. Embassy of Kuwait, AmCham Members in Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. She then introduced Dana Winner as the moderator for the conference and discussion.

Winner opened up the conference by referring to the topics of discussion which included: Cyber aligned counterterrorism threats in the healthcare sectors and pharmaceutical industry, the relationship between