BI.ZONE to contribute to MENA ISC

We will host a panel discussion with international experts, hold several workshops, open the Cyber Polygon 2024 training, and present an overview of the trends in the GCC cyber threat landscape

August 27, 2024

Cyber Polygon is an international capacity building initiative organized by BI.ZONE. This year, the event will run during MENA ISC in Saudi Arabia. The technical training will take place online and teams from around the world will be able to join. So far, more than 200 organizations from 40 countries have already registered.

An opening plenary session will be held in partnership with Cyber Polygon. Leaders from international organizations and technology companies will discuss how to ensure a secure future amid accelerating AI and digitalization. In addition, BI.ZONE will hold a panel discussion with top managers from international and local organizations.

We will also present an overview of the main trends in targeted attacks across the region. These trends are described in more detail in our research Threat Zone GCC 2024, and you can pick up a copy at the Cyber Polygon conference booth. To prepare the research, our specialists have analyzed the top 10 notorious activity clusters that attacked companies in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE in 2023 and early 2024. The material highlights the key trends in the evolution of the regional cyber threat landscape.

The event agenda also includes two BI.ZONE workshops:

Hunting for the most popular attack techniques relevant for the GCC region
Digital tools in preventing social engineering

The ability for organizations around the world to withstand cyber threats is becoming increasingly important. Technical defenses are necessary but not enough. Organizations also need to focus on human capital to improve their cybersecurity expertise and threat awareness. Various events, technical trainings, workshops, and further education allow companies to increase their resilience to cyberattacks.

Muslim Medzhlumov

Chief Product and Technology Officer, BI.ZONE

Cyber Polygon is an international capacity building initiative of BI.ZONE aimed at raising global cyber resilience. The previous training was attended by 200 organizations from 48 countries. The online conference attracted more than 7 million viewers across 78 countries.

In previous years, this event was attended by Jürgen Stock, Secretary General of INTERPOL; Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (2012–2022); the Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997–2007); Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum; Steve Wozniak, Co‑founder of Apple Computer; Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director, UNICEF; as well as senior officials from Visa, Mastercard, IBM, Microsoft, Ericsson, Trend Micro, Kaspersky, and other global corporations.