Agenda
We’ve got it all.
The agenda is specially curated to bring out the most pressing topics from the industry.
8:00 - 9:00
Registration & Coffee
9:00 – 9:20
Cyber Secure Africa: Defending the National Cybersecurity Strategy for a Safe Digital Footprint
- Addressing the major challenges in protecting sensitive information and safeguarding the national assets
- Implementing strategic policies and promoting awareness among the Kenyan workforce to curb threats
- Prioritizing public-private cooperation and the need for developing and implementing cybersecurity protocols
9:20 - 9:40
Focus on CII Cushioning: Prioritising the Effective Functioning of the Growing Digital Economy
- Creating a strong outline of shared responsibility between private and public sector to safeguard critical infrastructure
- Continued collaboration between key agencies and departments to aid in cyber resiliency
- Implementing proactive monitoring measures to minimize loss and ensure continuous productivity
9:40 - 10:00
Zero Trust Etiquette: Addressing the Security Privilege Strategies with an Always Verify Model
- What is the scope of a Zero Trust initiative? How to inspect the security provided by “Never Trust, Always Verify” security model?
- Identity system: How to address the most critical unit for a Zero Trust security posture?
- Convergence of AI and ML in Zero Trust model to learn and predict employee behavior
10:00 - 10:20
Cyber Warfare: Advancement of New Age Weaponry in a Thriving Digital Ecosystem
- Discussing the efforts taken by defence forces in combating digital threats
- Addressing the need for strategic steps to safeguard the national interest of the country
- Strengthening the infrastructure, policies, and governance to fight against the eminent threat
10:20 - 11:00
Panel Discussion
CISOs Being Ahead in the Security Quest - Building a Secure Tomorrow for Organizational Excellence
- With the ever-growing penetration of internet users, how to ensure comprehensive security?
- In a constantly shifting technological environment, leveraging the CISO leadership in enabling scalable, low-risk business frameworks to maximise enterprise protection
- Accelerating collaboration and succinctly communicating top priorities for efficient and effective workplace order
11:00 - 11:30
NETWORKING BREAK
11:30 - 11:50
Security at the Intersection of IoT and 5G: Building a Cyber Safe Connected Nation
- Discussing the rise in need to encrypt and protect 5G network traffic to avoid endpoint vulnerabilities
- Addressing the necessity to secure vulnerable cellular-connected devices from the unique threats faced by IoT devices on cellular networks
- Strengthening IOT security: Only way forward to a secure connected world
11:50 - 12:10
Future of Cybersecurity: Security Consolidation – One Roof Solution
- Unifying web, cloud services and private application access using a SASE/SSE architecture
- Is converged security service the way forward to remove complexity?
- Delivering consistent, contextual application access for all users
12:10 - 12:30
DevSecOps: Integrating Security with the Initial Stages of Software Development Life Cycle
- Enabling regulated testing since the beginning of the software evolution to avoid reckless cyber attacks
- Will automating manual processes and integrating DevSecOps congruent tools into CI/CD delivery pipeline enhance workflow and deliver services efficiently?
- Integrating SAST in the building stage to identify and prevent vulnerabilities from passing on to the further stages
12:30 - 12:50
Overview on the Benefit and Affliction with the Confluence of AI and ML in Building a Cybersecure Future
- AI helps in shaping the future of cybersecurity and contributes enormously to making minimal human errors, but how trustworthy and reliable are they?
- Intelligent Security: How can AI become the strongest cybersecurity ally in an already convoluted world?
- Addressing the challenges with the convergence of AI, ML and security
12:50 - 13:10
Supply Chain Security: Strengthening the Integrity of Sensitive Data
- Continuous attack surface monitoring to minimize the exposure to software vulnerabilities
- Focus on regular third-party risk assessments to ensure continuous improvement in the security posture of an organisation
- Enforcing encryption practices at the interface of third-party integrations
13:10 - 14:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 14:40
Panel Discussion
Cyber Secure Cloud - Migrating towards Cloud with Confidence
- Understanding the challenges in establishing a regulatory compliance management system for enterprises using public or hybrid cloud deployments
- Enhancing visibility into data through various controls – Data classification, DLP & Encryption
- Discussing different levels of cloud security – SaaS, PaaS & IaaS
14:40 - 15:00
Redefining the Security Culture in Kenya for a Safe & Secure Digital Infrastructure
- Challenges in building a sustainable security culture in Kenya
- Aligning organizational determinants and individual determinants of culture to manifest a cyber secure conscious behavior
- Identify and prioritize objectives for building a national culture of cybersecurity
15:00 - 15:20
Threat Intelligence – Shedding light on the Unknown by Powering the Cyber Defence Strategy
- Empowering cybersecurity stakeholders by revealing their adversarial motives and TTPs
- With the constant evolution of threats, how can intelligence cycle provide framework to effectively respond to threat landscape?
- Effectively processing the threat data to optimize resources and business efficiency
15:20 - 15:40
Unified Endpoint Security: The Gatekeeper to Safeguard Access Points in a Network
- With the rapid growth of IT assets footprint in an organization, what are the challenges in securely managing all the endpoints in an enterprise?
- Reducing complexity by improving coordination and reducing friction between IT Operations and security teams
- IDEA – Leveraging emerging technology to deliver rich and secure user experience
15:40 - 16:00
Social Engineering Prevention: Mitigating the Mounting Cyber Attacks
- Securing the passwords – Being vigilant and enabling multifactor authentication to ensure account protection
- How to strengthen the most common attack layer – Workforce?
- How to detect and identify the extent of the attack to significantly decrease the associated risk and lost productivity
16:00 – 17:00
COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
17:00 – 19:00
COCKTAIL & AWARDS
Networking Break
& end of Day 1
8:00 - 9:00
Registration & Coffee
9:00 - 9:20
Shielding Digital Identity Ecosystem in Kenya to Boost National Economy
- Focusing on both adoption and adaptation of the new structures and regulations to enhance cyber resiliency
- With the advent of transition into cloud services, addressing the security challenges might require a new wider outlook
- Implementing identity focused security outcomes to curb the mounting data breaches
9:20 - 9:40
Rethinking Network Security in the Flourishing Age of Cloud Services
- Leveraging the solutions provided by adaptive control and visibility over networks and firewalls
- Managing permitting access to effectively secure device in the network
- Minimizing interoperability shortcomings and maximizing an environment that leaves no gap for adversaries to exploit
9:40 - 10:00
Boosting Cyber Capacity Building to Strengthen the Regional Cyber Ecosystem
- With mounting reliance on internet and ICT services, how will security in cyber space impact good governance, human rights & economic freedom?
- Developing collective capabilities and facilitating international cooperation and partnership to effectively respond to cyber threats in the digital age
- Emphasizing the relevance of going beyond technical issues and sharing cyber secure best practices at the international level
10:00 - 10:20
Advocating Inclusivity and Empowering Women in the Battle of Secure Cyberspace
- Focusing on the need for actionable measures to close the gender workforce and awareness gap
- Strengthening the power in shared identity in building a strong and resilient cyber security posture
- Discussing the role of government, civil society, and the private sector in making cyberspace more diverse, inclusive and safe
10:20 - 11:00
Panel Discussion
Privileged Access Management - Reinforcing the Authorisation Control in an Organisation
- Finding the line between over and under implementation of privileged access to maintain continuous employee productivity
- Is decentralization the way forward to a secure IT environment? What are the inherent challenges across various verticals to minimize cybersecurity vulnerabilities?
- Controlling the damage arising from internal and external malfeasance
11:00 - 11:30
NETWORKING BREAK
11:30 - 11:50
The Rise in DDoS Attacks in Kenya Makes it a Hotspot for Cyber Resiliency
- Focusing on identifying the incoming traffic varying from up-spoofed single source attacks to complex and adaptive multi-vector attacks
- How to identify the IP address or IP range of attack vendors to mitigate cyber threats?
- Ensuring network protection from remote botnet infestation that can customize attacks
11:50 - 12:10
Incorporating an Agile but Robust Security Strategy for Quick Recovery from Cyber Attacks
- Employing a company-wide recovery plan which serves as a lifesaver for different attack scenarios
- Creating a cyber vault as a backup system by crypto locking the vault storage
- Analyzing the security gaps in the network and taking prompt measures to bridge and strengthen the system
12:10 - 12:30
Multi-Vector Attack: Fortifying Security Edges of a Growing Digital Landscape
- Understanding the various entry points used by hackers to infiltrate a network
- Use of quality threat intelligence to mitigate damaging events in an organizational cyberspace
- Securing the internal and external perimeters and verifying every entry point before granting access
12:30 - 12:50
Securing the Pocket Device: Protecting the Critical Mobile Device from Data Thefts
- How safe is public Wi-Fi access? Is it truly free or is the free access traded with personal data theft?
- Understanding the various threat actors in mobile devices – Credential Stuffing, Brute Forcing & Guessing Attacks
- How to protect mobile devices from the rigorous phishing attacks?
12:50 - 13:10
Digital Forensics: Leveraging the Power of Threat Intelligence in Recovery and Cyber Investigation
- With anti-forensics growing powerful, can digital forensics framework ensure user privacy?
- Focus on cloud forensics with digital transformation pacing up
- Addressing the factors affecting the integrity and credibility of the digital forensics process – easy implementation, low cost, and the availability of encryption tools
13:10 - 14:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 14:40
Panel Discussion
Evolving Ransomware Landscape - Ceasing Data Exfiltration and Preventing the Thriving Threat
- Addressing the vulnerabilities in the system that allow the attackers to penetrate successfully
- How to use deception-based model to identify the earliest attack stage?
- How to mitigate user-initiated actions? Categorizing the data based on organizational value
14:40 - 15:00
Cyber Compliance: Setting the Guidelines to Tackle the Unknown
- With multiple frameworks, is compliance still a major area of confusion for business leaders?
- Discussing compliance framework for critical data – PII, PHI and Financial Information
- Understanding the shift from implementing control-based requirements to risk-based requirements
15:00 - 16:30
