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These 3 Mistakes Will Destroy Your Cybersecurity Career
These 3 Mistakes Will Destroy Your Cybersecurity Career
By Taimur Ijlal
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Don’t Get Caught Off Guard: The Value of a continuity plan for your Cybersecurity Career
Don’t Get Caught Off Guard: The Value of a continuity plan for your Cybersecurity Career
By Taimur Ijlal
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Why you should start learning A.I. in 2023
Why you should start learning A.I. in 2023
By Taimur Ijlal
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At Carbon360, we’re always looking for ways to help businesses transform their #sustainability efforts into real growth opportunities. That's why I’m…
At Carbon360, we’re always looking for ways to help businesses transform their #sustainability efforts into real growth opportunities. That's why I’m…
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♻️What a load of rubbish! Each morning I walk a 7km route. I find that a morning walk helps settle my brain and sets me up for the day. Today I…
♻️What a load of rubbish! Each morning I walk a 7km route. I find that a morning walk helps settle my brain and sets me up for the day. Today I…
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Do you want to mature your AWS Security posture ? Make sure to deep dive about IAM Permission Boundaries Permission boundaries serve as an…
Do you want to mature your AWS Security posture ? Make sure to deep dive about IAM Permission Boundaries Permission boundaries serve as an…
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Publications
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AI Applications open new security vulnerabilities
Stack Overflow
Application security has come a long way these past couple of decades. In the early 2000s, SQL injection and Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks were a nightmare for cybersecurity teams as attackers easily bypassed network firewalls through attacks at the application layer. Since traditional network firewalls at that time were not application-aware, these attacks proved a blind spot allowing attackers to compromise web applications easily.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance and Cyber-Security: A beginner’s handbook on securing and governing AI systems
Amazon
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is causing massive changes in our lives both at the individual and societal level with the global A.I. market expected to reach around 126 billion U.S. dollars by 2025. As more and more decision-making moves to AI systems, unique risks are being introduced. However, this topic can be quite challenging for newcomers who want to understand the governance and cyber-security risks that AI introduces.
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The true cost of ransomware in the Middle East
CIO Middle East
The Middle East is especially vulnerable to ransomware because enterprises in the region have had relatively little experience with remote work and off-premises data storage. The nature of such attacks has also evolved.
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How to deal with the growing menace of DDoS attacks in the Middle East
CIO Mag Middle East
DDoS attacks are now a standard part of the threat landscape in the Middle East and technology leaders need to recognize this reality. Here are suggestions on how protect your organisation from DDoS attacks.
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Serverless computing: What Middle Eastern CIOs need to consider
CIO Middle East
As cloud service providers ramp up data centres in the Middle East, technology leaders should seriously consider serverless computing. Here are the advantages and potential pitfalls of serverless computing.
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How the AI boom in the Middle East challenges technology executives
CIO Middle East
Middle Eastern governments are looking to AI to help diversify their economies from oil and gas, and private enterprises are looking to deploy the technology to achieve operational efficiency and offer new services. Here are some of the challenges that tech leaders in the region need to keep top of mind.
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Here's how Middle East CISOs can embrace the cloud security model
CIO MAG
Many Middle East tech leaders are moving to the cloud for the first time. Here are practical tips for making cloud security work for you: common problems to avoid, the need for in-house skills, why identity management is key, and smart use of threat intelligence.
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Three strategies for a successful DevSecOps implementation
ISACA Journal Volume 4, 2019
Article I wrote on the challenges faced when implementing DevSecOps in an organization and how to successfully implement it
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In search of (smartphone) security
Spider Magazine
December 2012 article published in Spider magazine
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Game changers: events that have shaped the world of Information Security
Spider Magazine
Article published in the October 2012 issue of Spider magazine
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Disciplining the developer
Spider Magazine
Article published in September 2012 issue of Spider magazine
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Googling away your privacy?
Spider Magazine
Article published in March 2012 issue of Spider magazine
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Hackistan: Indo-Pak rivalry takes on new frontiers
Spider Magazine
Article published in December 2011 issue of Spider magazine
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One hard cookie
Spider Magazine
Article published in November 2011 issue of Spider magazine
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How to create the InfoSec Strategy (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
CSOPakistan
Interview with CSO Pakistan on how to develop and rollout an Information Security Strategy based on each organization's unique inherent risks
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Middle East: why has the region become a cyber attack hotspot? (PODCAST)
Podcast at CDANS 2013 event
Taimur Ijlal, former Head of Information for Dubai Bank, walks us through the reasons behind the explosion of reported cyber incidents throughout the Middle East in the past two years and considers the wider impact of threats to financial institutes.
Honors & Awards
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CISO of the Year Award 2019
CISO MAG - Summit & Awards Middle East
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Excellence Award in 2019 for Application Security Strategy
Veracode
Excellence award from Veracode for integrating Application Security into our DevOps lifecycle
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Most outstanding security team
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Most outstanding Security Team – (Tahawultech Future Security Awards), 2018
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CISO Top 30 Awards Middle East
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CISO Top 30 Awards Middle East – (CPI Media Group and Security Advisor ME), 2018
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Middle East Security Awards ( MESA ) - Information Security Executive
MESA
MESA CISO100 Award 2016
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Excellence Award 2015 - Excellence in Management of PCI-DSS Program
Green Method
Award for successfully certifying Network International to the PCI-DSS program for three consecutive years
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Awarded "Risk Management Employee of the year"
General Manager - Risk Management Division
Awarded “Risk Management Division Employee of the Year 2008” by the General Manager – Risk Management Division in Bank Alfalah
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Excellence Award in 2019 for Application Security Strategy
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Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Urdu
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Arabic
Elementary proficiency
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A comprehensive classification of cybersecurity threats to an AI model by stage from the book "Artificial Intelligence - AI Governance and…
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9 months ago I quit my job. I never imagined I’d have worked with 20+ clients already. My career began in recruitment—helping companies find the…
9 months ago I quit my job. I never imagined I’d have worked with 20+ clients already. My career began in recruitment—helping companies find the…
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Are you a newcomer to Cybersecurity or Cloud ? Do not jump straight into the CISSP or CCSP certs ! A few reasons why 👇 These certifications are…
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We’re excited that Stability AI’s best, and most powerful text-to-image models are now in Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the first…
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