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CSO30 Awards: Introducing the top 30 security leaders in the UAE

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Ali Alkaf Alhashmi VP, Cyber Security & Technology, Mubadala Investments 4. Anoop Paudval Head of Information Security and Governance Gulf News, Al Nisr Publishing 5. Ayoub Fathi, Vice President of Information Security, CISO noon 7. Dileep Sreedharan, Senior Director of Cyber Security, DAMAC Group 8.

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6 legal ‘gotchas’ that could sink your CIO career

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Lack of liability insurance can leave you exposed You might be thinking that your company will defend you for liability, and you might be right if your company has liability coverage for its officers, and you are an officer. But does your company have liability insurance for its executives? No, it does not. “D&O

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3 certification tips for IT leaders looking to get ahead

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Mehta earned a Certified Information Security Auditor certification in 2002 when, he says, “there were only 1,600 such certified professionals globally.” IT leaders should also consider broadening their knowledge of the industry in which they work, says Mayank Bhargava, chief technology and data officer at Pramerica Life Insurance.

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IT leaders grapple with shadow AI

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“Our approach is one of cautious interest,” says Robert Pick, executive vice president and CIO for Tokio Marine North America, a multinational insurance provider with headquarters in Japan. While Pick is encouraging employees at the insurance company to experiment, he insists their activities be monitored. “In

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Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

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Even if these events don’t occur, what kinds of premiums are you likely to pay your corporate and cyber-liability insurers when they read your latest audit reports and see you haven’t updated your disaster recovery plan or invested in hardening your network security for over two years? The average cost of a data breach is $4.64

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CISOs are not just the keepers of our data – they must be its custodians

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Changes to social expectations surrounding privacy have led to individuals wanting transparency and security from the entities that collect and process our data. However, as the word safeguarding suggests, two responsibilities are inherent here: securely storing data, and protecting it from external threats.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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Prior to joining Fractal, Tiwari was senior vice-president and global CISO at Airtel, where he set up the managed security services initiative Airtel Secure for Business. Before that, he was the chief information security advisor at Microsoft India. . Gururaj Rao moves to Aditya Birla Health Insurance.