Momentum in Cyber Security
Resilience across Africa
CyberX
AFRICA
Summit
2022 (LIVE IN PERSON)
4th August 2022
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM, South Africa Time (GMT +2)
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CyberX Africa Summit 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalization around the world, but as life has shifted increasingly online, cybercriminals have exploited the opportunity to attack vital digital infrastructure. States across Africa, where digital capacity continues to lag behind the rest of the world, have emerged as a favorite target of cybercriminals, with costly consequences.

As a result, cybersecurity initiatives related to COVID-19 have been mostly led by the private sector, especially professional and sectoral federations. These are rarely enough, as it’s a long, hard grind for most companies just to cope with the business impact of the pandemic on their day-to-day activities.

Ibento global brings you the fourth edition of CyberX series and the first edition in Africa. Summit will host the leaders and influencers from Cybersecurity in Africa.

Featured Discussions
Balancing security and innovation
Boosting cyber resilience and building capacity across the African continent.
Implementing zero-trust strategies to protect businesses and critical infrastructure against cyberattacks
Modernising cybersecurity infrastructure to protect our digital future
Building the workforce of the future: Managing talent pipeline, and supporting upskilling and innovation
Getting future-ready: What’s next, and how do we prepare?
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CONFERENCE AGENDA
OPENING REMARKS
BY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE – IBENTO GLOBAL
10:00am - 10:10am
ARE AFRICAN COUNTRIES DOING ENOUGH TO ENSURE CYBERSECURITY AND INTERNET SAFETY?
OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
10:15am - 10:30am

In Africa, many countries have seen a rise in reports of digital threats and malicious cyber activities. The results include sabotaged public infrastructure, losses from digital fraud and illicit financial flows, and national security breaches involving espionage and intelligence theft by militant groups.

Addressing these vulnerabilities requires a greater commitment to cybersecurity. This requires enforceable policy safeguards, risk prevention and management approaches, along with technologies and infrastructure that can protect each country's cyber environment, as well as individual and corporate end-user assets.

HOW AFRICAN STATES CAN IMPROVE THEIR CYBERSECURITY
C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION
10:35am - 11:20am

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digitalization around the world, but as life has shifted increasingly online, cybercriminals have exploited the opportunity to attack vital digital infrastructure. States across Africa, where digital capacity continues to lag the rest of the world, have emerged as a favorite target of cybercriminals, with costly consequences.

African states and regional bodies have taken initial steps toward implementing a continent-wide strategy to improving cyber-resiliency, but the vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic requires these efforts to be accelerated by building the institutional and coordinating mechanisms to better mitigate cybersecurity threats.

OPENING REMARKS
BY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE – IBENTO GLOBAL
10:00am - 10:10am
LEAPFROGGING TO ZERO-TRUST PLATFORMS
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
10:15am – 10:30am

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the journey to zero-trust platforms as virtually the world’s entire workforce was shoved outside a defined network perimeter, forcing organizations to secure end users who are working remotely as well as fix anomalies and configuration issues revealed by the new approach.

BUILDING CYBER RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF RANSOMWARE ATTACKS
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
10:35am – 10:50am
IMPACT OF REMOTE WORK: NEW THREATS AND SOLUTIONS
PANEL DISCUSSION
10:55am – 11:40am

It’s no surprise that COVID-19 and the resulting shift to remote work had major implications for the world of cybersecurity. For many, it involved unplanned cloud migrations and swift procurement of IT products and services to accommodate a newly remote landscape. In the effort to keep business operations running, many companies rushed typical security measures or even side-stepped them entirely, creating new levels of vulnerability and risk across all industries.

Not only that, but the world of remote work isn’t going anywhere post-pandemic. Organizations will need to assess their current security infrastructures for areas of weakness that were left unattended during the sudden shift to remote and start thinking about a long-term remote security strategy going forward.

If your organization experienced a sudden shift to a remote workforce, you must identify areas of weakness that left your company vulnerable to threats.

WHY ATTEND CYBERX Africa

Influence, educate and inspire your target market on key issues and trends.

Expand your network of potential clientele while demonstrating market leadership

Network with industry leaders who have helped to build, transform and enhance cybersecurity solutions

Uncover ideas with peers and through thought leaders, spark inspiration and build lasting business relationships

Learn from industry experts through panel discussions and exclusive Q&A sessions.

Personalized high profile business meetings to bridge the gap between solution providers and solution seekers

WHO SHOULD ATTEND, & WHO WILL YOU NETWORK WITH?
Chief Information Security Officer
Chief Security Officer
Director of Information Security
Head Cyber Security
Data Privacy Officer
Head, VP, Director of IT
VP of Cyber Security
Government
Healthcare
Retail and Ecommerce
BFSI
Telecom
Manufacturing
Supply chain and logistics
Energy and Utilities
WHY PARTNER WITH CYBERX Africa 2022
Establish yourself as a thought leader

Whether you’re presenting as keynote or participating in a debate, demonstrate your expertise around marketing so you’re top-of-mind when solutions are required

Cement your position as an industry innovator

Highlight your cutting-edge solutions and expertise in one of our solution providers showcase section

Nurture important industry relationships

Benefit from valuable time with influential stakeholders and hold meaningful conversations that may result in future business for your organization

Edge out your competition

Gain an advantage over your competitors at the precise time that decision makers are evaluating products and considering solutions

Generate new business

Network with serious buyers, important influencers, and potential business partners

Elevate your profile

Ensure your brand stands out from the crowd and is associated with excellence in cybersecurity to improve your chances of winning business

WHO SHOULD SPONSOR?
Endpoint protection
Threat detection and prevention
Cloud security
Network security
Zero trust
Threat intelligence
Cloud access security broker (CASB)
User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA)
Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS)
Extended detection and response (XDR)
Cybersecurity products
Fraud protection
Data protection
Application security
Identity and access management, authentication, database security, mainframe security
AI, threat detection, incident response
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