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CISO Saudi Arabia Roundtable Dinner

Why it's Time to Level Up Your Identity Security Landscape in PAM and Machine Identity?

Venue: JW Marriott Riyadh

Address: 7647 King Fahad Road, Sahafah District | Riyadh

Date: 21 May 2025

Event Overview

Agenda

5:00 - 6:00 - Registration

6:00 - 6:10 - PRESENTATION

Threat Landscape

 

Speaker: 

Bjorn


Bjorn Watne
Associate Partner, Chair of the Advisory Board
Tagore

6:10 - 6:35 - Presentation

AI-Security as a Strategy

 

 

Speaker: 

Ahmed Tayar


Ahmed Tayar
Cyber Defense Center Director
stc

6:35 - 6:45 - Prayer Time Break

6:45 - 7:05 - PRESENTATION

Why it’s Time to Level Up Your Identity Security Landscape in PAM and Machine Identity?

 

 

Speaker: 

Craig


Craig McGee
Solutions Engineer
CyberArk

7:05 - 8:00 - INTERACTIVE SESSION

Why it’s Time to Level Up Your Identity Security Landscape in PAM and Machine Identity?

 

As digital transformation accelerates, Privileged Access Management (PAM) must expand beyond traditional IT users to secure all identities—including developers, cloud engineers, and machine identities. Attackers increasingly exploit excessive permissions, misconfigurations, and weak controls in cloud and OT environments.

To mitigate risks, organizations should adopt Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP), enforce least privilege access, and integrate intelligent privilege controls for both human and machine identities. Strengthening authentication, centralizing secrets management, and ensuring compliance are essential steps to secure the evolving identity security landscape.

 

Questions:

  1. What strategies have been most effective in aligning PAM with your broader identity security framework?
  2. How are you adapting your PAM strategy to address the increasing complexity of cloud and hybrid environments?
  3. What challenges do you face in securing machine identities, and how are you mitigating the risks they introduce?
  4. How do you balance enforcing Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) with ensuring operational efficiency for your teams?
  5. What role does automation play in strengthening identity security and reducing human error in privileged access management

 

 

Moderator: 

Bjorn


Bjorn Watne
Associate Partner, Chair of the Advisory Board
Tagore

8:00 - 9:00 - DINNER AND CLOSING REMARKS

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