Bio

Biju Hameed CISSP CISM CISA CRISC CCSP MBCS is a seasoned cybersecurity professional & international speaker with nearly two decades of extensive experience in the areas of cybersecurity management & operations with in depth knowledge on technology & business domains and 13 years of which has been in Aviation cybersecurity.

In the past, he has worked in various roles within the infrastructure and security domains with organizations such as Schlumberger, Total, Atos Origin and on projects for State Agencies, Defense and Service Providers across the Middle East.

He currently heads the Technology Infrastructure & Operations practice at a Dubai Airports spending a considerable amount of focus on IT/OT Security.

Biju holds Masters degree (with distinction) in Network Security & Engineering and has several professional certifications to his credit some of which are CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, CCSP, ISO 27001 & 9001 Implementation/LAC, and others. He is also a professional member of the BCS.

He has been a guest speaker and panelist at:

- GISEC Global 2022 - Critical Infrastructure track, Dubai, UAE
- INTERSEC 2022 - Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure Conference, Dubai, UAE
- RSA Conference 2021, Virtual
- Cybersecurity for Critical Assets (CS4CA) MENA, 2021, Virtual
- WISME Influencer Series 2020, Virtual
- ICAO Cybersecurity & Resilience Symposium 2019 in Amman, Jordan
- Dubai Future Week 2019 (in coordination with Heriot Watt University, BCS ME and Area 2071) in Dubai, UAE
- Palo Alto IGNITE conference Europe 2019 in Barcelona, Spain
- Gartner GCC Security and Risk Management Summit 2015 in Dubai, UAE
- Cloud MENA 2018 in Dubai, UAE
- Heriot Watt University & BCS event — "A Look at the Future of IT Security" 2018 in Dubai, UAE
- MENA CISO Summit 2018 (EC-Council) in Dubai, UAE
- CISO30 Round Table & Awards (CPI) 2018 in Dubai, UAE
- BCI / DA Joint conference 2018 in Dubai, UAE
- Middle East Security Awards / MESCON 2016, 2017 & 2018 (MESA) in Dubai, UAE
- CyberSecurity for Airports Summit 2017 & 2018 in Singapore
- International Exhibition & Conference Security Technology 2017 in Amman, Jordan
- (ISC)² SecureDubai Conference 2016 in Dubai, UAE
- Emirates AVSEC Symposium and Awards 2015
- Cyber Security Summit 2014 in Prague, CZ.
- Cyber Defense Summit 2012 in Oman

He is currently on / has worked on the advisory boards for:
- Palo Alto EMEA Customer & Executive Advisory Boards (since 2018)
- Gartner GCC Security & Risk Management Summit (since 2016)
- CISO Council (Since 2018)
- Airport Safety & Security Conference 2015 (Dubai Airshow)