The 2nd Kuwait IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Forum

AGENDA

GRC can help you align IT activities to business goals, manage risk effectively and stay on top of compliance

Advances in information technology continue to drive business enablement and profitability across all industries. With the advances and greater reliance on information technology, there comes an ever-increasing risk to the business. In some cases, business process has become so dependent on technology that conventional business process controls can no longer offset general IT controls. This, taken with the reality of increased threat of cyber criminals and terrorists, makes it more important than ever for companies, governmental entities, and other organizations to have a solid IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) program. Implementing a comprehensive and innovative governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) program enables organizations to address the multiple factors that are essential in managing and controlling enterprise risk.
The 2nd Kuwait IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Forum targets specialists in auditing, insurance, compliance, risk, security, strategy and governance in government and private bodies. The program will include the following main themes:

Auditing of information systems and insurance
Governance, risk and management
Compliance and privacy
Security and electronic security
Communicating IT risks to stakeholders
Building effective data governance programs

WHY ATTEND?

A can’t miss event for anyone responsible for risk management, compliance, and controls, administration, or audit in their organizations. The agenda is being developed as a roadmap that will explain:

Why governance, risk, and compliance are important to your organization
How to identify your company’s areas of risk and risk appetite
Current trends that GRC professionals are facing in today’s changing risk landscape
Methods to mitigate the risks associated with the new digital and customer dynamics
How to prepare your GRC program through contextual risk insight, continuous monitoring, and strategic risk resilience
Ways that technology can support a strong “GRC culture” and increase transparency

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

IT governance, risk & compliance specialists
Chief legal counsel, security, and process officers
Chief compliance officers
Chief data and digital officers
Information security managers and architects
Enterprise security managers and architects
Enterprise mobility managers
Business continuity managers
Data security and management professionals
IT auditors
IT and business analysts and consultants
IT/MIS managers
Strategic planners

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WORKSHOP

7th of March

Training Workshop: “Use of AI and Machinelearning in GRC”
Instructor: Aadesh Gawde, Co-founder, Evangelist & Principal – R&D and Innovation, Provise, UAE
Workshop Hours: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (One day, 4 Hours)

Use of AI and Machine learning in GRC:

Governance, Risk and Compliance is eventually all about controls compliance and metrics. The controls could be automated/manual or operating to prevent, detect or deter an underlying threat/risk. Likewise, the metrics can be automated or manually reported can suggest lead or lag indicators. Using modern day cognitive technologies – the GRC capabilities of an organization such Risk Management, Threat Management, Compliance etc. can be automated, orchestrated and eventually and lead to an autonomous state.

Key technologies Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, RPA, NLP will be shown in action in the GRC domain. Similar successful case studies and use cases will be presented and demonstrated during the workshop. The attendees can take away – an high level understanding and direction for applying cognitive technologies in the GRC domain.