Information Systems Security Assessment Framework (ISSAF) conferences are rapidly growing information security conventions, and spreading all over the globe. These are free and open events organized by the Open Information Systems Security Group (OISSG) to raise the level of information security awareness and to teach advanced security practices developed. This year’s event was organized by the American University in Dubai in collaboration with OISSG, where local talents were invited to discuss important topics in security considered critical to the Middle East and Gulf region.

One of the objectives of the conference hosted at AUD was to organize vendor neutral free conferences to discuss various aspects of IT security with expert in the security domain.

'Many users these days are aware of their information being accessed by hackers. Protecting the user’s information is a challenge that requires deep knowledge in security. Mastering the Information Security is one of the main goals that AUD is targeting in the future. Students and professionals from IT, Engineering and Business backgrounds, who pursue their education in Masters of Security would make them distinguished among other professional, and paving their career path toward the management ladder. In addition attending the security conferences such as the one organized by OSSIG and AUD would make the security awareness program for organization very fruitful,' said Dr Ghassan Kbar, Associate Professor of IT at the American University in Dubai and ISSAF Security Conference Organizer.

Mr. Balwant Rathore, President OISSG United Kingdom, and other key note speakers from local industries ‘ITButler’ and ‘Islamic Bank of Abu Dhabi’, highlighted the importance of achieving ISO security standard, and educated the audience about the seriousness of the latest attacks facing organizations and discussed the means by which to protect themsleves.