Executive Roundtable · KSA
Controlling the “Frontier LLMs Effect”
Operationalizing Microsegmentation & Blast Radius Reduction in KSA’s Critical Infrastructure
An interactive, closed-door executive roundtable for CISOs, CIOs & Security Leaders across Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities and Heavy Industries.
- Date
- 06 October 2026Tuesday
- Time
- 11:00 — 12:30Lunch follows
- Venue
- Le Méridien Al KhobarKingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Format
- Closed-door roundtableBy invitation · seats limited
Executive decision-making under “Assume Breach”.
The question on the table “If an AI-driven threat breaches our Perimeter today, how far can it move laterally across our environment before our current security controls forces isolation?”
For CISOs, CIOs, and executive leaders across KSA’s Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities and Heavy Industries sectors, cybersecurity is a fundamental driver of national economic resilience and business continuity. With weaponized AI enabling autonomous exploit discovery and rapid lateral spread across hybrid IT/OT environments, executive boards face a decisive operational question.
This interactive roundtable brings together executive peers to discuss strategic decision-making under “Assume Breach” conditions. Participants will share perspectives on moving from reactive maintenance to automated isolation using process-level Zero Trust microsegmentation. The discussion explores the balance between KSA’s rapid infrastructure growth, regulatory compliance, and non-negotiable operational availability.
Three shifts on the table
From Widespread Outages to Instant Containment
Learn how to lock down compromised workloads automatically at the application layer, preventing a breach from escalating into a plant-wide shutdown.
From Deployment Hesitation to Total Confidence
See how automated traffic mapping and policy simulation allow security teams to validate segmentation rules safely in live production environments.
From Compliance Checkboxes to Provable Board Metrics
Discover frameworks to measure, visualize, and demonstrate your exact blast radius reduction to executive committees and regulatory bodies.
Three things you can act on
Containment Architecture
A blueprint for isolating compromised workloads at the process level before an incident becomes a plant-wide shutdown.
Deployment Confidence
A safe path to validate and roll out segmentation policy in live production — without fear of breaking operations.
Board-Ready Metrics
A framework to quantify and present blast-radius reduction to your board, auditors, and regulators.
Built for the people who own the decision
Seats are held for senior security, infrastructure and risk leaders across Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities and Heavy Industries.
- Chief Information Security Officers (CISO)
- Chief Information Officers (CIO)
- Chief Technology Officers (CTO)
- VP / Head of OT & Industrial Security
- Director of Infrastructure & Network Security
- Head of Risk, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs — Critical Infrastructure
- Director Information Security
- Director IT Infrastructure
- Director IT Security
- Head of Infrastructure
- IT Security Director
- Vice President, IT Security, Operations, and Strategy
- VP of IT
- VP, Cybersecurity Manager
Show 13 further job titles Hide further job titles
- Enterprise Architect
- Security Architect
- Information Security Manager
- Manager Information Security
- Manager Information Security & Governance
- Manager IT Security
- Manager Network Infrastructure
- Manager Security Engineering & Architecture
- IT Security Manager
- IT Manager
- Project Leader IT Security
- Senior Cybersecurity Manager
- Senior Network Engineer
Who’s leading the discussion
Mazen Abusaleh
Mazen Abusaleh is the Enterprise Security Group (ESG) Sales Manager for KSA at Akamai Technologies. With over 26 years of distinguished experience in sales and marketing management, Mazen has a proven track record of driving growth for leading global technology giants, including Cisco, HP, and Microsoft, across Saudi Arabia and the broader Gulf region.
At Akamai, he is spearheading the expansion of Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) business in the Saudi market, with a dedicated focus on Microsegmentation. Mazen collaborates closely with cybersecurity distributors and resellers to build robust partnerships with Saudi organizations, empowering them to enhance their security posture and thrive in the AI era.
Mahmoud EzzEldin
With a career spanning over a decade, Mahmoud is a Trusted Advisor in Cybersecurity Resiliency. He has a proven track record of securing high-stakes infrastructure across the Telecommunications and Banking sectors.
At Akamai, he helps organizations navigate the transition to Zero Trust, specializing in leveraging microsegmentation to defend against the world’s most sophisticated ransomware syndicates.
How the day runs
Powering and protecting business online.
Akamai is a global leader in cybersecurity and cloud computing, powering and protecting business online. Our security and delivery platform helps organizations run fast, stay resilient, and keep customers safe — wherever business happens.
In critical infrastructure and OT environments, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation gives operators granular, process-level visibility and Zero Trust microsegmentation — helping teams contain breaches at the workload level without disrupting production or requiring new hardware.
- Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
- Process-level visibility
- Zero Trust microsegmentation
- No new hardware