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Held on13 November 2025
VenueSerena Hotel, Islamabad
8th editionCyber Threat Intelligence 2025
8th edition · 2025

Cyber Threat Intelligence

The 8th edition of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Pakistan's international conference on threat intelligence, was held on 13 November 2025 at the Serena Hotel, Islamabad. Organised by Total Communications, it brought international and local experts together on the threats, the challenges and the way forward.

Since 2018, Cyber Threat Intelligence has been where Pakistan's security community meets the people tracking the threats aimed at the region. Each edition brings the country's banks, telecoms, government and critical infrastructure together with international threat-intelligence experts for a day of live presentations. live Demos & panel discussions. The conference is organised by Total Communications, the team behind Pakistan's leading technology conferences, and has been supported over the years by NTISB, PISA, the ISACA Islamabad and Karachi chapters, PKCERT and P@SHA.

9editions
5,500+attendees
250+speakers
200+sponsors
13 November 2025

Agenda

  1. Registration
  2. KeynoteWelcome Speech by Mr. Ammar Jaffri
    • Ammar Jaffri, President PISA, Pakistan
  3. SpeechThe Art of DNS Detection and Response
    • Ahmad AlAbbadi, Infoblox
  4. SpeechDecoding Tomorrow's Threats: AI and the Future of Security Intelligence
    • Dmitry Berezin, CISA, CISM, CISSP | META Region
  5. SpeechProactive Defense-Leveraging Threat Intelligence Against Emerging Risks
    • Christian Jalkh, CrowdStrike
  6. SpeechCyber Security Risk & Exposure Management
    • Hasan Imam, Secure Networks
  7. SpeechBridging the AI Empowerment Gap in Cybersecurity
    • Fahed Bizzari, Lead, Intelliman
  8. KeynoteSpeech by Ms. Shaza Fatima Khawaja
    • Shaza Fatima Khawaja
  9. Distribution of Mementos
  10. Networking Tea and Visit to Exhibition Area
  11. SpeechLeveraging AI-driven Threat Intelligence
    • Moath Alabrahim, Recorded Future
  12. SpeechAdvanced Dark Web Intelligence & Threat Hunting
    • Ahmad Halabi, Resecurity
  13. Panel Discussion 1AI-Driven Cybercrime in the Light of Generative AI

    Moderator Muhammad Maad, Faysal Bank

    • Panelists
    • Jawad Khalid Mirza, Askari Bank
    • Dr. Haider Abbas, CERT, Government of Pakistan
    • Igor Stolyarov, Group-IB
    • Zeeshan Siddiqui, Bank Alfalah
    • Muhammad Sharukh, PTCL | BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
  14. SpeechData Sovereignty: The New Cyber Defense
    • Tariq Othman, Thales
  15. SpeechThe Convergence of Threat Intelligence and Fraud Prevention in the Age of AI
    • Igor Stolyarov, Group-IB
    • Selcuk Tankut, Group-IB
  16. SpeechSecuring Businesses in the age of AI
    • Hassan Mehmood, Palo Alto Networks
  17. SpeechThe Identity Fabric, securing the digital identity in the AI Era
    • Ahmad Abdulfattah, One Identity
  18. SpeechHow to use AI to protect cashless payments from fraud
    • Hummad Bin Naseer, GBM Pakistan
  19. Panel discussionPanels Discussion 2: Bridging Gaps in CTI

    Moderator Asher Faisel Khan, Commtel Systems LLC

    • Panelists
    • Asad Effendi, Secure Networks
    • Dmitry Berezin, CISA, CISM, CISSP | META Region
    • Muhammad Ali Manzer, Bank of Punjab
    • Shumaila Hameed, PTCL | BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
    • Imran Ahmad Nasir, Security, CISO, SECP
  20. Networking Lunch and Visit to Exhibition Area
  21. Closing
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Speakers

Shaza Fatima Khawaja
Shaza Fatima KhawajaFederal Minister for IT & Telecom
Tariq Othman
Tariq OthmanRegional Sales Manager, Thales
Ahmad Halabi
Ahmad HalabiManaging Director, Resecurity
Fahed Bizzari
Fahed BizzariAI Capability & Transformation, Lead, Intelliman
Moath Alabrahim
Moath AlabrahimSenior Sales Engineer, META, Recorded Future
Ahmad AlAbbadi
Ahmad AlAbbadiRegional Sales Manager - Gulf, Infoblox
Selcuk Tankut
Selcuk TankutFraud Prevention Manager, Group-IB
Igor Stolyarov
Igor StolyarovBusiness Development Head, Group-IB
Dr. Haider Abbas
Dr. Haider AbbasDirector General, National, CERT, Government of Pakistan
Asher Faisel Khan
Asher Faisel KhanCEO, Commtel Systems LLC
Asad Effendi
Asad EffendiFounder & CEO, Secure Networks
Ahmad Abdulfattah
Ahmad AbdulfattahPresales Manager of Turkey East Europe, Africa Middle East (TEEAM), One Identity
Ammar Jaffri
Ammar JaffriFormer Addl DG FIA and, President PISA, Pakistan
Jawad Khalid Mirza
Jawad Khalid MirzaCISO, Askari Bank
Muhammad Maad
Muhammad MaadCISO, Faysal Bank
Christian Jalkh
Christian JalkhRegional Sales Engineer, CrowdStrike
Muhammad Ali Manzer
Muhammad Ali ManzerCISO, Bank of Punjab
Hummad Bin Naseer
Hummad Bin NaseerBU Manager - IBM Solutions & Security, GBM Pakistan
Hasan Imam
Hasan ImamGroup CTO, Secure Networks
Zeeshan Siddiqui
Zeeshan SiddiquiCISO, Bank Alfalah
Shumaila Hameed
Shumaila HameedGroup Director Solutions Design & Delivery, PTCL | BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Muhammad Sharukh
Muhammad SharukhGroup Director Product Mgt Cloud & Digital, PTCL | BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Hassan Mehmood
Hassan MehmoodSystem Engineer, Palo Alto Networks
Imran Ahmad Nasir
Imran Ahmad NasirDirector Information, Security, CISO, SECP
Dmitry Berezin
Dmitry BerezinKaspersky's Global Security Expert, CISA, CISM, CISSP | META Region
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