Arab CISO Rising Stars Award 2021

• Individual must have been performing a leadership role (Fulltime) in security domain for an organization as a CISO/ CSO/ VP/ Director/ Security head or equivalent.
• Individual should be from public/private sector in the Middle East region.
• Individual must be one executive who has contributed to the information security industry, shown tremendous professional growth and achievement and has promoted strong and innovative security practices.

• Applications are free-of-charge and must be submitted before Monday 9^th of  August 2021.
• Submissions will only be accepted in the form of the official online application form. In case of duplicate application forms, the candidate may be excluded from the final selection process same will apply to incomplete application forms.
• Applications must relate to business activities achieved by the candidate’s organization within the last 24 months.
• Candidates are liable for obtaining necessary permissions to share their project achievements and knowledge and represent being entitled to share all information provided to the Jury.
• Candidates are allowed to use and print the application’s information and related communications for evaluation and editorial purposes. Therefore, information that organizations or individuals do not want to make public should be clearly marked as private and confidential.
• Candidates agree to allow Jury members to verify the information included in the application form directly and independently (including with referees and work supervisors).
• Candidates must be present (or be represented) during the award ceremony to share their approach and agree to the use of their name and image for advertising and editorial purposes.
• The finalists of the CISO of the Year Arab Award undertakes to share or display this information on/through his/her own media channels.
• Candidates may be filmed during the event and pictures will be taken and published.
• Jury members and the event organizer may process candidates’ data as necessary to organize and publicize this event. Data may be shared with sponsors and media channels. Candidates have the right to access and rectify their data by contacting the organizer.

• No conflict of interest will be tolerated and no bribery attempt is possible.
• The jury is composed of independent and impartial members, each of them being expert in security and bringing their extensive knowledge and experience to the selection process.
• The jury will evaluate the candidates according to specific criteria and will value case studies more than commercial speeches.

The finalists will be announced on the 29^th of August 2021

The awards ceremony will be held on the last day of the conference 7^th of September 2021