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Aliz Technologies QFZA is a Joint-Venture incorporated under Qatar Freezone Authority, in partnership between Alfardan Group, Aliz Hungary and Google Cloud.The mission of Aliz is to Govern and Lead the Cloud Transition, Digital Transformation & AI Adoption across all Alfardan Group's various subsidiaries, as well as the Qatari market and surrounding's.* Interacting with Board of Directors on new opportunities of Business Development.* Delivering consultancy services on different aspects of Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Smart Contracts & ICOs.* Hands-On experience in developing and deploying different solutions on top of Blockchain.* Delivering on different projects related to FinTech, Loyalty Programs, Google Cloud solutions and many others.

Alfardan Group is one of the largest Private companies within the Gulf area, known for providing Luxurious Services and Products. On a Corporate level, we oversee our various Business Divisions spanning across Real-Estate Development, Automotive Dealerships, Jewelry, Exchange Houses, Hotels, Hospitality, F&B, Agricultures & Farming, Marines Services, Healthcare and Cloud/AI technologies. We have introduced the Information Security Department as a totally independent Corporate Department to maintain the functions of Risk Management, Business Continuity & Information Security. Playing the De-facto role of CIO; having all business units’ IT Departments dotted reporting line in.* Heading the Information Security Department at the Corporate Level for the whole Group* Providing Information Security, Business Continuity, Operational & Reputational Risk Management and Data Regulation Consultancy, Services and Solutions to all Alfardan Business Units* Direct Functional reporting to the President & CEO* Secretary to the Information Security Steering Committee* Member of the Executive Committee* Permanent Member to the Risk Management Committee* Management Representative of our ISO 27001:2022 & ISO 22301:2019 Systems* Formulating set of Policies & Procedures to cover all Information Security aspects as well IT Security ones.* Maintaining Up to Date KRIs; in continuous collaboration with different Business Units Key Members and elected Champions.* Liaising between IT and Audit & Compliance Departments to ensure healthy Security Assessments and successful Audit Outlook among multiple technologies within the IT Dept.* Heading the implementation and roll out of GDPR, NIA and PDPL from MCIT across our BUs, as well as other regulations and standards from QCB, MoPH, PCI & HIPAA.* Governing the Cloud Transition and Digital Transformation journey for the whole group and driving our adoption of AI

Heading the Information Security Department for the Bank’s area Hub; UAE, Qatar, Bahrain & Yemen; reporting to the Risk Department at the Head Office. Principle member in the Information Security Steering Committee & Change Advisory Board.• Creating a yearly budget to include the technical improvement plan and IT security initiatives and ensure the implementation of appropriate risk mitigations.• Implementing and maintaining IT Security policies, procedures and guidelines according to our Corporate Head Office and setup an audit scheme to monitor the compliance. • Leading the planning, implementation & maintenance of PCI-DSS requirements within the Hub. • Facilitating Security Awareness sessions for the Bank staff along with the HR department and delivering security trainings to the IT dept.• Setting up the appropriate metrics and necessary Security controls as per COBIT standard to meet high level of security assurances and cope with regulations. • Building a comprehensive framework of ISMS according to ISO 27001 and map it to frequent gap analysis security assessments.• Managing multiple projects and initiatives like Control & Compliance System, Security Events & Information Management, File Integrity Monitoring, File & Disk Encryption, Fully automated & In-house customized Security Incident Management system over MS-SharePoint.Acting as Change and Problem Manager

• Heading the Delivery of IT Security Solutions; Serving multiple Type, Size and Businesses among our Banks, Telcos & Oil & Gas firms.• Developing and maintaining IT Security policies, procedures and guidelines according to international standards; e.g ISO 27001 & ISC2 Body of Knowledge. • Conducting IT Security audits to ensure compliance with ISO standards. Performing vulnerability assessments and penetration testing and taking the required counter actions and measurements to ensure the security of the IT infrastructure systems. • Contributing to the design and implementation of the disaster recovery plans for security of the computer systems, databases, networks, servers, and software applications. • Providing Security Awareness Program to End-Users

Delivering IT Security Solutions to large Enterprises; e.g. Banks, Insurance Companies, GSM Operators and many Other Businesses • Monitor the logs of servers, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and network traffic for unusual or suspicious activity, and put recommendations based on those findings to configure and maintain systems appropriately • Research, analyze, and recommend the implementation of software or hardware changes to rectify any infrastructure security deficiencies or to enhance security performance. • Evaluating security solutions (Firewalls, SSL VPN, IPS, /IDS, Antivirus, Proxies, Anti Spam, Vulnerability Assessment Scanners) and provide recommendations • Analyses and documents network security requirements and define security policy for firewalls and other network control point devices (eg. switches, VPN, routers, Wireless Access points, etc) and for enterprise client and business critical servers