Thursday, October 23rd 2025
The Fundamentals of Data Center Security: A New Era of Distributed Defence
10:30 - 1:00 PM GST | dUBAI , UAE
Event Overview
The data centre is no longer a fixed, physical environment. It now extends across public and private clouds, edge locations, and containerised workloads. This shift has blurred the perimeter and redefined what must be secured, and how. Security teams face uneven visibility, inconsistent policy enforcement, and increasing operational complexity as workloads and identities move fluidly between platforms.
This closed-door roundtable will explore how to build and operate security architectures fit for this distributed reality. We’ll focus on turning hybrid mesh firewalls and microsegmentation into practical controls, and on aligning security policy across Kubernetes clusters, multi-cloud environments, and legacy systems without adding friction.
Among the discussion topics:
Establishing consistent segmentation and visibility across hybrid and containerised workloads
Operationalising hybrid mesh firewalls and addressing tool fragmentation
Securing AI workloads and understanding where model exposure begins.
Rethinking defence strategies as applications and attack surfaces evolve.
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Moderator
Suparna Goswami
Executive Editor
ISMG
Vasilii Tomilin
Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer
Cisco
Speakers
In this moderated discussion by Suparna Goswami, attendees will gain insights from Vasilii Tomilin on rethinking your security architecture to protect what matters most, wherever it resides.
This session will be:
- Chatham house rule
- Peer driven
- Pitch free
Subject matter expert
Robert Willis
Executive Vice President of Global Cyber Operations
Deepwatch
Robert Willis is the EVP of Global Cyber Operations at Deepwatch. Robert is a visionary global cybersecurity executive with over 20 years of experience in fortifying the defences of enterprises against threats and vulnerabilities, boosting the effectiveness of security operations, and inspiring teams to innovate, collaborate, and deliver service excellence. His diverse experience ranges from building out and leading global security practices within IT consultancies to advancing enterprise security operations and programs within multinational corporations.
Subject matter expert
Dennen Monks
Field Tech Strategist
CrowdStrike
Monks has 20 years of cybersecurity experience across network, data, cloud and applications. He helps
companies achieve streamlined operational states across people, process and technology. Monks
previously spent 10 years in professional services, five years at Skyhigh Networks in sales engineering,
and served as lead solution architect at Bionic.
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Venue
Kempinski Hotel, Mall of The Emirates
Sheikh Zayed Rd – Al Barsha – Al Barsha 1 – Dubai –
United Arab Emirates
Underwritten by
Founded in 1984, the company is a global leader in connecting people and things securely and provides solutions in areas such as AI infrastructure, security, collaboration, and observability. Cisco’s technology enables businesses to operate, and its products include routers, switches, and collaboration tools. Cisco delivers the critical infrastructure to help organizations thrive in the AI era, by fusing networking, security, observability, and collaboration, they power how people and technology work together.
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- These events follow Chatham House Rule. Nothing shared will be recorded or distributed anywhere online.
- If for any reason you need to cancel your reservation, we ask you to let us know 48 hours prior to the event commencing so we can open your seat up to someone else.
- These are interactive discussions, so we ask that all attendees participate in the discussion. If this is a virtual event, we ask all attendees to join via video.
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