Illyas Kooliyankal is Cyber Security leader with multi decade experience of pioneering & leading multi-million dollar projects & transformation programs across financial institutions. He has laid the foundation of digital secure landscape & prioritizing continuous business growth. Illyas, is the CISO of one of the largest banks in UAE. His core ideology is to transform & institutionalize a cyber-secure culture & defend the bank against dynamic threat vectors.  His core expertise & proven experience of transforming digital safety standards earned many awards, including IDC Middle East CISO of the Year-2020.Illyas Kooliyankal is also a well-known speaker & writer. He has delivered key note speeches at many international conferences and has penned down his unconventional & challenging prospective on cyber security through various blogs and magazines.​

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