SPEAKER PROFILE

Aysha Ahmed Bin Haji
Cybersecurity Strategist and Analyst, Head of Internet Crime (Br), General Directorate of Anti-corruption and Economic and Electronic Security, Ministry of Interior - Bahrain

Aysha Ahmed Bin Haji is a Cyber Security Strategist and Analyst with over 8 years of focus in Cyber that started in Academia and transitioned to Law Enforcement with the Ministry of Interior. Ms. BinHaji has broad areas of expertise in the Cyber Sector, covering Digital Forensics, Incidence Response, Threat Intelligence and Analysis. From her hands-on work with Incidences and Gap Analysis on a National and International Level,  Ms. BinHaji proposed and designed the National Cyber Security Strategy framework and National Cyber Security Center.

She is an active member of the UK – GCC Women in Cybersecurity fellowship, and also a member of the voluntary group of the female professionals “Women In Cyber Security Middle East”. She spoke as a panelist at the Sandiego Global Cyber Summit in 2018 about the challenges in Cyber Investigations and continues research in topics such as upcoming or  hidden emerging Cyber threats and challenges  like “Bullet Proof Hosting”.

Other important contributions; in 2019 Aysha authored  “Strategic Security Visions for Cyber positioning in the Kingdom of Bahrain”, a book that talks about the Importance of Digital Sovereignty and National Level Cyber Development Strategies to leapfrog the Kingdom of Bahrain to securing Unconventional Cyber Capabilities and a better Cyber Posture for the new Digital Kingdom.

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