InfoSec 2026 – 18th International Information Security Conference & Exhibition is scheduled on August 11, 2026. This Conference is being hosted by TOTAL Communications and it is supported by ISACA Karachi.
Conference Details
- Conference: InfoSec 2026 – 18th International Information Security Conference & Exhibition
- Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
- Time: 09:00 am to 03:00 pm – Pakistan Time [To be confirm]
- Venue: Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi
- Address: Club Road, opposite PIDC, Civil Lines, Karachi
- CPE Hours available
Registration
- Click here to Register (Physical / Virtual)
Attend Virtually
Join the conference virtually by clicking the below link on August 11, 2026: https://infosec-event.com/live-conference
Speakers
For Speakers details visit: https://infosec-event.com/
Agenda
- 09:00 – 09:30 Registration
- 09:30 – 09:35 Welcome Speech by Mr. Kashif Alam Khan, President ISACA Karachi Chapter
- 09:35 – 09:45 Speech by Dr. Haider Abbas, Director General, National CERT
- 09:45 – 10:00 AI has changed the Attacker, has it changed the Defender?
- Mr. Mirza Asrar Baig, Founder and CEO, CTM360
- 10:00 – 10:15 The Self-Driving SOC Hits Traffic: Autonomy Levels, Disengagements, and Who Grabs the Wheel
- Mr. Faiz Ahmed Shuja, Founder Rewterz & Co-Founder Sirp
- 10:15 – 10:30 Fireside Chat, You Can’t Ban It. So Secure It: Governing AI Without Killing Productivity
- – Mr. Asher Faisel Khan, Chief Executive Officer, Commtel Systems LLC,
- – Mr. Kashif Ul Haque, Country General Manager, Cisco
- 10:30 – 10:50 Presentation by Kaspersky
- 10:50 – 11:00 Keynote Speech by Mr. Muneer Kamal, CEO & Secretary General, Pakistan Banks Association
- 11:00 – 11:10 Speech by Guest of Honor
- 11:10 – 11:15 Distribution of Memento
- 11:15 – 11:35 Networking Tea
- 11:35 – 11:45 AI Intelligence with CBX, Mr. Faraz Rafique, Country Manager, MBCOM
- 11:45 – 12:25 Panel Discussion: Autonomous Response: How Much Should We Trust AI to Act Without a Human?
- Moderator: Mr. Faiz Ahmed Shuja, Founder Rewterz & Co-Founder Sirp
- Panelist:
- – Mr. Mirza Asrar Baig, Founder and CEO, CTM360
- – Mr. Nofel Daud, Chief Digital Officer, The Bank of Punjab
- – Mr. Faisal Anwar, Chief Information Officer, HBL
- – Mr. Muhammad Umair Sheikh, Country Director – Pakistan, TrendAI
- – Mr. Sheraz Khan, Chief Experience Officer, UBL
- – Mr. Sohail Khan, Chief Technology Officer, Access Group
- 12:25 – 12:40 Data Sovereignty and digital transformation, Mr. Tariq Othman, Regional Sales Manager, Thales
- 12:40 – 12:55 AI driven SecOps, Mr. Muhammad Arsalan, Team Lead, systems Engineering, Fortinet
- 12:55 – 01:35 Panel Discussion: Critical Data on Foreign Clouds: Sovereignty, Sabotage, and the Kill-Switch Question
- Moderator: Mr. Muhammad Ali Manzer, CISO, Bank of Punjab
- Panelists:
- – Mr. Muhammad Maad, Chief Information Security Officer, Faysal Bank
- – Mr. Ahmed Saeed, Additional Director, State Bank of Pakistan
- – Mr. Syed Fahd Azam, Chief Information Security Officer, Meezan Bank
- – Mr. Tauseef Aslam, Chief Information Security Officer, Sky47
- – Mr. Jawad Khalid Mirza, Chief Information Security Officer, Askari Bank
- – Mr. Zeeshan Siddiqui, Chief Information Security Officer, Bank Alfalah
- 01:35 – 01:50 Unlock 5x SOC productivity with behavioral analytics and agent-driven TDIR
- Mr. Muhammad Eissa, Regional Manager LogRhythm | Exabeam
- 01:50 – 02:05 IBM Concert AI-Driver Insights, Mr. Ata Ur Rab, Information Security Specialist, GBM Pakistan
- 01:05 – 02:20 Face to Face: Cybersecurity 2030: What Will Keep CISOs Awake at Night?
- – Mr. Mehzad Sahar, Group Head InfoSec / Group CISO, Engro Corp
- – Mr. Arif Rehman, General Manager, Chief Information Security Officer, HBL
- 02:20 – 02:30 Trusted by Default, Breached at Scale: FortiBleed and the Supply Chain Blind Spot
- – Mr. Aly Mohamed Solutions Engineer MEA- Socradar
- 02:30 Networking Lunch & Closing
Organizer
Total Communications
- For Details Contact: Salman Kazmi
- Tel: (+92-213)2275138
- E-mail: salman@totalcommunications.com.pk
Key Themes
- Details will be updated
About the Event
Your will agree with us that electronic information and automated systems are essential to virtually all-major organizations, especially those aspiring to electronic commerce, Governance and Law Enforcement.
Despite the enormous dependence on electronic information and systems, audits and penetration test continue to disclose serious information security weaknesses. As a result, vast amount of sensitive data are at risk of inappropriate disclosure, and critical computer-based operations are vulnerable to serious disruptions.
Pakistan too is becoming digital at a rapid pace along with the world. Organizations are converting from manual to digital and those already using digital power are going towards paperless environment. Data has now become the most critical and precious asset of almost all organizations. Top level management of organizations has now realized the importance of data and, as such, securing the data has become top most priority of many organizations.
InfoSec is the only high-profile forum of Pakistan on Information Security. Around 350 senior executives from financial sector, telecom industry, armed forces, intelligence agencies, key government ministries, foreign missions, utilities sector, major manufacturing concerns etc. are expected to join the conference.
