About the Speaker
Sami Said | Chief Information Security Officer
Talk
A CISO perspective from Tunisie Telecom
CISO, Sami Said, will share his perspective on the challenges he faces protecting Tunisie Telecom and its customers and the contribution that generating, curating and sharing threat intelligence plays in enabling that.
With over 28 years of managerial experience in different telecommunication fields, including six years as Chief Information Security Officer, and six years as Internal Audit Executive Director, Sami has extensive knowledge of information security, Internal Audit, Risk Management and Internal Control. As Telecom Engineer, Sami has also good expertise of telecommunication technologies and trends. He was Mobile O&M Director at Tunisie Telecom and supervised as Regional Director the infrastructure deployment for both fixed and mobile networks in three Tunisian Departments.
About Tunisie Telecom
As the first telecommunications operator in Tunisia, Tunisie Telecom has more than 6 million subscribers between Businesses and individual consumers to whom it offers a range of services in the field of fixed and mobile telecommunications.
Tunisie Telecom also offers innovative B2B services, including Data Center, Cloud, IoT, managed security solutions, etc.
It plays an important role in improving the Internet penetration rate in Tunisia to reduce the digital divide and generalize the positive effects of digitalization in terms of economic growth and social cohesion throughout the country. With a 4G mobile network covering 95% of the population, 30,000 km of optical fiber deployed throughout the country, Tunisie Telecom works to continuously improve the quality of its connectivity service.