Gilles Loridon, MSc in Computer Science from French IT Engineering school, IIE, has worked as IT/OT Consultant for more than twenty-five years and in the Cyber Security field for more than twenty years.
Gilles started his career in the CEA, the French Nuclear Energy Agency, in the Nuclear Emergency Response Team. This team is the first response in case of a nuclear accident. He developed real-time safety software related to gamma radiation dosage.
In 1995, Gilles was designing, developing, and implementing an Industrial Control System to manage the robots of the main European warehouse of a leading fashion retailer.
In 1997, he moved to the USA and worked for the US government as a project leader for the development of innovative Economic Intelligence System.
In 1999, Gilles joined the European Leader in Economic Intelligence and Cyber Security, CEIS, as a Project Leader and later, took the leadership of its Middle East Branch. During the last twenty-one years as CEO of Global Security Network, he has been leading and implementing successful cyber security projects for governmental Agencies, Critical infrastructure companies, and Military Departments in Europe, Africa, as well as in the Middle East. Gilles’ main role is to the Subject Matter Expert on ICS/SCADA Cyber Security and on the relevant standards (ISO 27001, IEC 62443, ISF IRAM) and regulations (US NRC 5.71, UAE NESA, etc…). Gilles is a certified ISA/IEC 62443 Cyber Security Fundamentals Specialist.
Since 2010, Gilles is the Cyber Security principal consultant for UAE FANR regarding Barakah Nuclear Power Plant Cyber Security Licensing as well as Safety/Security for LOLA and AIA.
Gilles is participating in many conferences in the MENA & APAC regions presenting, peer-reviewed, ISC/SCADA cyber security papers.
Gilles conducted many Information Security Awareness sessions in the Oil & Gas and Nuclear sectors for hundreds of employees with a focus on ICS/SCADA users.
Gilles developed and delivered Safety and Security training for the UAE Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation including the APR 1400 Safety Systems and the Safety Assessors Training.

Technical Leader working in the cyber security field for the past 10 years. Leading the technical operations of Trend Micro in Qatar to contribute and align with “Securing the Connected World” mission. Bilal is part of the subject matter experts for advanced threat protection specialized in threat research, malware analysis and reverse engineering.