Trend Micro Pakistan successfully organised a high-impact Cybersecurity Leadership Summit, bringing together C-level executives and senior technical experts from banking, telecom, manufacturing, energy, government, healthcare, retail, and service sectors. The event focused on the critical shift from traditional reactive security toward a proactive, platform-driven, and intelligence-led approach to modern cyber defense.
A Platform Approach for Today’s Expanding Attack Surface
The summit opened with a keynote from Goh Chee Hoh, Managing Director of Pakistan & Malaysia who highlighted the increasing complexity of enterprise environments due to cloud adoption, hybrid infrastructures, and the rapid digitalisation across industries.
He introduced Trend Micro’s platform-based strategy, emphasising unified visibility, consolidated threat intelligence, and integrated protection across endpoints, networks, cloud workloads, identities, and email — enabling organisations to reduce silos and respond faster to emerging threats.
Cyber Risk Exposure Management: A New Standard for Resilience
Wajahat Rajab, Technical Manager – Pakistan, delivered an in-depth technical presentation on Cyber Risk Exposure Management (CREM). He explained how CREM empowers organisations to:
- Continuously discover and measure their cyber risk posture
- Prioritise high-impact vulnerabilities using real attack surface intelligence
- Reduce risk exposure through automation and proactive controls
- Strengthen security decision-making through data-driven insights
He stressed that security teams today must move from “reactive patching” to continuous exposure monitoring, ensuring risks are addressed before attackers exploit them.
NDR: The Missing Link in Modern Detection & Response
The strategic session continued with Umair Sheikh, Country Director – Pakistan, who discussed the growing importance of Network Detection & Response (NDR). He highlighted that while many organisations focus on endpoint or perimeter security, advanced attackers often succeed through lateral movement, stealthy techniques, and internal network gaps. Umair explained how NDR:
- Detects hidden, sophisticated, and fileless attacks
- Correlates suspicious network behaviour with threat intelligence
- Reduces investigation time through deep analytics and AI
- Complements XDR, SIEM, and SOC operations for faster response
He emphasised that NDR is now a critical pillar for organisations wanting true, proactive detection across their entire digital environment.
Panel Discussion: Real-World Insights From Industry Experts
Ali Manzer, CISO BoP, Murtaza Lightwala, CISO KE, Fahad Azam, CISO Meezan Bank, Hassan Farooq, Head ICT, SECMC, Umair Sheikh, Country Manager, Trend Micro, Asad Effendi, CEO Secure Networks
The event concluded with a powerful and engaging panel discussion featuring industry veterans, technology leaders, and cybersecurity specialists from various sectors. The panel explored:
- Real-world challenges in shifting from reactive to proactive security
- Practical benefits of adopting a unified platform architecture
- Lessons learned from cyber incidents in Pakistan and globally
- The growing importance of continuous monitoring, threat intelligence, and integrated defence
- Organisational roadmaps for improving detection, governance, visibility, and compliance
Panelists agreed that proactive security is no longer optional — it is a strategic business requirement as cyber threats grow more targeted and sophisticated.
Trend Micro’s Continued Commitment
- The summit reinforced Trend Micro’s commitment to:
- Supporting Pakistan’s digital transformation journey
- Enabling security leaders with advanced tools and knowledge
- Helping organisations across all industries build cyber resilience
- Facilitating collaboration between technology leaders and security communities
With strong participation and highly interactive discussions, the event marked another significant step in strengthening Pakistan’s cybersecurity ecosystem.
