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Cybersecurity Leadership · GCC & Middle East

Where Cybersecurity
Leadership Convenes.

Infinity Cyber is the assembly point for cybersecurity leadership across the GCC and Middle East. A closed environment where CISOs, CIOs, and institutional decision-makers connect, engage, and access what has been vetted to belong.

Middle East
Market Coverage
GCC
Primary Focus
By Invitation
Entry Model
Institutional
Partner Tier
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“The region’s cybersecurity institutions are not looking for vendors. They are looking for peers — and for a private environment where consequential decisions are shaped, not announced. Infinity Cyber is that environment.”
Faisal Alrashdi  ·  Founder & CEO, Infinity Cyber
The Network

A closed environment for
cybersecurity leadership across the GCC and Middle East.

Access
Closed-Door Access
A private environment where senior CISOs, CIOs, and cybersecurity executives engage at the level of peers. Not a conference. Not a directory. A controlled space where institutional access is the entry requirement.
Exchange
Executive Exchange
Structured, invitation-only dialogue between the region’s most senior cybersecurity decision-makers. Banking, government, and critical infrastructure leaders engaging on shared priorities — without the noise of the open market.
Influence
Strategic Positioning
Infinity Cyber places institutions and their leadership at the centre of what matters in regional cybersecurity. Not reactive. Not transactional. A deliberate position inside the conversations that shape the GCC’s security agenda.
The Executive Layer

Senior leadership.
Institutional trust. By invitation.

Banking & Finance
Chief Information Security Officers and senior cybersecurity leadership from the GCC’s most consequential financial institutions. Central banks, Tier 1 commercial banks, and financial regulators operating under the region’s most demanding security mandates.
Government & Federal
Senior cybersecurity executives from national agencies, federal ministries, and sovereign technology entities. Leaders who set the security agenda for the GCC — not those who implement it.
Energy & Critical Infrastructure
CISOs from the GCC’s national energy operators and critical infrastructure entities, where the consequences of security decisions carry the highest institutional weight. Access here is earned over years, not requested in a meeting.
The Institution

Not a consultancy. Not an agency.
A trusted bridge.

The cybersecurity leadership ecosystem across the GCC and Middle East is fragmented. Decision-makers operate in siloed institutions with limited structured access to what is being built globally. International companies navigate the region without the relationships that determine outcomes. Infinity Cyber exists to close that gap.

We are not a consultancy. We do not advise from the outside. We are a closed network, an assembly point for cybersecurity leadership across the GCC and Middle East, where institutions and companies are brought together with deliberate intent.

Headquartered in Abu Dhabi and active across the GCC and Middle East. We work with a deliberately small number of institutions and companies at any given time. Depth over breadth is not a positioning statement. It is how this network maintains its integrity.

You do not join Infinity Cyber. You are brought into it. Every participant, whether an institution or a company, is here because the fit is genuine and the timing is right.

Our Commitment
“A closed ecosystem for cybersecurity leadership across the GCC and Middle East. Not a network you discover. One you are brought into. Built on trust, governed by selection, and measured by the quality of what happens inside the room.”
Mission

To build the most trusted closed network for cybersecurity leadership in the GCC and Middle East, where institutional decision-makers and globally vetted companies meet with intent.

Vision

A region where the gap between cybersecurity innovation and institutional adoption is closed not by chance, but by design, through a network built on trust, access, and selection.

Faisal Alrashdi

Founder & CEO

Faisal Alrashdi is the founder and CEO of Infinity Cyber. A Gulf national with deep institutional relationships across the GCC, he has spent his career at the intersection of government, financial institutions, and the global cybersecurity ecosystem.

Before founding Infinity Cyber, Faisal served in B2G and B2B cybersecurity trade and advisory roles, building direct access to the decision-makers who set the security agenda for the region. That access is the foundation on which Infinity Cyber is built.

Infinity Cyber was created from a conviction: that the GCC needed a closed, high-trust environment where institutional cybersecurity leaders could connect with the world’s most credible cybersecurity companies, without the noise of the open market.

Faisal Alrashdi — Founder & CEO, Infinity Cyber

Infinity Cyber operates as a focused, invitation-only organisation. The structure reflects the model: lean, deliberate, and built around institutional access.

CEO Office
Executive-level oversight across institutional relationships and strategic direction.
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Executive Engagement Office
Engagement with CISOs and cybersecurity leadership across the GCC and Middle East.
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Strategic Events & Initiatives Office
Executive forums, closed-door summits, and the Gulf Cyber Council programme.
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Financial Stewardship Office
Commercial operations, programme economics, and institutional financial governance.
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Brand & Outreach Office
Institutional positioning, communications, and the Infinity Cyber network presence.
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Alliance & Market Intelligence Office
Strategic alliances, market intelligence, and ecosystem insights across the GCC and international cybersecurity landscape.
The Standard

Trust before transactions.

01
Initial Conversation
Every engagement begins with a private, no-obligation conversation. We are assessing you as much as you are assessing us. If the fit is not genuine, we say so directly. We do not take engagements out of courtesy.
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Market Readiness Assessment
This is not an onboarding process. It is an alignment assessment. We examine product maturity, institutional fit, and commercial intent. Introductions carry our name and our credibility. We do not make them until we are certain they belong.
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Strategic Alignment
We determine which institutions to engage, in which sequence, and with which positioning. Every introduction is prepared and deliberate. When the conversation begins, credibility is already in the room.
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Access & Introduction
Every introduction is made through an existing, trusted relationship. Decision-makers are pre-briefed. The groundwork is already laid before you arrive.
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Continuity & Conversion
Our engagement does not end when the meeting does. We remain involved: advising on next steps, sustaining the institutional relationship, and ensuring that early momentum converts into a defined commercial outcome.
How Infinity Cyber Works

Two structured models. One network. By invitation.

Infinity Cyber is not a service provider. It is a closed network. Companies enter through one of two structured models. Both require alignment. Neither is open for general application.

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Market Access Retainer
Structured Entry · UAE Market
A structured access engagement for cybersecurity companies entering the UAE market. Carried personally by Faisal Alrashdi into meetings with CISOs, security leadership, and procurement decision-makers. Every introduction is prepared, deliberate, and made through an existing institutional relationship.
  • $2,750 per month
  • 5% success fee on closed engagements
  • 3–5 strategic introductions per month
  • Short-format executive interactions, structured and facilitated
  • Cybersecurity and business development support
  • One press release in a GCC media outlet during the retainer period
Outcome
Your company positioned in front of UAE institutional decision-makers who have already reviewed your profile and chosen to engage. Each introduction deliberate.
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Primary Partner
Strategic Alignment · GCC & Middle East
The flagship model. Full integration into Infinity Cyber's institutional network across the GCC and Middle East. This is not access. This is influence.
  • $14,000 per month
  • 3% success fee on closed engagements
  • 7–10 strategic introductions per month
  • Direct inclusion in Infinity Cyber meetings with government, financial institutions, critical infrastructure, and family offices
  • Active positioning inside live institutional conversations
  • Opportunity shaping within real procurement discussions
  • Monthly press release in GCC media outlets
  • Access across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar
  • Logo featured in Infinity Cyber social media posts
  • CEO access to the Gulf Cyber Council in Munich
Outcome
Not introductions. Presence. You are inside the conversations that shape institutional decisions before they become procurement processes.
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The Difference
Access vs. Influence
Select Group Access gives you structured entry into the network. The Primary Partner model gives you something different: presence inside the conversations that shape institutional decisions before they become procurement processes. It is a closed partnership in which Infinity Cyber operates as your strategic voice, commercial navigator, and institutional relationship anchor across the Middle East. Entry is by invitation and mutual assessment only.
Position
We do not onboard vendors. We align with them. Participation is limited to those who understand the level we operate at.
  • Limited to three companies, ensuring undivided depth and commitment
  • Vendors from Europe, Australasia, and select global ecosystems, hand-picked for long-term Middle East market potential
  • Up to five advisory sessions per month
  • Curated introductions to qualified institutional decision-makers across the Middle East
  • Business development support and active pipeline management
  • Continuous market intelligence on regulatory shifts and procurement cycles
  • Ongoing relationship management on your behalf across all three markets
Outcome
One of three. A vendor with a genuine, managed presence inside the Middle East, supported by a partner who is in the market, in the rooms, and in the relationships that matter.
Who We Select
Series A or beyond, no longer fundraising
Fully functional, market-ready product
Genuine long-term interest in the Middle East
Leadership prepared to engage personally
Who We Do Not Work With
Companies still seeking investment rounds
Vendors with unfinished or unproven products
Those viewing the Middle East purely as a revenue extraction market
Companies unwilling to commit to the region long-term
Who We Serve

Three sectors. Zero generalism.

Sector 01
Banking & Financial Services
Banks across the Middle East operate under some of the world’s most stringent cybersecurity requirements. Active relationships inside financial institutions across the region, including central banking entities and major commercial banks.
Sector 02
Government & Critical Infrastructure
National cybersecurity strategies across the Middle East have elevated government procurement to one of the most relationship-dependent environments for security technology. Our access here is foundational.
Sector 03
Energy & Utilities
The Middle East energy sector carries some of the region’s most sensitive cybersecurity requirements. We connect vendors with operators and national entities who set the standard for industrial security.
Why Infinity Cyber

What makes us irreplaceable.

Differentiator 01
We Are From Here
Our founder is a Middle East native with formal diplomatic training and direct experience as a government-channel trade officer. He understands institutional culture, procurement protocols, and relationship dynamics at a depth that cannot be acquired from the outside. This is not positioning. It is provenance.
Differentiator 02
We Select, Not Sell
We decline more engagements than we accept. Our institutional relationships hold their value precisely because we do not introduce everyone who asks. When we bring a vendor to the table, it carries a signal. That signal is trusted.
Differentiator 03
Beyond the Meeting
We stay involved long after the first meeting. Institutional relationships require sustained attention. We maintain them, ensuring that an initial conversation becomes a qualified pipeline and a qualified pipeline becomes a closed agreement.
By Invitation Only

The Gulf Cyber Council
Munich  ·  March 24 & 25, 2027

A closed two-day summit for senior cybersecurity executives and CISOs from across the GCC and Middle East. Not a conference. A room where the region’s most consequential security leaders come together, off the record, to shape what comes next.

The Summit

Two days.
One room. No noise.

The Gulf Cyber Council is the first closed executive summit of its kind for cybersecurity leadership from across the GCC and Middle East. It is not open to the public. It is not a trade event. It is a deliberately small gathering of senior CISOs and cybersecurity executives, convened to exchange, engage, and shape the regional security agenda.

Participation is by invitation only. Every attendee is selected based on seniority, institutional standing, and genuine contribution to the conversation. The format is designed to protect the quality of dialogue: no press, no open registration, no commercial agenda.

Munich, March 24 and 25, 2027. Two full summit days. A structured programme of plenary sessions, roundtables, and private exchanges, culminating in a formal gala dinner.

The Principle
“The most important conversations in cybersecurity are not happening at conferences. They are happening in closed rooms, between people who trust each other. The Gulf Cyber Council is that room.”
The Programme

March 24 & 25, 2027.
Munich.

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Day One · March 24
The summit opens with a formal ceremony and the first full plenary session. The day is structured around high-level dialogue on the regional cybersecurity agenda, followed by focused roundtables and closed working sessions.
  • Opening Ceremony · Welcome address and scene-setting for the two-day summit
  • Main Plenary · Keynote perspectives from senior regional cybersecurity leadership
  • Roundtables · Closed, facilitated sessions by sector and theme
  • Evening Gala Dinner · Formal dinner for all summit participants
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Day Two · March 25
The second day deepens the dialogue. Dedicated roundtables allow participants to engage on specific themes relevant to their sector. The day concludes with a closing plenary that synthesises the summit’s key outcomes.
  • Sector Roundtables · Banking, Government, and Critical Infrastructure streams
  • Thematic Working Sessions · Focused dialogue on the GCC security agenda
  • Closing Plenary · Key outcomes, commitments, and next steps
  • Private Exchanges · One-to-one meetings by prior arrangement
Who Attends

Senior leadership.
By invitation only.

Every seat at the Gulf Cyber Council is extended by invitation. Attendance is not applied for. It is offered to individuals whose seniority, institutional standing, and contribution to the region’s cybersecurity agenda make their presence consequential.

Leadership Profile 01
Banking & Financial Institutions
Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Information Officers, and senior cybersecurity executives from the GCC’s leading commercial banks, central banking entities, and financial regulators.
Leadership Profile 02
Government & Federal Entities
Senior cybersecurity leaders from national agencies, federal ministries, and government technology offices driving the region’s sovereign security agenda.
Leadership Profile 03
Energy & Critical Infrastructure
CISOs and senior security executives from the GCC’s national energy operators and critical infrastructure entities, where the stakes of security decisions are highest.
Participation

Participation is
by invitation only.

The Gulf Cyber Council does not accept applications. Invitations are extended directly by Infinity Cyber to senior cybersecurity executives across the GCC and Middle East whose presence will shape the quality of the summit.

By Nomination Only

Khaleeji Cyber Fellowship
Cohort I  ·  2026–2027

Ten seats. Ten institutions. Eight months. One international stage.
The Gulf’s first closed fellowship for sovereign cybersecurity talent.

The Fellowship

Not a program.
A pipeline for sovereign cyber leadership.

The Khaleeji Cyber Fellowship is a closed, nomination-based initiative built for one purpose: accelerating the most capable junior and mid-level cybersecurity professionals in the GCC into senior readiness. Faster, more credibly, and with direct access to the region’s most experienced security leadership.

Fellows are not enrolled. They are nominated by their CISO. Each seat represents one institution. One cohort. Ten professionals selected from across the Gulf with the deliberate intent to produce the next generation of sovereign cybersecurity leaders.

The fellowship runs for eight months, culminates in a fully funded CISSP exam sitting, and ends on an international stage in Munich, at the Gulf Cyber Council, where every graduate is recognised publicly, regardless of exam outcome.

The Standard
“When a fellow completes KCF, their CISO does not just have a more qualified team member. They have a practitioner who carries CISSP credentials, a peer network spanning the Gulf, and a graduation on an international stage in Munich.”
For Nominating CISOs

Your nomination.
Their accelerated trajectory.

The nominating CISO is not a passive endorser. They are a strategic partner in the fellowship. Their involvement is structured throughout the eight months, with VIP access to the Munich graduation and direct visibility of their fellow’s development at every stage.

What You Give
One Nomination
You identify a high-potential team member, junior to mid-level and GCC national, and formally nominate them. Your endorsement is the entry point. Without it, there is no seat.
What You Contribute
Monthly Presence
Once during the programme, you join the cohort as a guest speaker for the monthly CISO Speaker Series. A structured session where fellows engage directly with your experience, judgement, and leadership perspective.
What You Receive
Munich. March 2027.
A personal VIP invitation to the Gulf Cyber Council graduation in Munich. Your fellow recognised on an international stage. Your institutional commitment to sovereign talent development made visible, publicly and permanently.
How It Works

Eight months.
Structured. Expert-led. Consequential.

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CISSP Curriculum
The entire fellowship maps directly to all eight CISSP domains, the globally recognised gold standard for senior cybersecurity leadership. Weekly sessions are led by CISSP-certified practitioners with active GCC institutional experience.
  • All eight CISSP domains covered across eight months
  • Instruction by certified practitioners with 8+ years in security leadership
  • Exam sitting fully arranged and funded. February 2027, Pearson VUE GCC
  • CISSP certified or Associate of (ISC)². Every fellow recognised in Munich
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Monthly CISO Speaker Series
Once every month, an active CISO or senior cybersecurity executive joins the cohort for a structured conversation. Not a lecture. Real challenges, real judgement, real access. These sessions are the defining human element of the fellowship.
  • Active CISOs from GCC government, banking, and critical infrastructure
  • International executives with Gulf region leadership experience
  • Structured Q&A. Fellows engage directly and candidly
  • Sessions aligned to the CISSP domain being studied that month
The Cohort

Ten seats.
One per institution. No exceptions.

Each of the ten fellowship seats is allocated to a distinct GCC institution. No organisation holds more than one seat. This ensures broad cross-Gulf representation, genuine peer diversity, and a cohort whose collective network spans the entire region.

Fellow Profile
Junior to mid-level cybersecurity professional
GCC national, full-time employed in a security role
Formally nominated by their institution’s CISO
Identified as high-potential for accelerated development
GCC Representation
Banking & financial institutions
Government & federal entities
Energy & critical infrastructure
National cybersecurity agencies
The Graduation

Munich. March 2027.
Gulf Cyber Council.

The fellowship does not end in a classroom. It ends on an international stage.

In March 2027, all ten KCF fellows attend the Gulf Cyber Council in Munich as graduates. Those who passed the CISSP exam carry full certification. Those who did not carry the Associate of (ISC)² designation, already on the path. Both outcomes are celebrated equally. No fellow is left behind.

Nominating CISOs receive personal VIP invitations. The graduation ceremony is part of the Gulf Cyber Council programme. An international audience, an international moment, and a permanent record of Cohort I.

The Munich Experience
Two-day attendance at the Gulf Cyber Council · Official KCF Cohort I Graduation on the international stage · VIP invitations to all ten nominating CISOs · Networking access to global cybersecurity leadership · Every fellow recognised. No one left behind.
Nominations

Nominations are extended
directly to CISOs.

The Khaleeji Cyber Fellowship does not accept open applications. Cohort I seats are allocated through direct CISO nomination. If you are a CISO or senior cybersecurity leader in the GCC and believe your institution should hold a seat in Cohort I, the conversation begins here.

Contact

Access is limited.
Conversations are intentional.

If you are a CISO, CIO, or senior cybersecurity executive in the GCC or broader Middle East, and you are looking to engage at a leadership level, this is where that conversation begins.

Infinity Cyber does not respond to speculative outreach. Every conversation here is private, purposeful, and reviewed directly by our founder.

BaseAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
NetworkGCC & Middle East cybersecurity leadership
EngagementBy invitation, executive-level
ConversationsPrivate and selective
ResponseBased on alignment, within 48 hours
A Note on Selectivity
Every submission is reviewed directly. We engage where alignment is genuine and the level is right. We decline the rest, clearly and without delay. That discipline is what makes this network worth being part of.
This is a controlled entry point. Tell us who you are and why you are reaching out.