IEEE Colombia ComSoc Chapter and IEEE Colombia Section are glad to invite to the MeetUp “Emerging Cyber Security Threats and Current State of Art” featuring Dr Fatima Hussain (Royal Bank of Canadá), ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer.

Date: November 28th, 2025
Place: Hotel Capital Bogota
Time: 18:00 COT

Free Attendance with Previous Registration at: https://forms.gle/sgcDHGN2D3fFTh4g8

Abstract: Speculating on the future of cybersecurity is inherently challenging. The cyber threat
landscape is ever evolving with new attacks and so are the techniques and tools for the
defense. Due to the concept of global cyber-physical continuum and digitization of data
and channels, organizations are relying more on virtualization, cloud services, Gen AI
and software as a service, to name a few.
Insider threats, SaaS vulnerabilities, Third-Party exposure risks, Gen AI adversarial
effects have gained significant ground during the last decade. Defending against cyber
threats is a critical and ongoing process that requires an informed, intelligent, proactive,
and multifaceted approach. It is worth mentioning that the advancement in technology is
a double-edged sword where on one hand, it helps the organizations to focus on
sophisticated security solutions but on the other hand it also favors the cyber attackers.
In this talk we will cover the current threat landscape, related challenges and enterprise
solutions.

Short Bio: Dr. Fatima Hussain is a Senior IEEE member, a Distinguished ComSoc Speaker, a
Distinguished Research Fellow at National CERT, Pakistan. She is a security
governance strategist with deep expertise in Insider Threat, Risk Profiling, SaaS
Security Architecture and AI Governance. She is Inventor/ Author of dozens of
industrial patents, transaction papers and books. Dr Hussain has a proven track record
of driving enterprise wide AI enabled research initiatives, designing and deploying
proof-of-concept pilots to solve business problems. She has a wealth of experience
developing end-to-end solutions by leveraging cutting edge technology in the Cyber
Security domain. She brings a strong research background, industry innovation
experience and editorial leadership across AI, Technology and Cyber Security.

Dr Hussain has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, specializing in secure
wireless communications, and she is the author of dozens of transaction papers,
industrial patents and books. She is editor of IEEE Newsletter Toronto Section from the
last 8 years and associate editor of many prestigious IEEE journals, such as IEEE
Communications Surveys & Tutorial etc. She serves as an Adjunct Professor and
Research Supervisor at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her areas of current research
include machine learning and network security, user behavior analysis, SaaS security
and governance, resource allocation, explainable and ethical artificial intelligence, and
has delivered several invited talks on these topics.
Currently she holds the position of Principal SaaS Security Architect at the Royal Bank
of Canada (RBC) in Toronto, Canada. She leads design and implementation of secure
SaaS adoption and governance framework. A special focus is on AI-enabled secure
SaaS Architecture, Risk Modelling and Compliance Scoring initiatives.

Prior to this role, Dr Hussain managed the User Behavior Analytics and Insider Threat
team in RBC, Toronto Canada. She led the development and automation of AI models
for applications to detect and remedy data loss from insider threats. She has vast
practical experience in using AI, ML, NLP, LLMs to bring visualization, data correlation
services to the Insider Threat and Investigation team.