Speaker Bio

DR ZAHRI YUNOS is currently the Chief Operating Officer of CyberSecurity Malaysia. Zahri joined CyberSecurity Malaysia in year 2001 (it was known as NISER then). Prior to joining CyberSecurity Malaysia, Zahri has served the Government of Malaysia as well as other private organisations. Zahri is a certified Associate Business Continuity Professional by the Disaster Recovery Institute International, USA and has been awarded Senior Information Security Professional by the (ISC)2, USA. Zahri holds a PhD in Information Security from the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia.

Zahri expertise and experience has been critical in establishing and sustaining the nation’s prominence in cyber security, particularly in the Asia Pacific and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries. Indeed, Zahri was a central figure in the establishment of the OIC Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT), a collaborative effort of CERTs amongst the OIC countries.