Pierre Barnabé
Head of Big Data & Digital Security and Head of Manufacturing
Pierre Barnabé is Head of Big Data and Digital Security and Head of Manufacturing within the Group Atos, following the successful merger of Bull with Atos. He joined Bull in August 2013 as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Pierre was General Manager of SFR Business team. He began his career in the venture capital department of Thalès. In 1998, he joined Alcatel Lucent with various successful sales positions (Vice-President Sales France, Vice-President Sales South Europe) before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel Lucent France then Group Executive Vice-President Human Resources & Transformation. Knight of the French National Order of Merit, Pierre Barnabé is graduated from NEOMA Business School and from Centrale Supélec.
Eyal Asila
Head of Global Digital Security Consulting
An information security leader with over 22 years of experience, Eyal Asila leads Global Digital Security Consulting at Atos. He specializes in OT, HPC, AI and special cybersecurity fields. With this expertise, he has established global information security arrays and has developed unified and standardized technological security systems in several projects. With experience managing complex projects in dynamic, results-driven business environments, Eyal works with management and boards of directors daily and in times of crisis to provide strategic Digital Security Consulting for global enterprises.
Hafeda Bakhti
Innovation Team Leader – Digital ID
Hafeda Bakhti is a graduate of Polytech Paris Sud and holds an MBA from IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School. Hafeda has 8 years of experience as a R&D engineer in Greater Paris (France). She works on Intelligent Transport Systems projects and participates in ITS research in partnership with IRT SystemX (French Research Institute). Previously, Hafeda was involved in ITS deployment projects like the national French pilot deployment SCOOP@F, Intercor and C-Roads. She has managed the deployment of the Atos C-ITS PKI solution in SaaS environment and led the product development in accordance with European regulations (C-ITS platform), ETSI standards or specific functionalities. Hafeda is always ready to explore innovative ideas that could have a direct impact on our daily lives.
Maria Jose Carvajal
Associate Consultant Digital Security
Maria Jose focuses on providing cybersecurity solutions and strengthening Atos’s client’s security posture across various enterprises from several countries around the world. She has participated in shaping the strategy, design, and implementation of a variety of cybersecurity programs, helping companies secure their ecosystem and build cyber capabilities that go beyond compliance to enable business transformation and innovation. She also has taken a leading role in the Cybersecurity Magazine and in the Atos Operational Technology Training, coordinating all efforts to bring these initiatives to life.
Alexis Caurette
Head of Cybersecurity Products
Alexis Caurette is Vice President within Atos Big Data and Security Division and leads the Cybersecurity Products Global Business Line. Overseeing Identity and Access management, Data Protection and IoT Security businesses. Alexis Caurette is member of the Management Committee of the Division.
He is strongly supporting its industry, being actively involved in professional associations at French (VP Cybersecurity at Alliance pour la Confiance Numerique) and European level (founder member and Board member of the European Cybersecurity Organization) to support and drive the conditions for the sustainable development of a strong European based cybersecurity ecosystem.
Cyril Dujardin
Head of Digital Security
Cyril Dujardin is the Head of Digital Security since December 2020 after managing Atos Mission-Critical Systems division for 4 years. This this role he was responsible for overseeing Atos‘s French and international achievements in the fields of defense and homeland security.
He is also in charge of intelligence and recognition systems, homeland protection solutions, secure communication and combat information systems. Cyril Dujardin previously spent 11 years in the Safran Group, where he held senior management positions in various subsidiaries in the Group’s Security business. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Cyril Dujardin is based at Atos headquarters in Bezons, France.
Chris Moret
Head of Cybersecurity Services
Christophe Moret, engineer from Ecole Polytechnique and Supélec, has joined the Atos Group in 2013, after 17 years in Hewlett-Packard, where he was leading the security outsourcing business for EMEA. After being in charge of security for Atos Global Managed Services, where he has created a global offering for security management, and implemented a network of Security Operation Centers around the globe, Christophe joined the newly created Atos Big Data & Security service line, as leader for the CyberSecurity Global Business Line, in charge of all cybersecurity products and services business inherited from Bull and Atos service lines. Before joining HP then Atos, Christophe started his career in Bull, kick starting the Unix Business, then joined GIPSI and finally Chorus Systems, and has been teaching at Ecole Polytechnique.
Bernard Payer
Head of Critical Communication Solutions and Head of Homeland Security
Bernard Payer joined Atos in 2018 as Head of Critical Communication Solutions. Since 2020, in addition to his role, he is leading Homeland Security within the new Public Sector & Defense organization. In his roles, Bernard oversees all Atos achievements in the areas of public safety, smart borders & law enforcement as well as the Critical & Secure Communications activities for all Atos industries. Before joining Atos, Bernard started working at Alcatel-Lucent in 1998 where he held various international management responsibilities in APAC and Central Europe. In 2011 Bernard joined the Siemens Group where he was Head of Infrastructure & Security. Bernard is a graduate from Centrale Supélec.
Farah Rigal
Global SOC Transformation Program Director
Farah Rigal is the Global Head of Cyber Security Global SOC programs in Atos. In this role, she is leading innovation within the context of Cyber Security R&D and Engineering programs. Farah Rigal joined Atos in 2014 where she was in turn Chief security architect, Global Presales manager and the SOC R&D and Engineering manager. She spent her 20+ years career as a security professional Consulting, Architecture, Technology and Outsourcing
Farah Rigal graduated in electrical & computer science engineering at the Institute National Polytechnique de Grenoble. She is an Atos Distinguished Expert, and holds several security certifications among which CISSP and ISO27001 Lead Auditor, and Business transformation certification from the École Polytechnique Executive Education.
Axel Sandot
V2X & IoT Security Business Manager – Digital ID
Axel Sandot is in charge of security & digital identity of Internet of Things (IoT) and Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS, V2X). Axel is Member of the Atos Expert Community and part of the Digital ID entity of the Atos Group for already three years. Before joining Atos, Axel managed the business development and technological projects of European companies in Latin America for more than 10 years. His responsibilities included identity, digital trust, dematerialization, and deployment of main infrastructure projects.
Vieri Tenuta
Global Digital Security Offerings Manager for IT/OT Convergence & IoT
Vieri Tenuta is an experienced cybersecurity expert, technology strategist, and systems engineer with nearly 20 years of focus on digital information security. Vieri has extensive on-the-job work experience in government, military, intelligence community, and most commercial verticals leading red team/blue team security assessments, risk assessments, security architecture design, secure application development, and digital security consulting. As a Global Offerings Manager, his focus is on developing holistic and secure IoT and OT systems offerings that utilize Atos Digital Security products and partnerships on an international scale. Vieri is a member of the Atos Expert Community in Digital Security.
Vinod Vasudevan
Paladion CTO & Co-founder
Vinod Vasudevan co-founded Paladion in 2000 and has acted in the role of CTO. During his tenure, he has led technology development and made Paladion an industry leader in managed Detection and Response. Vinod Vasudevan currently holds two U.S. patents in AI & Cybersecurity and has directly serviced global enterprises in the U.S, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. He is a prolific writer and has authored multiple books, articles, and presentations in leading cybersecurity forums. Before co-founding Paladion, Vinod Vasudevan worked with Microsoft and helped drive the adoption of Windows 2000 in the Asia Pacific. He is also a CISSP since 2001.
Mohammad Vizaei
CTO for Critical Communication Solutions
Mohammad Vizaei joined Atos in 2018 as Head of Product and Solution Management in Critical Communications for Energy and Transportation sector and shortly after as CTO for Critical Communication Solutions. In his roles, Mohammad is involved in all Atos activities and offered solutions around critical communication for those markets with critical infrastructure. Before joining Atos, Mohammad started at Siemens in 1986 where he held international management responsibilities for R&D and Systems Engineering in US and Austria.
Zeina Zakhour
CTO for Digital Security and Distinguished Expert
Zeina Zakhour is the Global CTO for Digital Security in Atos, creating, by day and a few nights, innovative solutions to be a step ahead of cybercriminals, and putting her 17 years of experience in the Cybersecurity field to good use. Zeina Zakhour covers the end-to-end spectrum of cybersecurity from security advisory, to security integration, Managed security services and IoT and Big data Security. She worked closely with Fortune 500 companies to advise them in their security strategy and secure their infrastructure and protect their data. Zeine Zakhour holds a Bachelor of Engineering in C.C.E from Notre Dame University Lebanon, a M. Sc. From Telecom Sud Paris and an Executive MBA from HEC. She is member of Atos Scientific Community & a Distinguished Expert in CyberSecurity. Zeina Zakhour is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a certified ISO 27005 Risk Manager. Yet she believes that when it comes to cybersecurity, we never stop learning.
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Global Industry Analysts Relations Public Sector & Defense and Digital Security & Big Data
