AI is redefining how businesses operate, innovate, and defend themselves. This keynote explores how leaders can enable intelligent transformation that accelerates value creation while ensuring resilience and compliance across every layer of the enterprise. 

– Embedding AI governance frameworks aligned with the EU AI Act 

– Integrating automation and analytics into secure IT and OT environments 

– Balancing innovation with risk, ethics, and human oversight 

Ali Baccouche, Regional Information Security & Data Privacy Officer, EMEA, Texas Instruments 

Naveen Ullikashi, CISO, Allianz Direct 

Elena Zerner-Kaening, Head of IT Infrastructure, Aenova Group 

Dr Daniel Lemmer, Corporate Cyber and Information Technology Security Officer, ZF Group 

In this session, you will travel on a journey through the history of security awareness, starting with the ancient Greeks and the original Trojan Horse, through the scams of the Middle Ages, and into the digital age of phishing, social engineering, and AI-generated threats. Together, we’ll explore how organisations have addressed human risk over time, what strategies have failed, and what lessons remain relevant today. 

The session concludes with a modern approach to security awareness, moving beyond fear and compliance towards methods rooted in positive psychology, enablement, and gamification. Participants will leave with historical insights, practical ideas, and inspiration to evolve their own security awareness programs into engaging, culture-driven initiatives. 

Klaus-E. Klingner, Information Security Officer, Asam Beauty 

Solution spotlight #1 – From Vulnerability Lists to Business Outcomes: Aligning IT Operations and Security by Sebastian Pini, Senior Solutions Engineer, NinjaOne 

Solution spotlight #2 – How I Met Your… Access Breach: The Unexpected Story of Zero Trust, Identity & Device Security by Darren James, Senior Product Manager, Specops Software 

Solution spotlight #3 – Reserved for KeyFactor 

Dr. Gunnar Siebert, Chief Cyber Advisor, Howden Broking 

Cryptography secures every identity, transaction, and connection — yet most organisations can’t see all the keys, certificates, and algorithms they rely on. This hidden gap is a growing target for threat actors, especially with AI-driven attacks and post-quantum disruption on the horizon. Learn how to discover and prioritise vulnerabilities, automate cryptographic inventory, and make cryptographic risk a measurable part of your security strategy. 

Zubin Dastoor, Head of Cryptographic Posture Management, Keyfactor 

The best way to adjust your Privileged Access Management (PAM) strategy for growth is to choose a modern PAM solution that scales with your organisation. You may face many challenges when adjusting your PAM strategy as your organisation grows, including more complex infrastructure, a higher number of login credentials to manage and increased security risks, so you need to have a flexible PAM solution. 

Attend this round table session to learn more about the challenges your organisation may face when adjusting its PAM strategy and why you should choose a PAM strategy that grows with you. You will come away with the following learning outcomes: 

• What are the challenges in adjusting your PAM strategy as you grow 

• Keeping up with compliance requirements 

• How to choose a PAM solution that grows with you 

Marko Schlensok, Account Manager, Keeper Security 

• Cyber as a Business Enabler: Balancing resilience, innovation, and speed
  
• From Technical Risk to Business Risk: How CISOs are reframing cyber conversations for boards and CEOs  

Dr Daniel Lemmer, Corporate Cyber and Information Technology Security Officer, ZF Group 

• Shifting security awareness from check-the-box training to behaviours that reflect shared ownership, accountability, and everyday decision-making 

• Re-engineering awareness programmes to be continuous, contextual, and role-specific  

• Embedding security mindsets into culture through leadership modelling and real-world scenario practice 

• Using data and behavioural analytics to measure risk reduction and identify emerging human-factor vulnerabilities 

Ali Baccouche, Regional Information Security & Data Privacy Officer, EMEA, Texas Instruments 

Konstantin Bittig, Head of Underwriting, Germany, Coalition Inc  Group 

• Cyber as a Business Enabler: Balancing resilience, innovation, and speed 

• From Technical Risk to Business Risk: How CISOs are reframing cyber conversations for boards and CEOs  

Dr Daniel Lemmer, Corporate Cyber and Information Technology Security Officer, ZF Group 

Understanding how expanding digital ecosystems, cloud partnerships and outsourced services are reshaping third-party cyber exposure 

• Moving beyond periodic vendor assessments towards continuous assurance and real-time risk visibility 

• Balancing operational agility with robust security oversight across complex supply chains 

• Clarifying accountability and shared responsibility between organisations and their partners 

Dr. Gunnar Siebert, Chief Cyber Advisor, Howden Broking 

Dr Daniel Lemmer, Corporate Cyber and Information Technology Security Officer, ZF Group