Benelux CIO Executive Summit

In today's digital landscape, it is critical to have a cohesive collaboration between business leaders and IT functions. Fostering a strong partnership not only enables an organisation to harness the full potential of technology for business success, but also drives innovation, streamlines operations and creates competitive edge.

Join Ferrero's Jörg Behrend, Group CITO and a Member of the Board as they discuss turning vision into strategy together and share real-world examples on how to:

• Foster a culture of collaboration and alignment between business and IT functions
• Develop effective communication channels and bridge the gap between technical and business perspectives
• Leverage technology as a strategic enabler for achieving organisational goals

In an era of rapid transformation driven by Artificial Intelligence, organisations must prioritise adaptation and innovation to remain competitive. Explore how Zalando, one of Europe's leading online fashion retailers, utilises technology to elevate user experience and the vital importance of establishing a dedicated and secure AI framework. 

Join Florence Mottay, CISO at Zalando as she shares her experience with:

• Understanding the potential risks and vulnerabilities within AI systems and developing appropriate safeguards and mitigation strategies
• Integrating security, agility and speed from the start to ensure a resilient and reliable framework that evolves alongside technology
• Bridging the gap between security and business teams to align goals and drive overall impact on the organisation

The complete entanglement of cyber risk with business risk is becoming increasingly visible. CISOs now have an opportunity to better pinpoint third parties that present a threat to the organisation. Yet the increasing complexities of third party, and even fourth party, risk management, prompted by a wide range of evolving threats, demands heightened attention. How can CISOs ensure they have a clear overview of the threat landscape and vulnerabilities across ecosystems and supply chains?

Join this session to discuss:

• Identification of vulnerabilities across your vendor landscape to prioritise response efforts
• Best practices for mitigating a new wave of sophisticated attacks to keep assets safe
• The role threat intelligence plays in risk management strategies to safeguard your digital ecosystem

Increased regulation is driving greater accountability in the boardroom to understand the cyber threat landscape and recognise and measure risk. Translating different forms of threat intelligence and risk into your business is critical to protecting the organisation and remaining compliant.

Join Verizon as they share insights on the 2024 DBIR publication and a panel discussion with CISOs on translating insights into practice.

In this session, you will learn how to:

• Frame risk as a business topic to enhance leadership understanding of threat landscape
• Translate key findings of Verizon’s DBIR report into your IT security methodology
• Identify actions to reduce the gap in your board’s knowledge of threat intelligence

Nearly every organisation today faces the challenge of shadow AI — unauthorised or unsanctioned AI tools being used within the organisation. CISOs must address shadow AI through robust governance programmes to ensure security and compliance. According to Wiz, 70% of organisations use cloud-based AI services, yet many struggle with effective governance. By empowering their security teams, organisations can create a secure framework that accelerates AI innovation and protects cloud assets.

Join this Executive Boardroom to explore strategies to:

• Identify and manage shadow AI within your governance framework
• Discover priority use cases for cloud-based AI services
• Learn how to support AI adoption while maintaining robust cloud security