Europe’s cybersecurity runs almost entirely on American technology. From endpoint detection and cloud security to threat intelligence and vulnerability databases, American companies dominate every layer of the cybersecurity stack. European providers remain predominantly national or regional players and often offer services rather than technology. No European company can provide the pan-European coverage that CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks or Microsoft provide. In the session, panel members from science, business and policy will investigate what the causes are, what we can learn from companies that successfully scale up across national borders, what the rise of AI and large language models means for the market, and what businesses and governments can do to increase the earning capacity of the Dutch and European cybersecurity industry.
