Sovereignty: From Promise to Practice

Digital sovereignty is no longer just an ideal but a practical necessity for organizations seeking true independence from Big Tech or geopolitical influences. This deep-dive session moves beyond theory to explore the real-world challenges and solutions of achieving digital autonomy.Experts will share candid insights on overcoming technical and organizational barriers, driving cultural change, and implementing […]

AI: The Myth(os), truths, and what to do’s

This talk will provide an insight in how artificial intelligence is influencing the digital threat landscape. It will examine real-life cases of how threat actors utilize AI in different parts of the cyber kill chain. The examples show how certain parts of the kill chain are being automated, run more efficiently and sometimes even replaced […]

Power, Trust, Responsibility in Fragmented Digital World

Cybersecurity has evolved into a strategic domain at the intersection of geopolitics, economic stability, and societal resilience. Rising global tensions are shaping cyber threats with real-world impacts, while collective defense through international and public–private cooperation becomes essential. The digital space faces a growing tension between anonymity and accountability, as misuse fuels cybercrime and erodes trust. […]

Inspiring the Next Generation of Digital Heroes

How do we ensure that today’s children become the cybersecurity experts, ethical hackers and digital innovators our society will need tomorrow? During this session, HackShield will introduce Future Career Path: a new programme for children aged 7–12 and young people aged 13–19, designed to inspire them to explore a future in IT and cybersecurity. Rather […]

Exploratory Study on Certification of Cyberprofessionals

We are conducting an exploratory study to determine which certification could help strengthen quality assurance in the cybersecurity sector. The labor market, after all, has a particular need for professionals with high-level knowledge and skills. Currently, there is insufficient insight into this quality assurance. Our exploratory study focuses in a general sense on gaining insight […]

How to build a world-class Cyber Defense Center

This talk explains how DICTU built a Cyber Defense Center (CDC), basically a next-generation SOC, combining proactive, threat intel-driven defense and offensive capabilities. We will explain this using a medievil theme, so that you can follow along regardless of your background and technical level of expertise. It covers the motivation for building a CDC, its […]

PQC: Who owns cryptography? When decisions outgrow IT

Most organisations lack clear ownership of cryptographic decisions. With post-quantum cryptography (PQC), this becomes an urgent risk: migration takes years, regulations are tightening, and decisions have long-term business impact. This interactive session focuses on why PQC fails when treated as a technical upgrade rather than a governance and IT operating model challenge. Participants start with […]

Leading the fight against cybercrime

This panel explores leadership in fighting cybercrime within law enforcement and prosecution in a rapidly evolving cyber landscape, accelerated by AI, marked by increasing complexity and mass victimisation. It focuses on how organisations can move from reactive approaches towards more adaptive and forward-looking ways of working, and the role of more human-centred and connective leadership […]

Digital sovereignty: the hard way or the highway?

Digital security, resilience and sovereignty are amongst the most urgent and defining challenges of our time. Textbook ‘wicked problems’: complex, multidimensional, ever evolving, with no one‑size‑fits‑all solutions.  Yet in today’s rapidly shifting geopolitical and technological landscape, organisations across sectors feel the pressure to act and struggle with the same questions. How do you determine what […]