Luxembourg, November 4th, 2022 – The Cybersecurity for CIOs conference took place on October 27th, at Luxexpo The Box, during the second day of Arch Summit. Organized by TechSense by The Dots in partnership with Tomorrow Street, the event gathered 50 CIOs.

With the evolution of technology and the development of new and more efficient software tools, hackers are developing increasingly sophisticated techniques to get around the rules and act in the shadows. Consequently, cyber risks are taking a stronger hold these days, and CIOs and CISOs have to adapt to continuous changes in the cyber threat landscape to secure resilience.

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The conference was opened by Pascal Morosini, CEO of i-Hub, introduced and welcomed by Kamel Amroune, CEO of The Dots.

Pascal Morosini traced the evolution of i-Hub, a subsidiary of POST Luxembourg and BGL BNP Paribas specializing in KYC process outsourcing, from its inception in 2019 until today's latest developments. He raised the question of whether cybersecurity and resilience could be turned into competitive advantages that generate business.

Stefaan Hinderyckx, Senior Vice President Cybersecurity at NTT Ltd. Europe, took the stage to address the question "Why Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is red hot". He listed the megatrends that will reshape cybersecurity over the next five years and explained how SASE can help to evolve from a reactive posture to a predictive strategy.

Guy Isler, CISO of the Year 2022, Chief Information Security Officer of CCSS and Institutions de sécurité sociale du Luxembourg, explained to the audience that, having similar roles, CIOs and CISOs will have to collaborate at various levels in the future, notably on GDPR aspects, to improve security and protect personal and business data.

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For the rest of the afternoon, Kamel Amroune gave the floor to Nicolas Arpagian, Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Trend Micro. A longtime expert in digital criminality, he shared his thoughts and views regarding cyber attackers' new operational modes. He also gave some examples of how criminals develop their illegal activities, setting up smart and advanced technical methods to better deceive users.

He was then joined by Vincent Arnal, CIO of Lalux and Ambassador of the Tech Community in Luxembourg (THECIO22), for a fireside chat. Vincent Arnal started with an opening question on hackers’ new behaviors in modern structures and how these can be legally dealt with. Nicolas Arpagian answered by explaining that one can no longer hold a single stakeholder responsible for a cyber attack. "We are faced with more substantial and structured configurations", he said. The debaters then addressed the potential technologies that could help combat malicious acts, such as AI.

Last but not least, Vincent Arnal and Nicolas Arpagian were joined by Pascal Morosini, and José Correia, Chief Administration Officer and CISO at i-Hub, and Kamel Amroune for a panel discussion on “Security and Resilience as key business enablers”.