Agenda

►Cyber Leadership in an era of Dis-Cooperation

William Dixon, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute and Senior Technology Cyber Fellow, The Ukraine Foundation

• How global trade fragmentation impacts the community.
• How the "America First" Foreign Policy is leading to cyber instability.
• Actions the Cyber C-Suite can take

►Crypto-Agility in the Cyber Domain

Elif Yesilbek, Cryptography & Senior Software Engineer, ABN AMRO

• Quick introduction to cryptography

• The impact of quantum computers on classical cryptography and PQC

• What is crypto-agility and why we need it?

►Ransomware 3.0: Weaponizing AI for the Next Generation of Ransomware Attacks

Manit Sahib, Ethical Hacker, Cytadel & Former Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming, Bank of England

• LIVE DEMO - Inside the first AI-powered ransomware attack — See how my custom Agentic Ransomware Gang can take down a network in under 8 minutes

• Firsthand insights from real-world red team ops — from legacy tech and broken access controls to the critical lack of real-world security testing

• Why traditional security fails — compliance checklists and conventional tools don’t stop modern ransomware

• What CISOs and security leaders must do now — real-world, field-tested steps to prove your controls work before attackers do it for you

►Panel Discussion: Securing Future Architectures 

Simon Brady, Event Chairman, (Moderator)

Martin Dimovski, Senior DevOps/DevSecOps Engineer, ABN AMRO Bank

• How can security teams design resilient architectures to integrate and leverage emerging technologies such as AI, quantum computing, and IoT?

• What role does AI play in developing proactive rather than reactive security strategies?

• What are the best practices for integrating AI without disrupting legacy systems and existing workflows?

• How can organisations implement zero-trust principles and adaptive access controls to secure ever-evolving environments driven by AI and edge computing?