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

►Secure Your Supply Chain — Secure Your Organisation

Geoffrey Taylor, Information Security Officer, Nordea Asset management

• Understanding how rising supply chain attacks threaten organisations and how to prevent supplier compromise
• Recognising regulatory requirements driving renewed emphasis on effective supply chain management
• Adopting a proactive, risk-based approach beyond basic compliance to strengthen supply chain resilience

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

Manit Sahib, Ethical Hacker & 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 mins
• First-hand 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: Beyond Compliance — Building Cyber Resilience That Actually Works

• How do we turn risk appetite statements into real decision levers instead of paperwork?
• With NIS2 and similar rules, what does “appropriate and proportionate” really mean on the ground — and how can risk management steer the response?
• Which cyber metrics really matter — and how do we prove our risk posture to the Board, to clients, and across the entire supply chain, right down to nth-party dependencies?
• How does a resilience-first mindset transform culture — moving from blame and unrealistic prevention to readiness, adaptability, and fast recovery?

Simon Brady, Event Chairman (Moderator)
Björn Johrén, Head of Security & IT Operations, Max Matthiessen AB

Kill the Click: DNS Blocking That Shut Down Scams at Scale

Timo Wiander, Senior Security Advisor, Elisa

• How cross-industry collaboration reduced customer fraud losses by up to 70%
• Why stopping fraud before the customer clicks changes the economics of fraud prevention
• Navigating regulatory barriers
• Scaling across operators and markets to protect customers