Speakers

Daniele Sangion, CISO, UniCredit Bank Austria

Daniele Sangion, MA, MSc, has been leading international digital transformation programs for major European financial institutions for over 25 years. He currently serves as the CISO/CSO (Head of Digital & Corporate Security) and Head of the Digital Transformation Office at UniCredit Bank Austria, part of the UniCredit Group. Previously, he held Group roles within... UniCredit, including Head of Security for major initiatives such as GDPR and Third Party Risk Management. He is a Board Member of the Kompetenzzentrum Sicheres Österreich (KSÖ) and serves on the scientific committee of Clusit and the Advisory Board of the Cybersecurity and Data Protection Observatory at Milan Polytechnic as well as the Executive Committee Tech-Risk Strategy Group (ExCo TRSG) at European Banking Federation. Formerly a Senior Manager at Accenture, he has earned several international certifications in IT, Security, and Management. Additionally, he graduated with honours (110 cum laude) in Computer Science from the Università degli Studi di Milano while working at a software house.more

Marlies Hofmann, Legal and Policy Officer, NCC-AT

Marlies Hofmann is a Legal and Policy Officer at the National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity Austria (NCC-AT). In this role, she shapes research, technology development, and innovation policies to enhance cybersecurity competence in Austria and serves as Austria’s Alternate Governing Board Member on the ECCC Governing Board. With a legal background and an... interdisciplinary focus, she brings experience in international security policy and research. She studied law in Amsterdam, Oxford, and New York.more

Eduardo Gonzalez, Global Advanced Cybersecurity Director, Banco Sabadell

Eduardo Gonzalez is currently the Global Advanced Cybersecurity Director at Banco Sabadell. With a strong technical background, he began his career in Madrid as a Security Consultant and moved to London to become an Ethical Hacker at top-tier companies such as Qualys and Verizon Business. Later, he moved to Frankfurt to lead the Penetration Testing practice at the... European Central Bank. Back in Barcelona, after some years leading the Security Team for the Olympic Games he joined Banco Sabadell as the SABIS (now Sabadell Digital) CISO. He eventually became the Cybersecurity leader for the Banco Sabadell Group, overseeing the security strategy across subsidiaries and fostering the development of new technologies applied to cybersecurity. Eduardo holds an Executive MBA and several technical certifications, including OSCP, GCFA, and CCISO, among others.more

Sachin Loothra, Lead Solutions Architect, Telia

Sachin is a detail-oriented professional with a keen focus on business and technical processes, bringing over 10 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive cybersecurity controls, with a specialization in Identity and Access Management (IAM). He has extensive experience working on large, multi-phase IAM programs for clients across diverse... sectors, including telecommunications, retail, education, media, engineering/construction, energy, finance, healthcare, and the public sector. Known for his creative and innovative mindset, Sachin thrives in dynamic environments.
Currently serving as a Lead Solution Architect for IAM at Telia, Sachin oversees the overall IAM architecture, ensuring alignment with industry requirements and compliance with security regulations. He is a go-to expert for matters related to identity and zero trust.more

Lydia Lindner, Programme Manager, FFG & NCC-AT

Lydia Lindner works as Programme Manager and National Contact Point at the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). In her role, she supports the National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity (NCC-AT), manages European funding programmes, and represents Austria as an expert in European Committees and Governing Boards. Before her current role, she gained international... experience in both academic and industrial research after graduating from the Technical University of Graz, where she specialised in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence.more

Utz Nisslmueller, Security Specialist, City of Vienna

Utz is responsible for the development of the City of Vienna’s detection and response capabilities. His work focuses on tackling the unique challenges posed by the diverse network environments of sectors such as education, healthcare, and critical infrastructure. Prior to this, Utz was a security consultant at WithSecure, where he specialised in purple team engagements,... working with clients to optimise their security posture by combining offensive techniques with detection engineering efforts, resulting in more resilient security operations. Utz is passionate about leveraging security automation to optimise detection and response workflows, with a keen interest on the evolving intersection of offensive techniques and their detection opportunities.more

Marian Kühnel, Information Security Architect, ÖBB

Marian Kühnel is an enterprise information security architect responsible for creating and maintaining the enterprise security architecture, posture, and strategy at ÖBB. He is a passionate IT Security professional with 20+ years of experience in the cybersecurity field, always eager to broaden his horizons and share insights with other peers.

Nikolaus Brandstetter, CISO, MM Group

Nikolaus is a cyber security expert who, after starting his career in the military, worked as an DFIR consultant, security auditor and security managed services expert. He is currently Chief Information Security Officer at MM Group.
 

Jonathan Armstrong, Partner, Punter Southall Law

Jonathan is an experienced lawyer with a concentration on technology and compliance. His practice includes advising multinational companies on matters involving risk, compliance and technology across Europe. He has handled legal matters in more than 60 countries involving emerging technology, corporate governance, ethics code implementation, reputation, internal investigations,... marketing, branding and global privacy policies. Jonathan has counselled a range of clients on breach prevention, mitigation and response. He has also been particularly active in advising multi-national corporations on their response to the UK Bribery Act 2010 and its inter-relationship with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Jonathan is one of three co-authors of the LexisNexis definitive work on technology law, “Managing Risk: Technology & Communications”. He is a frequent broadcaster for the BBC and other channels and appeared on BBC News 24 as the studio guest on the Walport Review. In July 2023 Jonathan was appointed to the New York State Bar Association Presidential Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. Jonathan sits on the Task Force with leading practitioners, regulators, judges and academics to develop frameworks for the use and control of AI in the legal system.more

Florian Polt, Head of Group Security & Resilience, UNIQA Insurance Group

Florian Polt is the Head of Group Security & Resilience at UNIQA Insurance Group, where he oversees the development and implementation of the company's security and resilience strategies, governance, and organisational structures. Florian has extensive experience in the field of security, having previously served as a Security Officer for Central and Eastern Europe... (CEE) and as a program coordinator for the protection of critical assets in the CEE and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) regions for a DAX40 company.more

Philipp Amann, Group CISO, Austrian Post (Post AG)

Philipp Amann is the Group Chief Information Security Officer of the Austrian Post (Post AG). In this role, he is responsible for managing the cyber security of the organisation and its subsidiaries in Austria and abroad. This includes topics such as NIS2 as well as data protection.
Prior to that, he was the Head of Strategy at Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre... (EC3). He oversaw the delivery of strategic and tactical cyber-security and cybercrime related products such as Europol’s Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment. Other key areas of responsibility included the assessment of current and future technology trends, providing strategic support to investigations, driving innovation, engaging with EC3’s industry advisory groups, and managing international prevention & awareness activities (e.g. No More Ransome Initiative). He was a member of various advisory groups and task forces, for instance with the World Economic Forum and ENISA.
Before joining EC3, Mr Amann held positions with various international organisations such as the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the International Criminal Court, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization.
Mr Amann has more than 20 years of combined work experience and hands-on skills in cyber security and defense, combatting cybercrime, policy & governance, intelligence management, crypto analysis, digital forensics, software analysis & design, and digital transformation.
He has worked in various fields, including the financial sector, global disarmament and arms control, international investigations and on issues related to safety and security in cyberspace, topics he deeply cares about.
Mr Amann’s professional experience is complemented by a PhD degree and a Master’s degree in business informatics from the University of Vienna. He also holds an MSc in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation from the University College Dublin.
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Matthias Lutz, Senior Account Manager, Cloudflare

Matthias Lutz is a senior Account Manager at Cloudflare and on a mission to demystify cyber security. His goal is to advocate for proactive cyber defence in today's tech world by focussing on a change in the mindset of Austrian Companies. In his daily work he speaks to the CIOs and CISOs of Austria to help them transfer to a more secure, more scalable and less complicated... future. With experience in tech companies such as Google, Amazon and Salesforce, Matthias is well equipped to accompany both KMUs and Enterprises in their digital transformation.more

Christopher Schrauf, Lead Security Solution Architect, CyberProof

Chris (Christopher Schrauf) is a cyber security leader with 10 years of experience as a Cybersecurity Architect and SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) engineer. As he is working with the best cyber security professionals around the world, he established exceptional technical experience in corporate environments, and he is heavily engaged with intrapreneurship... within the cybersecurity start-up community. He started his professional career as a business development manager for emerging cyber security solutions, which he supported to gain a larger foothold in Europe. He enhanced this experience with an in-depth Hands-on experience in building up a SOC in an Enterprise environment. Community driven and passionate about sharing his technical expertise for cyber security professionals, he is a member of the ISACA, Google, Splunk and Microsoft Security community. 
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Dr. Martin Krämer, Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4

Cybersecurity serves to protect people, society and the economy. This is what Dr. Martin J. Krämer is committed to in his role as keynote speaker, researcher and lecturer. Martin's focus as Awareness Advocate for EMEA at KnowBe4 is human-centered security and artificial intelligence. Martin has worked in industry and research for more than 10 years, holds a PhD from... Oxford University and has worked as a consultant for SAP.more

Michael Krüger, Senior Sales Engineer, Proofpoint

As a Sr. Sales Engineer at Proofpoint in Austria, Michael Krüger is responsible for helping companies deliver security solutions and programs, that put people in the centre of their security strategy. Prior to joining Proofpoint, he worked 20+ years at A1 as a Sales Engineer and Solution Architect.

Nico Richters, Account Director, Recorded Future

Nico Richters is an Account Director at Recorded Future, responsible for key strategic clients across the DACH region, including major financial institutions and critical infrastructure providers. In his role, he drives long-term client relationships, leads complex renewal and expansion initiatives, and coordinates cross-functional teams to ensure customer success.... Nico regularly works with senior stakeholders on cybersecurity strategy, platform adoption, and integration planning. Before joining Recorded Future, he gained extensive experience in enterprise sales and account management across the cybersecurity and IT services sectors.more

Jerry Rijnbeek, Vice President Cloud & Security Technology, Rubrik

Jerry Rijnbeek, Rubrik's VP Cloud & Security Technology for EMEA & APJ, has been architecting enterprise ICT infrastructures for over 25 years while building the EMEA & APJ regions for start-up technology companies. Before Rubrik he was at the NAND Flash pioneer Fusion-io and prior to that at deduplication pioneer DataDomain in 2006. He started his career... in the Dutch Armed Forces and after that decided to pursue his passion for technology and became a mainframe programmer. He transitioned to be the Technical Manager for Data protection and Disaster Recovery at a top 3 bank in The Netherlands. In 2000 he moved to the vendor side as Principal Technology Consultant at companies like ISIT, DataDomain and EMC. His expertise lies in the design of large ICT infrastructures and specifically in the area of cloud, security, enterprise storage and disaster recovery. He has designed and implemented hundreds of infrastructures for customers throughout the world. As the first international hire at Rubrik in 2015, he has been responsible for building and enabling the success of Rubrik’s EMEA team, customers and channel partners. He is now focused on building the technical go to market strategy for Rubrik's Cloud and Security products.more

Michael Lindner, Regional Sales Manager, Silverfort

Michael Lindner is working as Regional Sales Manager at Silverfort. With over ten years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, he has played a key role in helping companies enhance their security posture through innovative technologies and strategies. Before joining Silverfort, Michael held several key positions in cybersecurity. He was responsible for both... mid-sized businesses and large DAX enterprises at CrowdStrike. Additionally, he has extensive experience in designing cybersecurity projects and teams and was involved in general infrastructure projects at system integrators before fully focusing on security.more