Martin
Welcome. We're here at the European Identity and Cloud Conference in Berlin, the identity event of KuppingerCole Analysts. I'm here with Christopher Schütze and Berthold Kerl to talk about our next big conference, which will be cyberevolution running early December in Frankfurt. So welcome Christopher, welcome Berthold.
Berthold
Welcome, Martin. Thank you for the invitation.
Martin
So, Berthold, when we look at what is going on here at the EIC, what is discussed about the broader security space. What are things that we can expect for cyberevolution?
Berthold
Good question Martin. So after the successful inaugural meeting we had last year already, we will continue to improve the event. So we will focus on the latest innovation, mainly delivered by cool vendors, who offer cybersecurity solutions for the community. But in addition to that, we will also look into the future. So, review and maintain our SAFIRE scenario for the next 5 to 10 years. And people are invited to join us in that session as well, but also a big focus on exchange, on exchanging best practices. We are working with our Cybersecurity Council. 30 CISOs from really global, big companies who operate in multiple countries. And they will make sure that we select the right topics which are really relevant to the cybersecurity community. And a highlight, in my opinion, will be also a session we run with board members, business leaders, because they are now getting more and more interested, and they are also forced by regulation to do so, in cybersecurity. And we want to hear from them, how do they look at cybersecurity and what kind of expectations would they have to the security community. And I think that's going to be very interesting for participants.
Martin
Because it also will be a lot about how to translate security for this new group of people.
Berthold
Right. Absolutely.
Martin
Christopher, when you look at what is happening in the broader cybersecurity landscape, we all know that cybersecurity never stands still, but when you need to pick one or 2 or 3 things you feel are the big changes that we need to reflect and will reflect at this year's cyberevolution, which one would you pick?
Christopher
Okay. So, in the last cyberevolution, we really talked a lot about artificial intelligence. I mean, for sure it's some kind of buzzword. Everybody is talking, I have some kind of artificial intelligence. Everything needs to be solved. But what was really heavily discussed during the last cyberevolution, is the governance part here. The part of responsibility, the part of how am I allowed as an organization to use artificial intelligence? And, on that perspective, really a lot happened in the past months. So currently it's June. So bit more than seven months ago, we met in Frankfurt and since then so many organizations started to use some kind of those conversational AI tools, on the one hand, to define some kind of governance, how to use it, what is allowed, what is not allowed, where is the data stored? Where can you use it? So that is something I really think people are or organizations are working on. On the other hand, something you mentioned in your presentation. Still a big threat here is the part with the deepfakes, with things you don't know is this really something a real person did? Is it your chief executive officer who announces some stock market details, or is it just a deepfake by someone who wants to manipulate the market? And I think this is really a big threat. And really more increase those kind of attacks. And we need to tackle them.
Martin
Which also, I believe is something which is bigger than just cybersecurity, because deepfake detection also means that we need to spot fraud at a business level. So when there's 25 million transaction, it's not just, was there a deepfake? It's also, can this happen? So the alarm must also go on on a business level. So we need to intersect I believe cybersecurity. And this will as I assume also very important topic at cyberevolution.
Christopher
Definitely.
Martin
Okay. And I also assume that things like... you mentioned AI, AI act, NIS2, DORA, CRA, all these regulations and their impact play also a very vital role at cyberevolution. So this sounds interesting. I think there’s a ton of stuff in for end users. Berthold, maybe you can tell a bit more about this. The first 200 tickets for end users are complimentary or for free. Tell me about it.
Berthold
With EIC we actually have a good example. We created a community of experts in the area of identity security. And it's our aim to do the same for cybersecurity. If you want, to offer these tickets, that's our contribution to bring even more people on the ground to discuss and learn from each other, share experiences, and therefore benefit, for the better digital world.
Martin
From the professionals to the CISOs, we last year had already some 40 CISOs from large organizations there. So it is a huge end user participation but creating the community, and I fully agree with you, is a essential thing because we need this community. We need this exchange.
Berthold
One additional comment. We also have had the young talents last year and we will have the same thing this year again, the capture the flag competition, where students compete against professionals coming from enterprises. And that really created a wonderful vibe, and have and both parties enjoyed it. So the, the talents enjoyed to speak to senior executives such as CISOs and equally they enjoyed to speak to talented young engaged people on the ground. So that was really great.
Martin
Great. And I like this as well. So Christopher, if you have to pick some very selected or selective sessions from what is happening at cyberevolution, could you hint on a few of the highlights which are already on the agenda?
Christopher
Yeah, definitely. So, currently, for sure, it's, under construction. We are building the great agenda. The first one I really can recommend is, we have the Hessian Minister of Interior Affairs. So, as part of the Conference of Hesse, and he will talk about how the public sector is evolving, working and what kind of regulatory requirements we have here and how this interacts with all the cybersecurity stuff, especially around the artificial intelligence. And, really looking forward to this session. Besides that, we have AK. He will talk about cybersecurity as a business critical function. This is something that Berthold mentioned at the beginning. Cybersecurity is evolving more and more and becoming part of the board, becoming part of the business function, becoming part of the revenue stream of the organizations. And this presentation, again, really looking forward to that. And then we have, you mentioned that, Martin, NIS2, DORA and all these topics. Till the end of the year, most of them will apply. You need to do NIS2, you need to be prepared for DORA in January and we will have a lot of sessions covering that topic. What is the status quo here, how are organizations organized here, and what is the status at the end? Really looking forward to that.
Berthold
I'd like to add one.... thank you Christopher, I like to add one other interesting point, which is seldomly covered. We tend to think about cybersecurity as a technical problem. We forget the human in the middle and what we are seeing that they work under enormous and increasing pressure. So we will also, talk about mental health in cybersecurity, especially in the case of a crisis.
Martin
That's also, I think, very important. We hear a lot about burnouts of CISOs, etc. Because it's constant pressure. So this sounds super, super interesting. And I'm really looking forward to cyberevolution. So thank you for providing all of the input and hope to have you all here in Frankfurt early December at cyberevolution. Thank you for listening.