Assume Breach. Shield your Core

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04/11/2025

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10:00-16:30

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Sergel Hub Stockholm

November 4th - Hybrid Event

Agenda

Theme

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The Threat Landscape and Strategic Leadership

10.00

Richard Cassidy
Field CISO - EMEA
Rubrik
Opening Remarks

HOW TO PREPARE AND RESPOND TO AN AI-DRIVEN THREAT LANDSCAPE IN 2026

  • AI is now the #1 data exfiltration channel
  • The data explosion is fuelling new attack surfaces
  • Identity has become the new geopolitical weapon

10.25

Mattias Hansson
Major General and CIO
Swedish Armed Forces 

DEFENDING SWEDEN IN THE DIGITAL ERA

  • Facing Modern Threats - Cyberattacks, drones, and information warfare
  • Innovation Meets Defense - Civilian technology solving military challenges
  • Building Resilience - AI, energy, and secure networks for a safer society

10.45

Gregory van den Top
Field CISO -Northern Europe
Cloudflare

THREATS AT SCALE: GLOBAL CYBERCRIME THROUGH A UNIQUE INTERNET LENS

  • Uncovering real-time patterns in DDoS campaigns, bot activity, and AI-driven attacks
  • Revealing how automation fuels massive, targeted assaults on critical infrastructure and digital commerce
  • Exposing escalating supply chain risks and the evolving tactics of cyber adversaries

11.00

Kristina Fridensköld
CIO
Kustbevakningen
Magnus Jelen
Lead Director of Incident Response UK & EMEA
Veeam

CYBERSECURITY LEADERSHIP: What security leaders must rethink in 2026 and beyond

  • The new blind spots: Emerging threats that won't appear in risk reports - but will hit your bottom line
  • Security as a business issue: Why success hinges on people, process, and cross-functional alignment
  • Compliance doesn’t equal resilience: Building a resilient strategy that adapts to evolving threats and activates the whole organization

11.20

Per Gustavsson
CISO
Stratsys

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE & LEGAL STRATEGIES:
Strengthening Cyber Resilience in the Age of AI and Evolving EU Standards

  • Navigate the intersection of AI governance and cybersecurity risk, with a focus on the EU AI Act, NIS2, and ISO 27001
  • Leverage DORA TLPT in alignment with TIBER-EU and CBEST to proactively test and strengthen your organization’s cyber risk posture
  • Streamline legal, regulatory, and technical frameworks to meet evolving obligations and build long-term cyber resilience

11.40

Merle Maigre
Senior Expert on Cyber Security (ex NATO)
e-Governance Academy
Andreas Bergqvist
CSO
BankID

HYBRID OPERATIONS IN THE CYBER DOMAIN

  • Cyber operations, delusive information mixing the traditional boundaries by purpose
  • Cybersecurity and cyber defense are equally important in securing critical infrastructure. Private sector and public sector cannot be separated
  • What is your company role in the larger perspective? How cyber resilient are you?

12.00-13.00

Lunch

Theme

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Building NextGen Security: Preparing for the Inevitable Attack

13.00

Rikard Lindkvist
Senior Sales Engineer
Commvault
Kristoffer Fenander
Sales Specialist Zerto
HPE

MINIMUM VIABLE COMPANY: Restoring What Matters Most, First

  • Reduce Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) across data, cloud apps, and core systems
  • Lead with clarity under pressure: decision-making strategies during active breaches
  • Plan for resilience across pre-incident, active response, and post-recovery phases

13.15

Björn Eriksson
Acting Deputy Head
Swedish Cybercrime Center (NOA)

COMBATTING COMPLEX CYBERCRIME – The Police Perspective

  • From Encryption to Data Theft – Understanding the Evolving Threat Landscape
  • National and International Cooperation – Building Stronger Law Enforcement Partnerships
  • The Future of Cyber Threats – Emerging Risks and Strategic Challenges

13.30

Nils Boman
Senior Security Solutions Engineer
Fastly

DDoS & CREDENTIAL STUFFING: Cheap Attacks, Big Risks

  • Understanding why common low-cost attacks cause high-cost business disruption
  • Protecting applications from downtime, account takeovers, and data loss
  • Building proactive, scalable defenses to stay ahead of evolving threats

13.45

Thom Langford
CTO - EMEA
Rapid7
Rodney Cornelius
Director, Service Delivery Partner Architects
Vectra AI

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF CYBERSECURITY

  • Security operations are rapidly evolving to keep up with the threat landscape, Unlock the potential of new and emerging technologies Digital Risk Management tools including automation, advanced analytics, AI & ML
  • Prevent AI & other technology assets from derailing organisational security, and leave you vulnerable and with blind spots
  • Digital transformations is reforming the cyber security: How AI & ML is used to Threat Detection & Response

14.00

Mikkel Planck
Senior Cybersecurity Specialist
Crowdstrike

THE INNOVATION IMPERATIVE: Outpacing AI-Driven Adversaries

  • How attackers use AI to accelerate, disguise, and scale modern intrusions
  • Why identity is now the primary battleground in cybersecurity
  • The case for cross-domain visibility across endpoint, identity, and cloud

14.15

Malin Fransen Kronberg
Head of Security
Telia Sweden
Alex Nijland
Senior Executive I Security Operations
OpenText

TAKE CONTROL IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY. ADAPTIVE THREAT DEFENSE

  • A cyber storm is gathering – what are the major factors that increase risk?
  • With increased risk comes increased expectations – what are the most important objectives and control drivers?
  • How can you build an efficient cyber strategy that results in better outcomes?

14.30-15.00

Networking Break

Theme

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AI Integration, Business Security Culture & Human Centric Strategies

15.00

Heléna Malm
Head of CSO Office, Group Security & Cyber Defence
Swedbank
Dzana Dzemidzic
Business Information Security Officer
Swedbank

CASE: Swedbank. HUMAN RISK MANAGEMENT: From Awareness to Accountability

  • Making accountability a leadership priority at every level of the organisation
  • Equipping employees to recognise and respond to real-world cyber threats
  • Embedding secure behaviours into everyday workflows through cross-team collaboration

15.15

Andy Quaeyhaegens
Channel Solutions Engineer
Netskope

AI SHAPING THE ROLE OF FUTURE CYBERSECURITY STRATEGIES

  • How next-gen AI can be leveraged to predict, prevent and respond to emerging threats
  • AI in Cybersecurity: Opportunities, Privacy Concerns and Ethical Considerations
  • Practical strategies for integrating advanced AI technologies into existing frameworks

15.30

Toby Lewis
Head of Threat Analysis
Darktrace

EXECUTIVE RISK MEETS CYBER REALITY. What Boards Need to Know (and Ask)

  • Making cyber risks visible and actionable for executive stakeholders
  • Aligning strategy and compliance while closing real-world security gaps
  • Enabling board-level engagement through clear metrics and accountability
  • What emerging threats organisations are probably not thinking about but should

15.45

Erik Colliander
Senior Cyber Security & Strategy Advisor
Netsecurity

Security Culture: The Hidden Engine of Cyber Resilience

  • Prevention beats reaction - build awareness to reduce incident risk
  • Align with NIS2 & DORA to strengthen compliance and operational readiness
  • Combine proactive culture with SOC capabilities for faster, smarter incident response

16.00

Adam Nerell
CIO
Humana

Case by courtesy of Arctic Wolf: HOW HUMANA BUILT THEIR DEFENSE

    16.15

    Dick Dragemark
    Director Solutions Engineering, North Europe
    Splunk by Cisco
    Heléna Malm
    Head of CSO Office, Group Security & Cyber Defence
    Swedbank

    CREATING A STRONG BUSINESS SECURITY CULTURE

    • People Centric Strategies for 2026. Building a Culture of Awareness and Responsibility
    • Recognizing and Mitigating Insider Risks: Addressing Vulnerabilities from Within
    • The Importance of Modern and Resilient Cyber Leaders

    16.30

    End of Day

    16.30

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    Afterwork - Sergel Hub