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Germany Sep 29, 2025 Country Members Virtual german

Online: AI & DATA Knowledge Transfer - Briefing 19

Unsere Wissensaustausch-Briefings "AI & Data Knowledge Transfer" zielen darauf ab, CIDOs und Senior Digital Leaders mit praktischen Anwendungen und umsetzbaren Erkenntnissen von Fachexperten zu vermitteln, die den Weg für transformative digitale Reisen ebnen.

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Germany Sep 30, 2025 Country Members Physical german

München: Unstrukturierte Daten – Das verborgene Kapital in deinem Unternehmen

Von der Theorie in die Praxis: Erst Business, dann Bier.Unstrukturierte Daten sind das verborgene Kapital vieler Unternehmen – und zugleich eine der größten Herausforderungen moderner IT. Gemeinsam mit CIOs, CDOs und CTOs der CIONET-Community sprechen wir zuerst bei WeWork München über Strategien, Technologien und echte Use Cases, um dieses Potenzial zu heben. Danach geht's weiter auf die Wiesn – für den offenen Austausch in bayerischer Atmosphäre.  

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UK Sep 30, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english

How CIOs drive game-changing results at scale?

This exclusive Jefferson dinner, hosted by Mendix and CIONET, brings together a hand-picked group of senior executives and digital leaders from across the UK financial sector.

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Netherlands Sep 30, 2025 Invitation Only Physical dutch

Vision Dinner From the Network to the Data

Alleen op uitnodiging. Mastering Digital Sovereignty Control, trust and resilience in an era of geopolitical and regulatory shifts. From the Network to the Data.

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Belgium Oct 1, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english

Telenet Business Leadership Circle - Legacy & Lifecycle Management

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, organisations face a critical challenge: how to modernise their legacy systems while managing costs, maintaining security, and ensuring operational continuity. This exclusive round table discussion brings together CIOs, CTOs, and Digital Leaders to explore best practices for legacy and lifecycle management. Key topics include extending the lifespan of existing systems, mitigating cyber security risks, optimising costs, and integrating legacy platforms with modern technologies. We’ll also delve into sustainability, workforce challenges, and future-proofing IT infrastructures to navigate technological obsolescence.

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Germany Oct 7, 2025 Country Members Virtual german

Online: KI-CHECK: Wo steht dein Unternehmen?

Alle nutzen KI, aber keiner weiß wie effektiv! Im Jahr 2025 sind wir als IT-EntscheiderInnen gefordert die Wünsche der Fachbereiche an Künstliche Intelligenz zu managen. Welche KI dient als Copilot für unsere Mitarbeitenden, inwieweit hat diese Zugang zu Firmenwissen und könnten wir heute bereits sinnvoll einen KI Agenten in die IT Systemlandschaft einbinden? Unser Business Partner Scheer PAS spricht als Anbieter einer Process iPaaS Plattform mit hunderten Unternehmen jedes Jahr über IT-Integration. In dieser Online-Session besprechen wir erste Reifegradmodelle zu KI, wo der deutsche Mittelstand sich befindet und wie wir die nächste Innovationsstufe erreichen. Wir teilen praktische Erfahrungen aus dem Marktumfeld und planen unsere nächsten Schritte in der Adaption von KI.

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D2C gains clear view into its internal network with Trend Micro

Gains clear view into its internal network with Trend Micro

OVERVIEW

Established in 2000 by NTT Docomo, Dentsu, and NTT Advertising, the D2C integrated digital marketing group is highly regarded for its mobile advertising and is expanding to take its digital market-based activities from Japan to the rest of Asia and beyond. As a digital marketing company, security is important and it swiftly acquired PrivacyMark and an ISMS certification. Since targeted attacks and internal crime have recently become more prevalent, the company has also implemented security awareness training.

 
 

CHALLENGES

D2C employees have access to a range of information in their work. “We manage web access and software using whitelists, but employees can use just about anything if they ask,” says D2C’s Yosuke Nohira. “Risk is inherent, so security is always important,” adds D2C’s Tatsuya Suzuki.

Increased damage from targeted attacks worldwide led D2C to shift its approach to IT in 2012 from information management to information security and overhaul its security. Out went antivirus software for personal use and in came Trend Micro™ OfficeScan™ to centralize virus detection and countermeasures. “The trial edition was extremely light,” recalls Nohira.

However, in 2014 an incident with its ASP email service led D2C to reconsider its security measures. “We didn’t know what was happening in our internal network, and information was potentially being leaked so visualization became an urgent issue,” says Nohira.

 

We have been able to greatly reduce the amount of time we spend on security management and operations.

Yosuke Nohiro

Assistant Manager, Group Management Department,
Corporate Division, D2C Inc.

 
 

WHY TREND

D2C started looking for a solution to detect invisible threats and check for information leaks. It implemented Deep Discovery Inspector and took advantage of the Trend Micro Connected Threat Defense, which provides a layered approach to security that prevents, detects, and responds to threats.

“Network visualization and detecting unknown threats were key. Furthermore, the advantages of great manageability provided by using the same pattern file as OfficeScan, a single point of contact, and automated responses with a Connected Threat Defense were attractive,” says Nohira.

 
 

SOLUTION

Deep Discovery Inspector monitors traffic with mirror ports and visualizes communication between a network and the internet. The sandbox inspects suspicious files, which met D2C’s requirements.

Deep Discovery Inspector sends detected threat information to OfficeScan via Trend Micro Control Manager. This enables threat detection and blocking, even for threats which cannot be detected by pattern files on the client side.

 
 

RESULTS

D2C succeeded in getting a clearer picture inside their network with Deep Discovery Inspector. “Visualization of the network showed us a lot of suspicious email slipped through the spam filter,” says Mr. Nohira.

Deep Discovery Inspector, thanks to its integration with OfficeScan, detected information and D2C isolated suspicious devices. Suspicious files and URLs/IP addresses that were detected were handled manually – not processed or blocked. However, this recently changed. “Just after the WannaCry ransomware caused a global uproar, we saw a massive increase in suspicious email, sometimes a few hundred a day. We couldn’t keep up, so we made changes to ensure suspicious files, URLs, and IP addresses were automatically isolated, and got through it without damage,” says Nohira. There has been no impact on business through false detection and the operational load has decreased by half.

Also, by adopting Deep Discovery Inspector’s threat levels, D2C has a company-wide standard for situations requiring an urgent response, allowing anyone to respond appropriately. “Deep Discovery Inspector reports are really helpful. We can identify the kind of attack and if there is a risk of information leakage, so it’s easier to explain things to management,” says Suzuki.

 
 

WHAT'S NEXT

“We used to just assume we were alright, but Deep Discovery Inspector showed us the real state of affairs. Our CISO highlighted the potential for cyberattacks to be launched against NTT Docomo and Dentsu through D2C, so we will keep concentrating on security, firstly focusing on email security and other countermeasures,” says Suzuki. “We have a small security team meaning a full SIEM implementation is unrealistic, so we want to leverage Trend Micro’s Connected Threat Defense and correlation analysis to create something similar,” adds Nohira.

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Embark on a culinary journey through the ever-evolving world of digital leadership with our third edition of the CIONET Cookbook: Recipes for Digital Success. Unveiling the intricate trilemma faced by today’s Master Chefs, our trailblazing European CIOs address a challenge at the nexus of customer interests, digital transformation strategies, and IT modernisation. Their secret? Synchronising the gearing between customer, business, and technology to create a frictionless movement through the digital landscape.

The CIONET Cookbook uses the analogy of a five-star restaurant to explain the importance of optimally integrated technology, with the CIO as Master Chef. In order to provide the best service to its customers, a top restaurant must have the right atmosphere, an inviting menu, a well-equipped kitchen, talented and committed front-of-house and kitchen staff and smooth-running processes that ensure an enjoyable experience for diners.

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CIONET’s mission is to help IT executives become more at ease and above all more successful in their jobs. So they can do more than just keep up with change but ultimately define it. CIONET opens up a whole new universe of opportunities in IT management.

With the largest membership of corporate digital leaders across Europe, Latin America, US and Australia, CIONET has the expertise and pioneering vision to solve or address any IT management challenge.

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