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Poland May 28, 2025 Invitation Only Physical Polish

EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE Ransomware: Sprawdź swoją gotowość w ćwiczeniach CIONET

Co zrobić, gdy Twoja firma stanie się celem ataku ransomware? Sprawdź to bez ryzyka podczas ćwiczenia na spotkaniu CIONET Roundtable. Najpierw zasymulujemy atak, przetestujemy swoje reakcje, a potem wspólnie omówimy wyniki i wskażemy najskuteczniejsze rekomendacje w walce z ransomware. Podczas ćwiczenia wcielisz się w rolę osoby decyzyjnej w firmie sparaliżowanej przez atak. Systemy przestają działać, dostęp do danych jest zablokowany, telefony milkną. Masz kilka godzin na reakcję — albo uratujesz firmę, albo stracisz wszystko. Scenariusz został przygotowany na podstawie prawdziwych ataków we współpracy z partnerem spotkania, firmą Commvault. Potem we wspólnej dyskusji przeanalizujemy decyzje, które zapadły w trakcie symulacji. Co zadziałało, co zawiodło, a co zostało pominięte? Bez owijania w bawełnę – rozmawiamy o realnych zagrożeniach i o tym, jak skutecznie się na nie przygotować. W dyskusji omówimy: Jak rozpoznać, że atak już się rozpoczął? Gdzie najczęściej zawodzą plany Disaster Recovery? Czy prowadzić rozmowy z napastnikami? Jak zorganizować komunikację wewnętrzną podczas incydentu? Co powinien zawierać praktyczny plan przywrócenia ciągłości?

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Brazil May 29, 2025 Country Members Physical portuguese

Fronteiras Dissolvidas: Como a IA está redefinindo tecnologia, negócios e liderança

Um evento de conteúdo estratégico e provocador, voltado a CIOs e líderes digitais que desejam entender os próximos passos da transformação digital orientada por IA — com foco no contexto e nas oportunidades do Brasil. Não perca a oportunidade de aprofundar-se nos melhores casos e aprendizados sobre IA e participe ativamente do debate no dia 29 de maio de 2025.

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Spain Jun 3, 2025 Country Members Physical spanish

Barcelona AI Quest 2025

Durante este encuentro pondremos el foco en reflexionar y analizar si los modelos operativos actuales se adaptan a las exigencias de la IA o cómo aprovechar su poder transformador. Desde remodelar las estrategias comerciales hasta integrar la IA en la toma de decisiones centrales, exploraremos cómo los líderes deben adaptarse para seguir siendo competitivos en este panorama impulsado por la IA

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Belgium Jun 3, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english

AI, Ethics & Aesthetics

Artificial intelligence not only presents technological challenges but also raises fundamental questions about what it means to be human. This interactive workshop brings together CIOs, an AI artist and an ethicist to examine the impact of AI on our human values, dignity and creativity. We will explore the tension between technological advancement and the essence of being human, seeking an ethical framework for the development and implementation of AI. Prepare for an inspiring journey that will broaden your perspective on AI, art and the future of humanity. 

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Germany Jun 3, 2025 Country Members Physical german

München: AI Party - Build your own AI Agent

Erlebe auf unserer AI Party am 3. Juni im 2025 Fujitsu Tower, wie agentenbasierte KI echte Business-Prozesse automatisiert und optimiert. Mit dabei: Praxisnahe Use Cases, interaktive Demos, Expert:innen-Talks – und natürlich Drinks, Beats & Networking!

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Germany Jun 4, 2025 Country Members Physical german

Köln: CYBERSECURITY ROI

CIOs und CISOs stehen vor der wachsenden Herausforderung, den Spagat zwischen steigendem Budgetdruck, zunehmenden IT- und Security-Kosten und einer immer komplexeren Bedrohungslage zu meistern.  Wie gelingt es, Security-Strategien effektiv und kosteneffizient auszubalancieren? CIONET und Trend Micro laden CIOs und CISOs herzlich zu einem exklusiven Roundtable-Dinner in Köln am 4. Juni 2025 ein, um in einem vertraulichen Rahmen Erfahrungen und Strategien zu diesen wachsenden Herausforderungen auszutauschen.

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Social Enterprise Cooperative in Asia-Pacific partners with Trend Micro to Achieve Security Strength

Partners with Trend Micro to Achieve Security Strength

OVERVIEW

This Asia-Pacific-based cooperative social enterprise has various divisions, including continuing education, a property management company, and a grocery store chain. The organization’s mission is to enhance the social good by supporting lowincome families. Its initiatives include bringing affordable daily necessities, food, and drinks closer to their customers, providing high-quality, affordable healthcare and eldercare services, and offering adult education and vocational skills.

The organization sought to consolidate all its divisions into one unified umbrella, and it needed a security solution that could protect the entire enterprise from end to end. Tasked with this immense transformation, the small security team turned to Trend Micro, knowing that it could meet this challenge with its comprehensive security platform and the best customer support in the security industry.

 

"You can tell that Trend Micro’s culture is very different from spreadsheet-driven companies. It is more about customers, and you can feel it in the interactions. It’s customer-centric."

 

Chief Technology Officer

 
 

CHALLENGES

Until a few years ago, the organization’s divisions were standalone entities with their own boards of directors, CEOs, and IT departments. Leadership decided that it would be more efficient to integrate the organization digitally and manage IT centrally. The combined IT organization, which began with just a handful of staff, has now grown significantly, including developers and infrastructure personnel. However, the team that manages security across all the enterprises consisted of only a handful people. Coordinating security for many different organizations, each of which had its own security products and solutions, was a monumental task.

The cooperative’s security team lacked adequate IT headcount to meet these challenges on its own, according their Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The organization sought to enhance its security, antivirus, and dashboard capabilities.

“The very first function we needed to bring uniformly across the whole group was cybersecurity, because cybersecurity is one of the most difficult fields to hire people in, especially as a non-technical firm.”

 
 

WHY TREND

With the small cybersecurity team, the CTO decided to seek a strategic partnership rather than invest in a single technical solution, and to grow the organization’s security fabric one product at a time. The CTO bought in to the XDR vision that Trend Micro presented, and it was aligned with what he wanted to achieve.

Trend Micro was extremely responsive to the organization’s needs, tailoring delivery of the solutions so that the security team could gain more urgently needed capabilities sooner. The communication that Trend Micro began with their security team was a differentiating factor.

“The Trend Micro team set up regular meetings with product managers to listen to our challenges and needs. It’s important for vendors to listen to customers because it is real situations and not theoretical.”

 
 

SOLUTION

The CTO knew what they wanted, and Trend Micro listened and addressed those needs. Collaboration was key in developing a solution for the organization that met the needs of their security team. The organization’s journey began with Trend Micro™ Managed Extended Detection and Response (Managed XDR), which helped accelerate the partnership by supplementing the security team with trained personnel to handle tasks without hiring additional personnel.

Following a growing roadmap, the security team expanded to Trend Micro™ Deep Discovery™ Inspector, Trend Micro™ TippingPoint™, and eventually Trend Vision One™ with XDR capabilities, which included consolidated dashboards.

“Since Trend Vision One presents findings using a common framework for detection, we benefit from better communication and fewer problems.”

Another benefit is the scanning functionality of Trend Vision One.

“When there’s an incident in one business, IT needs to make sure that it isn’t impacting the others, and Trend Vision One helps our team monitor the entire environment.”

A third benefit is the ability to go beyond standard cybersecurity events to the larger ecosystem.

“Trend Micro provides visibility across all its solutions. This connected intelligence helps us refine its threat-detection capabilities, with fewer false positives. Sensors at multiple points provide a better perspective and validation to filter results, thereby delivering more accurate alerts, saving time, and reducing reliance on headcount.”

 

"The Trend Micro team set up regular meetings with product managers to listen to our challenges and needs. It’s important for vendors to listen to customers because it is real situations and not theoretical."

 

Chief Technology Officer

 
 

RESULTS

The comprehensive set of Trend solutions enables the organization to achieve high levels of security without adding headcount. For example, patching can be a challenge for a small team, and the shift to a work-from-home environment due to COVID has exacerbated the situation. Having products such as TippingPoint, with its virtual patching capabilities, helps alleviate the time pressure and makes life much easier for the team. And Trend Micro endpoint protection solutions detect malware threats targeting work-from-home staff.

“We’ve had cases where our Trend Micro solutions have detected ransomware incidents, and Trend Micro stopped them before they even took off.”

The CTO also says that the relationship built with Trend Micro has gained the organization’s trust in turning to the Trend Micro team with its evolving needs.

“You can tell that Trend Micro’s culture is very different from spreadsheet-driven companies. It is more about customers, and you can feel it in the interactions. It’s customer-centric.”

 
 

Checkout our CIONET COOKBOOK

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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.

CIONET TV

 
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Sharon Prior - CIO in transition - How Great Tech Leadership Begins with Business Thinking

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José Antonio López, Group CIO at TOUS - Jewels, Data & AI: Inside the Digital Transformation of TOUS

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Tom Tanghe - General Manager ITC EMEA at Daikin Europe - Reinventing the CIO Role

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CIOFEST 2025 - From Order Taker to Proactive Disruptor

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CIOFEST 2025 - Introduction to the International Panel

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CIOFEST UK: Charting Your CIO Career

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the event's insights and reflections from industry leaders, along with actionable takeaways for IT professionals aspiring to reach leadership positions.

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Investment Report 2025- Risk-on, Risk-off

In this report, Roger Camrass reviews the financial events of 2024 and presents his opinion on investment prospects for 2025 Roger has followed global finance markets closely for over 40 years and summarises trends in investment reports annually1 As former Research Director at CIONET, Europe’s largest community of digital leaders2, Roger has first-hand knowledge of digital trends

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