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Giuseppe Ficara - The Untold Story of Amplifon's Data & AI Transformation
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Germany Nov 11, 2025 Country Members Physical english
On the eve of the ServiceNow World Forum, CIONET invites you to an exclusive dinner in the fabulous Restaurant Little London in the heart of Munich City. Join leading CIOs, CDOs, and ServiceNow product owners for a candid exchange on how to get the most from your ServiceNow investment.
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Switzerland Nov 12, 2025 Country Members Physical english
CIONET invites you to a private dinner with a select group of enterprise CIOs and senior infrastructure leaders in Zurich – part of a multi-country dialogue series with IT executives across Europe. This strategic dialogue is designed for digital leaders to share insights on one of the most pressing challenges facing today's leaders: How can organisations build true digital sovereignty in the face of geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory pressure, and growing technological dependencies?
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Germany Nov 13, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Bauen Sie mit uns ein starkes Netzwerk führender WOMEN CIDOs aus der IT- und Technologiebranche auf! Unser zweites Treffen findet im PwC Experience Center in Frankfurt statt.
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Belgium Nov 13, 2025 Country Members Physical english
The Role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is no longer confined to securing the network perimeter. As organisations become more digitally connected and data-driven, the CISO’s responsibilities have expanded far beyond traditional security measures. Today’s CISO must not only defend against cyber threats but also enable the business to innovate securely, manage complex regulatory environments, and instill a culture of trust across the organisation. This event will explore the evolving role of the CISO as a strategic leader who balances security with business enablement. As digital transformation accelerates, how can CISOs align their security strategies with organisational goals, ensure compliance, and lead their teams in the fight against increasingly sophisticated threats? Key Discussion Points: From Gatekeeper to Strategic Partner: How CISOs can shift from being seen as barriers to innovation to becoming key enablers of business agility and transformation through security. Balancing Risk and Innovation: Learn how top CISOs navigate the delicate balance between mitigating risk and supporting the organisation’s need to innovate and scale in a secure environment. Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC): Explore how CISOs are managing an increasingly complex regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance while still driving business objectives forward. Building a Security-First Culture: Practical strategies for CISOs to foster a culture where security is embedded into every part of the business, from boardroom discussions to frontline operations. CISO as Crisis Manager: How to prepare for and lead your organisation through major cybersecurity incidents. From ransomware attacks to data breaches, we’ll discuss how today’s CISO is as much a crisis manager as they are a strategist. Why You Should Attend: As a CISO, your role is evolving faster than ever before. This event is designed to provide you with actionable insights into how to embrace your expanded responsibilities while keeping your organisation safe and secure. Whether you’re focused on aligning security with business goals, navigating regulatory challenges, or leading in times of crisis, this event will equip you with the strategies to lead the next era of cybersecurity.
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UK Nov 13, 2025 Invitation Only Physical english
Join us on November 13th for the exclusive roundtable powered by Cognizant.
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Italy Nov 13, 2025 Invitation Only Physical italian
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The City of Columbia quickly and easily secures city and data with Trend Vision One™
Quickly and easily secures city and data with Trend Vision One™
OVERVIEW
Located in the heart of the United States, Columbia, Missouri, is a quintessential Midwest city, with a vibrant culture and a diverse community anchored by the University of Missouri. Serving over 120,000 residents, the city must remain vigilant in protecting citizens’ data while also ensuring that critical infrastructure—such as electric and water utilities—remain secure. The city’s Senior Cyber Security Analyst, Luke Mason, relies on Trend Vision One to maintain a robust and secure technological foundation as he builds out the city’s new security operations center (SOC).
"The biggest thing I’ve noticed with Trend Vision One is the simplicity of consolidating our infrastructure into one complete view.”
As a municipality, the City of Columbia contends with stringent regulations and budget constraints that complicate software procurement. In addition, the city had multiple security tools with separate logins and incompatible consoles, which took up precious time for Mason’s small team. “Our biggest challenge is not having enough time to dedicate to certain activities. We try to get everything we need done in the very short amount of time that we have,” says Mason.
WHY TREND
The city originally had several incorrectly configured on-premises servers. Mason was tasked with not only fixing the configurations but also ensuring that the servers were fully protected. “The first thing I did was reach out to our Trend Micro account manager for guidance. Over a few weeks, the Trend team of engineers and I reconfigured the workloads for SaaS and migrated everything to Trend Vision One,” says Mason.
“It has been night and day ever since,” says Mason. “We used to see random issues where things weren’t working, but we’re not experiencing that problem any longer. Plus, with Trend, we have the expertise of a million-dollar company to rely on to maintain our servers and environment.”
Attack Surface Risk Management is a game-changer, allowing us to assess domains, prioritize vulnerabilities, and chart a focused plan of attack. This helps us pinpoint our vulnerable areas and allocate resources effectively.”
SOLUTION
As the City of Columbia continues to develop its SOC, Mason lauds the Trend platform approach as key to his success. The cloud-native Trend Vision One supports the city’s IT and operational technology (OT) environment by managing multiple security functions in one console, including Trend Vision One™ – XDR, Trend Micro™ Cloud App Security, and Trend Vision One™ – Attack Surface Risk Management (ASRM).
“Attack Surface Risk Management is a game-changer, allowing us to assess domains, prioritize vulnerabilities, and chart a focused plan of attack. This helps us pinpoint our vulnerable areas and allocate resources effectively,” says Mason.
For its bulk electric system, which is an air-gapped environment without direct access to the internet, the city relies on TXOne StellarProtect security to identify any malware and report back to Trend Vision One. “The centralized console in Trend Vision One gives my team instant visibility into that system without it needing to be connected to the internet,” says Mason.
RESULTS
With Trend Vision One in place, the City of Columbia has a complete view of threats and statuses across its entire IT environment. “The biggest thing I’ve noticed with Trend Vision One is the simplicity of consolidating our infrastructure into one complete view,” says Mason. “I have all our external sites and DNS actively being scanned, and I receive reports so I can quickly take action instead of spending hours digging through alerts.”
“With XDR deployed across 2,000 machines, my team of three have quick insight into alerts, enabling them to view executables and easily safelist or block the action,” says Mason. “We also heavily use the automated response playbooks in Trend Vision One to automate phishing email investigations, freeing up an hour or two of my time every day.”
The Trend Vision One™ – Forensics feature is also a huge win for Mason. “Forensics has transformed our approach. Whereas before I’d have to pull an image of the user’s machine and review everything on the hard drive, now I click one button, and 15 minutes later I have an entire report of everything that is on that machine,” says Mason.
WHAT'S NEXT
Mason plans to continue expanding the city’s SOC, as well as refining identity management, aiming for a centralized system to handle identity and privileged access more efficiently. “We are excited to mature our SOC and finetune our zero-trust approach by leveraging Trend Vision One for managing and enforcing policies for identity management and privileged access,” says Mason. He’s also exploring the Trend Service One™ offering to augment his threeperson security team with 24/7 managed protection.
“My goal is to avoid being in the newspaper because something bad happens,” says Mason. “With Trend’s support, I feel confident that we can keep our citizens safe.”
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