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Belgium 9-9-25 Squad Only Physical english
As Belgium navigates the complexities of GDPR and various data sovereignty regulations, organizations across multiple industries face both challenges and opportunities in managing their data across borders. The quest for compliance often intersects with the need for business growth, raising questions about the balance between protection and progress. How can companies effectively own and safeguard their data while ensuring compliance without stifling innovation and expansion in a multi-industry landscape?
Read MorePoland 9-9-25 Invitation Only Virtual Polish
Utrzymanie talentów w organizacji IT ulokowanej na konkurencyjnym rynku pracy to nie lada zadanie. A jeśli do tego mówimy o organizacji z sektora publicznego? O swoich i swojej organizacji doświadczeniach, metodach i programach opowie Anna Wituła z CIRF. Będzie to jak zawsze okazja do dyskusji na temat różnych sposobów na utrzymanie talentów w firmie.
Read MoreBelgium 11-9-25 Squad Only Virtual english
You’ve built the portal. Added the chatbot. Rolled out self-service. But your support lines are still ringing. And your frontline teams are still improvising. If you want digital services to feel seamless, not just look polished, this session brings you back to where value is felt: at the frontline.
Read MorePoland 11-9-25 Invitation Only Virtual Polish
W fabrykach cyberbezpieczeństwo często zależy od podwykonawców – integratorów, dostawców systemów automatyki i firm serwisowych, które mają zaskakująco szeroki dostęp do infrastruktury OT. W tej prezentacji Igor Zbyryt z BZK pokaże, jak z perspektywy końcowego użytkownika i integratora wygląda współpraca z tymi firmami oraz jakie realne ryzyka to niesie – również w kontekście NIS2. Zamiast wyliczać różnice między IT a OT, skupi się na wspólnym mianowniku i tym, co trzeba zmienić w podejściu organizacji, żeby cyber w produkcji zaczęło działać.
Read MoreBelgium 13-9-25 All Members Physical english
Join us for a scenic ride along the route of the Brabantse Pijl!This ride is suitable for all levels of cyclists and doesn’t require advanced technical skills. We’ll start at de Zoete Waters, where parking is available, and head into the charming Brabant region. Along the way, we’ll tackle some of the area’s iconic climbs — including the legendary Moskesstraat, known for its cobbled character and history in pro cycling. Expect a relaxed, friendly atmosphere and beautiful views throughout. Whether you're training, exploring, or just riding for fun, you’re more than welcome to join!
Read MoreBelgium 16-9-25 Squad Only Physical english
The system works. That’s the problem. It’s old, complex, deeply integrated, and still running your most critical operations. Everyone agrees change is needed. But no one wants to be the one who breaks it. The stakes are too high.
Read MoreGermany Sep 9, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Vom ersten Use Case zur strategischen Neuausrichtung CIONET lädt bereits zum vierten Mal zu einem exklusiven Roundtable für CIOs und Digitalverantwortliche aus Logistik und Handel ein. Im Mittelpunkt des Abends steht die Frage, wie Unternehmen ihre KI-Initiativen erfolgreich skalieren und aus ersten Use Cases echten strategischen Mehrwert schaffen. Microsoft 365 für Frontline Worker: Moderne Tools, die Mitarbeitende im Tagesgeschäft entlasten ServiceNow für Prozessintegration: Automatisierte End-to-End-Workflows – vom Schadensfall bis zur Retourenabwicklung KI-gestützte Disposition und Planung: Mit smarten Algorithmen zur optimierten Supply Chain Digitale Lieferketten und letzte Meile: Transparenz, Effizienz und Kundenzentrierung durchgängig gedacht
Read MoreBelgium Sep 13, 2025 All Members Physical english
Join us for a wonderful ride. The ride is accessible to all levels of riders and doesn't require extensive technical skills. More information will follow soon. Looking forward to ride together!
Read MoreGermany Sep 17, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Cybersecurity ist längst kein reines IT-Thema mehr – sie betrifft das gesamte Unternehmen. Doch während die Bedrohungslage zunimmt, geraten viele Security-Verantwortliche an ihre Belastungsgrenzen: zwischen 24/7-Verantwortung, wachsenden Anforderungen und dem ständigen Innovationsdruck.
Read MoreGermany Sep 17, 2025 Country Members Physical german
IT-Betrieb und Cybersicherheit stehen heute unter extremem Druck: steigende Komplexität, wachsende regulatorische Anforderungen (NIS2, DORA, KRITIS), chronische Ressourcenknappheit – und gleichzeitig eine Bedrohungslage, die keine Verzögerungen duldet. Trotzdem agieren viele IT- und Security-Teams noch immer in Silos. Die Folge: ineffiziente Abläufe, Tool-Wildwuchs, langsame Reaktion auf Vorfälle und unklare Verantwortlichkeiten.
Read MoreGermany Sep 18, 2025 Country Members Virtual german
Nachhaltigkeit ist für CIOs nicht nur ein „Nice-to-have“, sondern eine strategische Priorität – sie beeinflusst direkt die finanzielle Performance, die operative Effizienz und die langfristige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit.
Read MoreBelgium Sep 18, 2025 Country Members Physical french
La dette technique est comparable à la négligence des réparations d'une maison. Ignorer un toit qui fuit peut faire gagner du temps aujourd'hui, mais cela pourrait conduire à l'effondrement du plafond plus tard. Pour remédier à la dette technique, il faut trouver et réparer ces fuites dès maintenant et mettre en place un plan d'entretien de la maison afin qu'elle soit prête pour les extensions futures. Pour résoudre ces problèmes, il faut définir des priorités stratégiques, communiquer clairement avec les parties prenantes et établir une feuille de route à long terme pour la modernisation. Cet événement se déroulera entièrement en français.
Read MoreGermany Sep 9, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Vom ersten Use Case zur strategischen Neuausrichtung CIONET lädt bereits zum vierten Mal zu einem exklusiven Roundtable für CIOs und Digitalverantwortliche aus Logistik und Handel ein. Im Mittelpunkt des Abends steht die Frage, wie Unternehmen ihre KI-Initiativen erfolgreich skalieren und aus ersten Use Cases echten strategischen Mehrwert schaffen. Microsoft 365 für Frontline Worker: Moderne Tools, die Mitarbeitende im Tagesgeschäft entlasten ServiceNow für Prozessintegration: Automatisierte End-to-End-Workflows – vom Schadensfall bis zur Retourenabwicklung KI-gestützte Disposition und Planung: Mit smarten Algorithmen zur optimierten Supply Chain Digitale Lieferketten und letzte Meile: Transparenz, Effizienz und Kundenzentrierung durchgängig gedacht
Read MoreBelgium Sep 13, 2025 All Members Physical english
Join us for a wonderful ride. The ride is accessible to all levels of riders and doesn't require extensive technical skills. More information will follow soon. Looking forward to ride together!
Read MoreGermany Sep 17, 2025 Country Members Physical german
Cybersecurity ist längst kein reines IT-Thema mehr – sie betrifft das gesamte Unternehmen. Doch während die Bedrohungslage zunimmt, geraten viele Security-Verantwortliche an ihre Belastungsgrenzen: zwischen 24/7-Verantwortung, wachsenden Anforderungen und dem ständigen Innovationsdruck.
Read MoreGermany Sep 17, 2025 Country Members Physical german
IT-Betrieb und Cybersicherheit stehen heute unter extremem Druck: steigende Komplexität, wachsende regulatorische Anforderungen (NIS2, DORA, KRITIS), chronische Ressourcenknappheit – und gleichzeitig eine Bedrohungslage, die keine Verzögerungen duldet. Trotzdem agieren viele IT- und Security-Teams noch immer in Silos. Die Folge: ineffiziente Abläufe, Tool-Wildwuchs, langsame Reaktion auf Vorfälle und unklare Verantwortlichkeiten.
Read MoreGermany Sep 18, 2025 Country Members Virtual german
Nachhaltigkeit ist für CIOs nicht nur ein „Nice-to-have“, sondern eine strategische Priorität – sie beeinflusst direkt die finanzielle Performance, die operative Effizienz und die langfristige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit.
Read MoreBelgium Sep 18, 2025 Country Members Physical french
La dette technique est comparable à la négligence des réparations d'une maison. Ignorer un toit qui fuit peut faire gagner du temps aujourd'hui, mais cela pourrait conduire à l'effondrement du plafond plus tard. Pour remédier à la dette technique, il faut trouver et réparer ces fuites dès maintenant et mettre en place un plan d'entretien de la maison afin qu'elle soit prête pour les extensions futures. Pour résoudre ces problèmes, il faut définir des priorités stratégiques, communiquer clairement avec les parties prenantes et établir une feuille de route à long terme pour la modernisation. Cet événement se déroulera entièrement en français.
Read MoreThe Saudi Investment Bank is Transforming to Deliver Secure Banking Experiences
The Saudi Investment Bank, a leading financial institution, sought to enhance its cybersecurity posture to protect its customers and data in the face of evolving threats. Trend Micro's advanced threat detection and response solutions emerged as the ideal choice, enabling SAIB to fortify its security.
OVERVIEW
The Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB) began operating in 1977, quickly establishing recognition in share trading, asset management, leasing, mortgages, insurance, and credit cards. Today, the bank offers traditional wholesale, retail, and commercial banking products. SAIB is also actively engaged in the financing of quasi-government and private industry sectors, as well as the trading of financial products that facilitate and expand the kingdom’s importexport segment.
Built on a vision of simplicity and accessibility, SAIB operates on principles of flexibility and responsiveness towards customers and the continuous empowerment of employees. The company consistently develops the best possible approaches and the smartest solutions to deliver on these principles.
CHALLENGES
Delivering a secure banking experience is at the heart of SAIB’s pledge to its customers and employees. The bank offers its services on a technology stack that is virtualized to a high degree, with several users that consume services delivered from two data centers. However, the threat of a breach is not to be taken lightly. The bank’s stakeholders know that any infiltration could be a heavy blow to the reputation of trust it has earned in the market.
“Our vision is to provide safe and secure environments that our customers can depend on, so they can bank with ease and confidence,” said Ayman Al-Shafai, head of The Saudi Investment Bank’s security operations center. “We are a leading light in digital transformation. We are always proactive in adopting new technologies that allow us to be more creative in the digital services we provide to our customers.”
Having adapted from a traditional infrastructure to a modern, virtualized architecture, SAIB needed to shift from a legacy model of focusing on external threats, to a multi-facetted structure.
As Al-Shafai recalled, “We did have effective defense controls, but given the dynamic threat landscape, we knew we had to adapt to the constantly changing tactics seen from bad actors with an in-depth approach. We saw the need to apply a zero-trust model to balance preventive controls with advanced and insightful detection capabilities. Through such a model, we would be able to deploy in-depth behavior analysis and fight advanced threats.”
Since the implementation of Trend Micro’s multifacetted solution, we have had more visibility into our environment; and the higher the visibility, the better you are able to detect malicious activity.
Ayman Al-Shafai
Head of Security Operations Center
The Saudi Investment Bank
WHY TREND
“Support is absolutely key when you deploy a solution that underpins a core business deliverable,” Al-Shafai explained. “Your vendor has to be a partner that is always available, responsive, and has a finely tuned appreciation of your business and its core ambitions.” SAIB evaluated several solutions in the market that were candidates for delivering on its main objectives of visibility and real-time adaptability. According to Al-Shafai, Trend Micro stood out as being able to deliver around-the-clock support and consistent quality.
“I don’t look at pricing as keenly as I look at the value added by a strategic partner,” he explained. “We’ve been working with Trend Micro for over five years. During this time, we saw that the quality of their products and services never wavered. They were the obvious partner for us.”
Trend Micro has been with us every step of the way, and the support we received after deployment was exceptional—showing us how to effectively use the product rather than just implementing it and leaving us to figure it out on our own.
Ayman Al-Shafai
Head of Security Operations Center
The Saudi Investment Bank
SOLUTION
SAIB was looking for a toolset that was intuitive and did not require heavy administration. In addition, it needed to be able to provide role-specific reporting for a wide array of readers.
“Many people think of cybersecurity as a single solution that, once implemented, renders your infrastructure completely secure,” said Al-Shafai. “But we needed multiple on-premises controls that worked together to give powerful results.”
SAIB deployed Trend Micro™ Deep Discovery™ Inspector to monitor network traffic across all traversal routes—inside data centers, between hosts, and across endpoints. The solution provides enhanced visibility of activity, allowing teams to quickly monitor malicious activity, such as ransomware delivery or advanced persistent threats (APTs).
The bank also opted for Trend Micro™ Deep Discovery™ Analyzer, an open and scalable sandbox analysis platform that provides a real-time, on-premises assessment of files and hyperlinks. It is also capable of integrating samples submitted by threat researchers and incident response professionals. In addition, Trend Micro™ Deep Discovery™ Email Inspector now watches over the company’s corporate communications, protecting users and warning stakeholders of prospective threats as they occur.
“The solution is only the beginning,” said Al-Shafai. “As I said, we needed a partner that was engaged throughout the whole life cycle and beyond. Trend Micro has been with us every step of the way, and the support we received after deployment was exceptional—showing us how to effectively use the product rather than just implementing it and leaving us to figure it out on our own. I would draw particular attention to Trend Micro’s engagement during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, when they provided us with additional antivirus training for our employees.”
RESULTS
“Since the implementation of Trend Micro’s multi-facetted solution, we have had more visibility into our environment; and the higher the visibility, the better you are able to detect malicious activity,” Al-Shafai noted. “We are looking to protect customers and employees long term, so we need that visibility to detect potential attacks in their early stages.” Al-Shafai is confident that SAIB’s return on investment will be significant, in terms of “the value of preventing losses that could potentially harm the organization’s brand for years to come”.
“The threat landscape is changing on a daily basis, so you need an ecosystem where, if the prevention fails, you detect. We now have both those layers provided by Trend Micro,” explained Al-Shafai.
WHAT'S NEXT
“We’re moving into a new era of banking. With accelerated digitization, there is a need to adopt new technologies like AI, blockchain, and IoT, while embracing open banking initiatives. This will drive a new shift in the attack landscape, demanding more security, control, and visibility across our environments. That’s our next challenge to prepare for and tackle, and we’re looking forward to it.”
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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.
Geopolitical tensions have dominated the headlines for over two years now. In this context, the cyber threat landscape is also evolving rapidly. The protection and security of critical infrastructure – both physical and digital – is becoming increasingly important.
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