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Belgium 23-9-25 Squad Only Virtual english

Cybersecurity Without the Burnout ; Refocusing effort when alerts, threats, and pressure won’t stop

Security teams are overwhelmed. Too many tools. Too many alerts. Too few people. And now, increasing pressure from the board to protect everything, everywhere, all the time. Expect honest reflection, shared strategies, and a conversation that cuts through compliance noise and focuses on what to do when your team is stretched and your risk is rising.

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Belgium 23-9-25 Invitation Only Physical english

Reclaim the cloud : Powering Belgian Finance with Sovereignty

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the financial services industry in Belgium faces a critical juncture regarding its cloud adoption strategy. While the allure of cloud computing – with its promise of scalability, agility, and innovation – is undeniable, the unique regulatory demands and paramount need for data sovereignty present significant challenges. This CIONET roundtable, aims to bring together Digital Leaders from the Belgian financial sector to discuss how to navigate these complexities. We will explore how financial institutions can leverage cloud technologies while ensuring complete control over their data, maintaining compliance with stringent European regulations like GDPR and DORA, and mitigating geopolitical risks.

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Belgium 24-9-25 Invitation Only Physical english

Bridging the Unbridgeable: IT Meets M(i)OT ; Converged infrastructures demand converged security

As smart devices proliferate across operational environments — from sensors on factory lines and GPS trackers in logistics fleets to wearables in healthcare and connected systems in smart cities — the integration of Managed IoT (MiOT) is accelerating. But with it comes a surge in cybersecurity risks. No longer isolated or air-gapped, OT systems are becoming fully networked, remotely accessible, and deeply entwined with IT. This creates a vulnerable, highly complex digital mesh, one where a single compromised device can trigger physical, financial, and reputational consequences.

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September 23, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english

Cybersecurity Without the Burnout ; Refocusing effort when alerts, threats, and pressure won’t stop

Security teams are overwhelmed. Too many tools. Too many alerts. Too few people. And now, increasing pressure from the board to protect everything, everywhere, all the time. Expect honest reflection, shared strategies, and a conversation that cuts through compliance noise and focuses on what to do when your team is stretched and your risk is rising.

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September 30, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english

Technical Debt: When to Pay It and When to Walk Away ; Making smart trade-offs between progress, maintenance, and risk

Everyone has technical debt. The question is what to do with it. Refactor now? Wait for the next feature? Build on it and hope it holds? If you’re tired of debating whether to clean up or move on, this session helps you frame the debt conversation in a way that supports both speed and stability.

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October 2, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english

The Career Path of the Architect ;Great architecture begins with great architects

Architecture doesn’t happen in diagrams. It happens in minds, seasoned, curious, sharp minds that understand how the pieces fit. But who’s shaping these minds? Who’s growing the next generation of digital architects? If you’re responsible for complex systems, and for the people designing them, this session is for you.

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Pivvot secures cloud-native applications with Trend Micro Cloud One

Pivvot, a leading provider of asset management solutions for infrastructure organizations, relies on Trend Micro Cloud One to ensure the security of its cloud-native applications. Company is able to deliver innovative solutions that meet the stringent requirements of its clients in the energy and utility sectors.

OVERVIEW

Pivvot is a software company that delivers intelligent asset management systems to infrastructure organizations, such as utility and energy companies. Pivvot develops and deploys unique, customized solutions to a diverse customer base. Its clients need to protect highly-sensitive data, such as the location of oil and gas pipelines.

To be agile and maintain constant release cycles, Pivvot relies on a cloud-based microservices architecture. It has moved to Docker and ECS in AWS for scalability and high-performance container orchestration

 

By embedding security into the development process, rather than implementing it as a standalone activity, Trend Micro Cloud One enables Pivvot to develop new cloud native applications that meet compliance requirements.

alt     Jason Cradit - Senior Director of Technology, Pivvot
 
 

CHALLENGES

Given the accelerated proliferation of security issues and cyber threats, Pivvot was in search of a solution that could help ensure security for its customers’ data assets, while at the same time empowering the company to engage in ongoing and rapid innovation to deliver the solutions its customers need. Security is paramount— particularly within Pivvot’s fast-paced and customer-centric DevOps environment. To meet ever-changing customer requirements, Pivvot must be able to go from build to deploy very quickly, with the confidence that its solutions will be secure when released to production.

Because software in Pivvot’s DevOps environment is delivered continuously, security cannot be left to a standalone effort—it must be built in from the start—and automation is key. Pivvot needed a flexible, scalable, integrated security solution that could ensure that data assets remained secure throughout the product development life cycle while enabling fast and simple development processes.

 
 

WHY TREND

Trend Micro has a long-standing history of developing security solutions for infrastructure engineering software providers like Pivvot, and an ongoing relationship with Pivvot’s Senior Director of Technology, Jason Cradit.  “Our work with Trend Micro is about protecting what’s right here right now, while we build,” says Cradit. “There’s never been something we’ve taken to Trend Micro that they couldn’t do.”

Not only that, Trend Micro aligns its billing mechanisms with implementation practices through AWS Marketplace to offer the elasticity and scalability needed to respond to changing conditions. Cradit considers this to be a considerable competitive advantage.

 
 

SOLUTION

Pivvot chose Trend Cloud One - Workload Security to help meet its objectives of ensuring security throughout the development life cycle while enabling quick solution deployment. “By embedding security into the development process, rather than implementing it as a standalone activity, Trend Cloud One - Workload Security enables Pivvot to develop new cloud-native applications that meet compliance requirements and customer demands right from the start―at first build―and throughout the life of the product,” says Cradit.

Workload Security allows Pivvot to operationalize new products quickly and easily with built-in security by taking advantage of its automation capabilities. It also provides the elasticity needed to align secure product build efforts with changing business conditions.

For continuous and secure application development, container image, and registry scanning provided by Deep Security Smart Check—which Cradit regards as a powerful solution for the company—supports Pivvot’s migration of its APIs to a container architecture. “The Smart Check dashboard provides Pivvot with the visibility to detect malware, secrets and keys, compliance violations, custom rules, and known or unexpected vulnerabilities earlier in the build pipeline,” reinforces Cradit.

 

Trend Micro’s ability to not just keep current but to define what’s current is what’s really interesting to me. I wouldn’t look to anyone else to secure the cloud-based microservices DevOps environment.

alt Jason Cradit - Senior Director of Technology, Pivvot
 
 

RESULTS

By applying Smart Check controls, Pivvot is able to build new applications more securely without putting up roadblocks for developers and with minimum intervention by security teams. In its cloud-based AWS environment with Docker containers, Pivvot found that Workload Security supports the DevOps demands to continuously build secure, ship fast, and run anywhere. Knowing they have reduced risk, Pivvot can focus on business goals and customer success.

Smart Check offers solution providers the capabilities they need to protect against malware, content and compliance violations, and vulnerabilities early in the development pipeline. “By building security into the pipeline, Pivvot’s developers are able to give their full attention to the end user. The built-in, automated security of Workload Security reduces the opportunity for humans to inadvertently introduce errors along the way and helps eliminate the need for costly downtime and rework of applications,” says Cradit. “And Pivvot gains scalability—when the automation for a single unit is good, it will scale. This makes Pivvot much more agile and ready to quickly adapt to changing needs.”

 

WHAT'S NEXT

Pivvot is exploring moving its container platforms to Amazon® Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (Amazon EKS). Pivvot intends to continue to address security concerns head-on in its microservices journey by leveraging Trend Micro security solutions to embed security into every aspect of product development—from build to ship to run. Cradit is also impressed with what he has seen with Cloud One – Conformity. “We liked the simplicity of it, breadth of details and how actionable the findings were. The pricing structure was simple and as we love it being available on the AWS Marketplace.”

“Trend Micro’s ability to not just keep current but to define what’s current is what’s really interesting to me,” says Cradit. “I wouldn’t look to anyone else to secure the cloudbased microservices DevOps environment.”

 

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Digital Transformation is redefining the future of health care and health delivery. All stakeholders are convinced that these innovations will create value for patients, healthcare practitioners, hospitals, and governments along the patient pathway. The benefits are starting from prevention and awareness to diagnosis, treatment, short- and long-term follow-up, and ultimately survival. But how do you make sure that your working towards an architecturally sound, secure and interoperable health IT ecosystem for your hospital and avoid implementing a hodgepodge of spot solutions? How does your IT department work together with the other stakeholders, such as the doctors and other healthcare practitioners, Life Sciences companies, Tech companies, regulators and your internal governance and administrative bodies?

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The Telenet Business Leadership Circle powered by CIONET, offers a platform where IT executives and thought leaders can meet to inspire each other and share best practices. We want to be a facilitator who helps you optimise the performance of your IT function and your business by embracing the endless opportunities that digital change brings.

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Les Rencontres

Découvrez la dynamique du leadership numérique aux Rencontres de CIONET, le programme francophone exclusif de CIONET pour les leaders numériques en Belgique, rendu possible grâce au soutien et à l'engagement de nos partenaires de programme : Deloitte, Denodo et Red Hat. Rejoignez trois événements inspirants par an à Liège, Namur et en Brabant Wallon, où des CIOs et des experts numériques francophones de premier plan partagent leurs perspectives et expériences sur des thèmes d'affaires et de IT actuels. Laissez-vous inspirer et apprenez des meilleurs du secteur lors de sessions captivantes conçues spécialement pour soutenir et enrichir votre rôle en tant que CIO pair. Ne manquez pas cette opportunité de faire partie d'un réseau exceptionnel d'innovateurs numériques !

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CIONET is committed to highlighting and celebrating female role models in IT, Tech & Digital, creating a leadership programme that empowers and elevates women within the tech industry. This initiative is dedicated to showcasing the achievements and successes of leading women, fostering an environment where female role models are recognised, and their contributions can ignite progress and inspire the next generation of women in IT. Our mission is to shine the spotlight a little brighter on female role models in IT, Tech & Digital, and to empower each other through this inner network community.

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