Belgium 23-9-25 Squad Only Virtual english
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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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.
Read MoreBelgium 24-9-25 Invitation Only Physical english
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.
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english
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.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english
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.
Read MoreOctober 2, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english
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.
Read MoreThe 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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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?
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreDécouvrez 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 !
Read MoreCIONET 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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