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 MoreSaga Group accelerates digital transformation with Trend Micro's advanced attack surface visibility
Accelerates digital transformation with Trend Micro's advanced attack surface visibility
OVERVIEW
With more than 50 years in the automotive market and dozens of dealerships spread across the country, the Saga Group represents 22 automakers, with its target audience being both end consumers, as well as fleets and tenders.
Founded by entrepreneurs from the State of Goiás, the group has a gross revenue of BRL $8 billion. It also operates in the shopping center segment through Saga Malls, which represents seven projects located in the Brazilian Midwest region, totaling around 400 thousand square meters of gross leasable area. In 2021, the Saga Group appeared in the “Valor 1000 Yearbook” as the 150th largest company in Brazil.
We chose Trend Micro because we wanted a broad and robust solution, but with a simple and intuitive dashboard, to understand our weaknesses in adherence to the GDPL
Gabriel Giannotti
Head of Infrastructure, Saga Group
CHALLENGES
To become a leader in the market, the Saga Group adopted a strategy that involved a portfolio of brands. It restructured the company to reduce costs in order to gain scale, maintain satisfied employees, and diversity its business.
Part of the company’s strategy to deal with the dynamic automobile segment was to invest in a digital transformation that would bring agility and technological readiness to respond to market changes, and enable it to innovate.
Starting in 2016, the Saga Group began investing heavily in migrating its systems to the cloud. Along with this shift came the concern about the growth of cyber attacks and the need to have a security platform that protected digital assets, detecting threats with speed and efficiency.
WHY TREND
One of the biggest concerns was having visibility of the attack surface and keeping the cloud functional, with a comprehensive view of the environment. The security posture management tool Saga chose was Attack Surface Risk Management. “We needed to consolidate our tools into a platform that was scalable and protect our virtual and cloud environments. It also needed to be easy to deploy and use on a daily basis,” highlighted Gabriel Giannotti, head of infrastructure at the Saga Group.
Workload Security was also implemented to ensure flexibility and optimization, and avoid any interruptions to the company’s activities. “We chose Trend because we wanted a broad and robust solution, but with a simple and intuitive dashboard, to understand our weaknesses in adherence to the GDPL,” added Giannotti, referring to the General Data Protection Law, which came into effect in September 2020.
SOLUTION
Since beginning its migration journey to the cloud, the Saga Group has relied on consultancy from IPSense, a company specialized in cloud computing management and monitoring.
Orchestrating AWS resources through AWS Control Tower, IPSense developed a cloud strategy with the aim of improving the governance, security level and tangibility of all available resources, thus increasing the maturity of the Saga Group’s infrastructure.
From there, a landing zone was created and integrated into ASRM for Cloud, covering aspects of governance, connectivity, compliance, scalability, and security. The configuration provided automation, monitoring, and management capabilities for security policies. It is worth highlighting that all hiring was carried out via the marketplace, without any bureaucracy, with just a few clicks.
According to Giannotti, an important factor in choosing the Trend solution—in addition to its ease of use—was the centralized management from a single control panel, which shows the evolution of compliance on a day-to-day basis. “The [ASRM for Cloud] report provides me with one snapshot a day and this helps me sell my work. I can show the CEO what we have already accomplished and where we still need to work to move forward,” he explained.
Gianotti also highlighted his trust of IPSense’s team, which works daily in close collaboration with his IT personnel, “Choosing a partner with strong leverage is essential for our business. IPSense is committed to providing us with the latest technology, as fast as possible, and that is why we believe in the internal development of our solutions. We approach the market rather aggressively, and for that we must have access to the most innovative and disruptive tools available.”
RESULTS
The Saga Group has noted an increase in the quality of threat detection and responses since adding the ASRM for Cloud implementation. Shortly after installing workload security in its environment, the Group identified a latent threat that could have caused serious issues.
“Without visibility into the environment to analyze threats, the company would work in the dark and be exposed, putting its operations and reputation at risk. With [Trend], it is possible to detect failures and clearly see vulnerabilities and areas that can be improved in the cloud,” explains Head of Sales, Trend Micro Brazil, Rodrigo Garcia. “The support and strategy developed by IPSense were fundamental to Saga Group’s digital transformation process, presenting global cybersecurity trends and helping the company reduce risks, without losing operational efficiency,” he added.
ASRM for Cloud tools and reports have significantly simplified the company’s compliance work, as the platform not only identifies violations of adopted security and operational excellence frameworks, but also immediately recommends suitable remediation.
“Our roadmap has a strong focus on security. With the growth of data hijacking attacks, the GDPL sanction, and now account hijacking, we were extremely worried. Now we are 100% sure that we have greatly reduced our exposure to all of those risks,” concluded Gabriel Giannotti.
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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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