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.
Read MoreBelgium 23-9-25 Invitation Only Physical english
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 MoreAddresses an evolving security landscape in a critical sector with Trend Micro
OVERVIEW
As a leading independent upstream oil and gas company with operations in Australia, China, and Southeast Asia, Roc Oil Company (ROC) understands the challenge of protecting its critical data across regions. Operating across a wide environment, with strong industry relationships and services covering the exploration-to-delivery spectrum, ROC needed to ensure the integrity of critical systems and protect employees from rising threats. The company engaged Trend Micro to secure their environment—and gained a partner acting as a true extension of their IT team.
Having Trend only an arm’s length away ensures that we have the technical skillsets and abilities needed to navigate our security concerns.
CHALLENGES
The small ROC IT team struggled to gain visibility into their internal environment, which made it difficult for the team to detect threats and defend against evolving cyber risks. The company also needed to stay compliant with data sovereignty requirements due to its relationships with joint venture partners in Asia.
“My team and I inherited an environment with many moving parts and very little handover from previous IT management,” says Jack Smith, IT manager at ROC. “In an effort to minimize disruption and maintain the systems we had in place, we needed to ensure that there was a solid level of security coverage.”
WHY TREND
“When evaluating security vendors to replace a legacy solution, we found Trend to be the most proficient and cost-effective option, offering peace of mind across various workloads—from endpoints and desktops to server infrastructure and cloud services,” says Smith. “Having Trend only an arm’s length away ensures that we have the technical skillsets and abilities needed to navigate our security concerns.”
ROC’s decision to partner with Trend reflects the paramount need for innovation in Australia’s cybersecurity environment. The evolving Trend security platform resonates with ROC’s commitment to stay ahead of dynamic security risks.
Trend Vision One™ is brilliant because it provides a single-pane-of-glass approach. It’s refreshing — I can jump on and use security alerts at a glance and focus on what requires the most attention.
SOLUTION
Initially, Smith brought on Trend Micro Apex One™, Trend Micro™ Cloud App Security, and Trend Vision One™ – Workload Security to gain visibility across endpoints and server and cloud workloads. The company subsequently added Trend Vision One as an integrated security solution, allowing Smith’s team of four to understand the company’s risk posture across its entire ecosystem. ROC also chose Trend Service One™ with Trend Micro™ Managed XDR to increase the effectiveness of its Trend solutions deployment.
“Each month, we meet with our technical account managers for advice on security changes we should make or enforce, the importance and criticality of each, and priorities,” says Smith. “Trend Service One means we benefit from their expert skillsets to mitigate potential risks.”
RESULTS
“The Trend Vision One platform approach has improved our reporting capabilities, enabling us to easily inform senior management of monthly alerts and the company’s risk score,” says Smith. “The threat workbench feature within Trend Vision One allows my team to deep-dive into alerts and trace their origin. Automation and virtual patching mean I can maintain ROC’s architecture with very little disruption—providing peace of mind that employees are covered across older operating systems,” says Smith.
“Trend Vision One is brilliant because it provides a single-pane-of-glass approach. It’s refreshing—I can jump on and use security alerts at a glance and focus on what requires the most attention,” says Smith.
But it’s the managed approach of Trend Service One that’s most important for Smith. “Very early on I said to Trend Micro, ‘I need your help because we want to be sure that we’re using our solutions to their full potential’,” he says. “With other vendors, they get their foot in the door and then they sort of disappear. Trend Micro has always been in contact to ensure that we’re well taken care of and to promote other ideas outside the realm of what we’ve previously been thinking.”
“Trend Micro is constantly developing Trend Vision One capabilities and the value-add allows me to share risk-based reporting with our executives. I can take a snapshot with the alerts and just add that to my reports. I appreciate the reporting capabilities in the platform—it is well laid out and intuitive to use,” says Smith.
WHAT'S NEXT
ROC is actively exploring the implementation of a zero-trust security framework. “We feel as though zero trust may afford us the ability to further fine-tune our security posture. It’ll also consolidate a number of legacy approaches that we use to deliver services to our employees,” says Smith.
And when it comes time to renew, Smith believes there’s no other option but Trend. “There’s no consideration that I would be looking elsewhere, because I think all our needs and concerns have been met, and I’ve had nothing but a fantastic rapport with Trend Micro,” says Smith.
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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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