Recently, 40+ CIOs and CISOs gathered for our "Defending for Continuity" session. Not a security conference – a community facing the future together.

𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Gerben van Dijke (@ProRail) opened with the reality of securing vital infrastructure: cyber resilience isn't just technical – it's organizational change that requires integration across competing business priorities.
Miranda Ritchie (@Orbia) shared what happens when security needs to make decisions at AI speed, sharing the story of how Orbia blocked OpenClaw corporate-wide within days.

Bart Kerkhofs (@Tata Steel) reframed security with an analogy: "I look at security like brakes on a car. The fact that you have brakes gives you the confidence to drive fast." Security isn't about slowing the business down – it's about enabling speed with confidence.

𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲
Simon Janssen (@HappyNurse), Sietse Bruinsma (@Vandebron), and Wladimir Mufty (@SURF) tackled digital sovereignty without easy answers.

@Sietse shared @Vandebron's principle: design for exit. Using open standards and Kubernetes native architecture to avoid true vendor lock-in.

Simon pointed to a fundamental problem when it comes to achieving true European sovereignty: funding.

Wladimir challenged us to talk about values rather than nationalism, "we need a discussion on the highest level: what values do we want to adhere to?"

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁?
The energy in the room. These weren't competitors protecting secrets. They were peers exchanging tactical wisdom, signal cutting through the noise.

Questions were specific. Answers were honest. This was practical knowledge you won't find in white papers, existing in the hard-won experience of leaders building resilience with real constraints.

The CIOs and CISOs who stayed until the end weren't there for free drinks. They were there because this is where real learning happens. Where you can ask the question you've been afraid to ask your board. Where someone else has already failed at what you're about to try.

Security resilience isn't a destination. It's a practice. And it's one we're building together.
Interested in more? Join our next community session: Accelerating Digital Transformation with leaders from ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Decathlon, Trivium Packaging, Royal Cosun

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Special thanks to our partners
NetWitness - Edwin Rombeek
Fsas Technologies – a Fujitsu company - Paul Broekhuizen
AvePoint - Michel W.R. van der Meulen
CyberArk - Josh Kirkwood