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Security resilience is no longer a checklist item, it is the foundation for business continuity and market advantage. The increasing complexity of AI-driven threats and the expansion of the digital estate into OT environments demand a completely new roadmap for defense.

Join us On February 12th 2026, 3pm in Haarlem for our next community event of our brand new line-up: 

Defending for continuity: Aligning direct threats with a resilient roadmap

Event Program

15.30 pm    Keynote: Gerben van Dijke, CISO, ProRail 

Organizations face a major challenge in becoming more resilient to cyber threats. This is particularly true for organizations that are part of the Netherlands’ vital infrastructure. ProRail is a clear example of this. The level of threat remains undiminished, while regulatory pressure is also increasing. This calls for a robust approach with significant impact across the organization. The key question, therefore, is how cyber resilience relates to other major challenges and how—and with what priority—it is addressed. This makes it, in essence, an organizational change challenge as well. That requires maximum integration within the existing organization. Join Gerben van Dijke to hear how ProRail approaches this and the challenges they encounter along the way.

16.00 pm Emerging Threats & AI-Driven Cyber Risks: What Boards Must Anticipate
A high-level view of the most sophisticated risks shaping the corporate landscape.

Bart Kerkhofs, CIO TataSteel

Miranda Ritchie, CISO, Orbia

16.30 pm SPECIAL SESSION: The challenges of realizing Sovereignty

Simon Janssen, CIO, HappyNurse

Sietse Bruinsma, CTO - VandeBron

Wladimir Mufty, Programmamanager Digitale Soevereiniteit - SURF

17.00 pm Deep Dive Dialogues:
Moderated small-group peer 2 peer discussions on burning issues:

If You Don’t Secure Identity, You Will Never Secure AI

AI agents are about to touch everything in your business. They will make decisions, connect systems, and trigger actions at machine speed. Their power, and their risk, comes from one place: identity.
Without strong identity controls, AI becomes an attack surface. With them, it becomes a competitive advantage. Identity is the control plane for AI. The organizations that treat it as such now will be the ones capable of deploying AI responsibly, safely, and at scale—long before the rest catch up.

Josh Kirkwood, Field CTO, CyberArk

You will walk away with the "food for thought" necessary to reinforce your company's security resilience and drive strategic decisions.