"The AI paradox: A blessing or a curse?"

PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Day 2024: Agenda, Speakers, Finalists of the Pitching Competition revealed - time to register now!

This year’s theme is “The AI paradox: A blessing or a curse?”
Stay informed with the latest trends in Cybersecurity & Privacy
Take full advantage of this year’s unique agenda and gain insights from top-class speakers including: Geoff White, Mika Lauhde, Donia El Kateb, Stan Scharnigg, Herwig Hofmann, Nico Sienaert
Explore promising cybersecurity and/or privacy solutions through an engaging pitching contest from: Aumint.io, Contrast Security, Data & More, DISS-CO and IgniSign
Participate in interactive workshops

PwC Luxembourg is pleased to present the agenda of this year’s PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Day, taking place on 5 June 2024 at PwC’s Luxembourg’s Crystal Park premises. The agenda of the day includes many presentations as well as interactive workshops sessions. Furthermore, the top five innovative solutions selected for this year's Cybersecurity & Privacy Solution of the Year Award will compete during the Pitching Contest.

The mission of the PwC Cybersecurity and Privacy Day is to help all businesses stay as secure as possible in a complex and dynamic digital society.

This year's main theme will be: ‘The AI paradox: A blessing or a curse?”

The significant impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on reshaping cybersecurity is clear, yet ensuring the protection of AI systems is essential to avoid negative consequences. The increasing use of AI is driven by the availability of powerful and cost-effective computer chips, making it feasible for organisations of various scales to adopt. This trend is further propelled by the exponential expansion of digital data. As AI applications become increasingly integrated into everyday activities, their importance in cybersecurity grows significantly.

Besides, AI and privacy of data are deeply intertwined concepts in today's digital landscape. As AI technologies become increasingly prevalent in various aspects of our lives, the handling and protection of personal data have become critical concerns. To address these concerns, it's crucial to implement robust privacy safeguards and regulations. By implementing robust privacy measures and upholding ethical standards, we can harness the power of AI while safeguarding the privacy and dignity of individuals.

The event intends to offer comprehensive perspectives on both the benefits and the challenges posed by AI in the realm of cybersecurity and privacy. In fact, in PwC’s 27th Annual Global CEO Survey - Thriving in an age of continuous reinvention - the results showed that CEOs in this year’s survey reflect similar concerns over the potentially significant, unintended consequences that could emerge from the surge of generative AI. It turns out from the survey that when it comes to generative AI, CEOs are most concerned about cybersecurity risk—and over half agree that it is likely to increase the spread of misinformation in their company.

Koen Maris, Advisory Partner and Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader at PwC Luxembourg, says: “This year's event theme seems especially relevant. Cybersecurity and data protection are paramount to keep our privacy safeguarded in a world fuelled by Artificial Intelligence. We've curated a rich agenda that directly addresses this theme, featuring excellent speakers and workshops. As always, the pitching competition is a highlight of our event, and I'm excited to announce that this year, we have a diverse range of solutions being presented! It's shaping up to be an exceptional event, and I can't wait to see you there”.

PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Day 2024

Participants on the day will benefit from internationally renowned speakers, shedding light on challenges we are facing in today's sophisticated digital world. This year, we are very excited with the expertise of our speakers who were carefully selected with the topic of “The AI paradox: A blessing or a curse?”

Some speaker highlights include:

Geoff White, Investigative Journalist, Speaker and Author
Mika Lauhde, Senior Fellow, FIET, Private Law of Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
Donia El Kateb, Senior IT-Security Engineer, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Stan Scharnigg, Co-founder – Operations/Finance/Sales, Chunk Works
Herwig Hofmann, Professor of European and Transnational Public Law, Head of the Department of Law, University of Luxembourg, FDEF
Nico Sienaert, Sr. GTM Lead Security, Microsoft
And many others…

Key dates to remember:

PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Day - CEO Corner - 4 June 2024:This is an exclusive session crafted specifically for CEOs to delve deep into the strategic challenges surrounding cybersecurity and privacy, gaining invaluable insights tailored to executive leadership.
PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Day, including the Pitching Competition - 5 June 2024

Don’t forget to request an invitation to join us for this landmark event in Luxembourg! See you there!

Out of the shadows: CISOs & DPOs in the spotlight! 2024 Survey

2024 marks the new edition of the Out of the shadows: CISOs & DPOs in the spotlight! Survey conducted with the active support of CLUSIL, CNPD, CSSF and ILR. Get ready for the unveiling of the survey results during our roundtable discussion with the following panellists: Sheila Beker, Head of Network and Information Systems’ Security, ILR, Cécile Gellenoncourt, Head of Department “Supervision of Information Systems and Support PFS”, CSSF, Marc Lemmer, Data Protection Commissioner, CNPD and Cédric Mauny, President, CLUSIL. The objective of this survey is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the roles and responsibilities of CISOs/ISOs and DPOs/privacy experts, especially in light of the upcoming European regulations.

PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Day 2024 Pitching Competition

After an international call for submissions, PwC Luxembourg has selected five cybersecurity and/ or privacy companies with relevant solutions for the Luxembourgish market.

The five finalists will compete on 5 June 2024 live from Luxembourg for the two following awards:

2024 PwC Luxembourg Cybersecurity & Privacy Solution of the Year Award - Jury’s Choice
This award will be conferred by the Jury to the candidate that demonstrates excellence at all levels, from strategy to execution.

2024 PwC Luxembourg Cybersecurity & Privacy Solution of the Year Award - People’s Choice
The audience will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite solution right after the live pitch.

The two awards winners will be announced at the end of the conference.

The 2024 finalists in alphabetical order are:

A personalized AI cybersecurity solution that assess each employee risk individually

Trident by Aumint is a four-layer GenAI that can classify company employees into risk groups, simulate real-life breaches, generate NLP content and build personalised learning paths for each employee.

Value proposition: 360° social engineering GenAI protection

Solution categories: Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cyber Risk Management, Identity and Access management, Regulatory/compliance, Artificial Intelligence for Cyber, Artificial Intelligence for Privacy, Privacy, Social engineering automated solution

Headquarters: LUXEMBOURG

Website: https://www.aumint.io/

Built for Developers. Trusted by Security

Contrast’s key innovation is analysing apps/APIs from “inside-out” rather than traditional “outside-in” approaches. Our runtime security solution solves the speed, accuracy, scalability, and ease-of-use challenges associated with traditional application security technologies.

Value proposition: Contrast’s Runtime Security changes the AppSec game by replacing expensive, inaccurate, and inefficient manual tools and processes with automated, accurate, and actionable security that safeguards every application from development to production.

Solution categories: Cyber Threat Intelligence, Incident Detection & Response, Cyber Risk Management, Application Security

Headquarters: USA

Website: www.contrastsecurity.com

We love to help with data compliance issues

Our company has created an unrivalled solution for detecting various types of privacy data across numerous unstructured data sources, whether on-premise or cloud-based. The second phase involves a sophisticated policy engine that facilitates the efficient removal of privacy data from all these sources.

Value proposition: Reduce the cost and liability of not being compliant with privacy data

Solution categories: Incident Detection & Response, Regulatory/compliance, Artificial Intelligence for Privacy, Privacy

Headquarters: DENMARK

Website: https://dataandmore.com

Automate, Analyze, Dominate: Your Time-Saving Compliance Ally

Our AI is trained to create risks and tasks for the compliance with different laws and regulations using data points from various sources.

Our software creates a higher efficiency and helps companies with low or no compliance expertise to comply with the legal frameworks. With the private blockchain all data that are relevant for a legal proceeding or subject to audit by authorities are immutable.

Value proposition: Efficiently save time and resources by leveraging our advanced AI technology, and simultaneously bolster your security with the robust advantages of Blockchain. Harness the power of AI for streamlined processes.

Solution categories: Incident Detection & Response, Third Party Management, Regulatory/compliance, Artificial Intelligence for Privacy, Privacy

Headquarters: GERMANY

Website: https://diss-co.tech

Sign for Real!

An electronic signature platform aimed at corporations and integrators: A legally binding, easy to integrate and cost-efficient API. IgniSign’s clients keep full control of what they share. IgniSign’s is compliant with EU (eIDAS trusted list) and US regulations. IgniSign’s proprietary ID proofing and authentication is international.

Value proposition: legally binding, cost efficient, easy to integrate

Solution categories: Cyber Risk Management, Endpoint security, Identity and Access management, Privacy

Headquarters: LUXEMBOURG

Website: https://ignisign.io/

We invite you to take some time to look at these companies' websites and the solutions they offer. Over the next few weeks, our website dedicated to the event will display a series of podcasts in which we interview each of the finalists to learn about their solutions.

You can still request your invitation to the event here.

Contacts:

Koen Maris, Advisory Partner, Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader, PwC Luxembourg

Simon Petitjean, Offensive Security & Red Team Leader, PwC Luxembourg

Maxime Pallez, Cybersecurity Governance, Risk & Compliance Leader, PwC Luxembourg

Antonin Jakubse, Privacy Senior Manager, PwC Luxembourg

Notes to editors

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