Excellent to see our Chairperson, Natalia Oropeza, discussing the important work of the Charter of Trust in this weekend’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. Cyber threats present significant challenges to businesses, but “cyberattacks don't stop at the gates of companies" and can impact on the public sector and critical infrastructure.

Big problems require big solutions. Solutions which can only be realised through collaboration and the constant pooling of expertise from across the globe. Pragmatic cooperation and efforts to raise the importance of ever-more sophisticated cyber threats in every sector are fundamental to securing a safer digital future.

The Charter of Trust had the pleasure of hosting a high-level thematic dinner at the Munich Security Conference on "Processing Power: The Impact of Cyber and Cutting-Edge Technology on International Security".

We are grateful to European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas and US Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberg for their participation and insightful exchanges.

Addressing today’s complex Hashtag#cyber challenges requires close collaboration between industry leaders, policymakers, governments, and international organizations. The event brought together high-level participants from these spheres to explore the rapidly evolving threat landscape and how:

🔑 Cybersecurity is dependent on credibility and about deploying trustworthy, cutting-edge technology to stay ahead of threat actors.
🤝 Public-private cooperation is key to ensure stable and protected critical infrastructure
👥 The human aspect of cybersecurity shouldn’t be overlooked – both in terms of the potential for widespread disruption to society and the skilled talent needed to combat growing threats
🌐 Transatlantic collaboration on best-practice and upcoming regulation, such as the Trust Mark program, is crucial.

Thank you to all of our Partners and participants for the opportunity to foster collaboration and dialogue as we look to build a more secure digital world together.

Excellent to hear Kurt Sievers, President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors and Partner of the Hashtag#CharterofTrust speak in a Hashtag#MSC panel discussion on “Net(work) Gains: Aligning Transatlantic Tech Governance”.

It was moderated by Alejandro Mayorkas together with Margrethe Vestager, Alex Karp and Safra C. to discuss the roles of governments in regulating the booming tech sector and the use of fast emerging tech such as Hashtag#AI. Does regulation mean restrictions? How can we ensure effective regulation and implementation while fostering innovation?

“Every consumer and user of AI wants to have a certain level of trust that is rooted in security, safety and transparency. Ensuring the use of trusted technologies will in turn help support the competitiveness of the industry. As such, regulations must provide a positive ground for building trust while at the same time fostering innovation. To that end global Hashtag#cybersecurity industry players founded the Charter of Trust, which has become a trademark for trust and a key partner to regulators, businesses and consumers by providing guidance on how to best secure services, systems, products and supply chains as a whole”.

Watch the full panel discussion ➡ https://lnkd.in/e7jXC4rw

The Charter of Trust hosted the first edition of its CyberTrust Talks series on:

AI & Cybersecurity: A Double-Edged Sword

Date: Thursday, 7th December
Event: Lunch event (12:00-13:30 CET)
Location: Microsoft Centre, Rue Montoyer, 51, 1000 - Brussels

The event, moderated by Dr. Sumit Chanda, Global CISO at Eviden and Co-Chair of Advocacy and Communications Taskforce of the Charter of Trust, addressed the complex and evolving relationship between AI and cybersecurity.

An introductory speech was delivered by Charter of Trust Partner Microsoft's Jeremy Rollison, Head of EU Policy and Senior Director of EU Government Affairs.

The discussion featured esteemed panelists:

Natalia Oropeza, Chairwoman of the Charter of Trust & Global Chief Cybersecurity Officer & Chief Diversity Officer, Siemens AG
Christian D'Cunha, Head of the Cyber Coordination Task Force in DG CONNECT of the European Commission
Dr. Eric Vetillard, Lead Certification Expert at ENISA
Dr. Christoph Peylo, AI Task Force Lead of the Charter of Trust & Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Bosch
Dr. Jochen Friedrich, Technical Relations Executive at IBM

The event provided a platform to explore threats and opportunities at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, as well as the implications of upcoming EU legislation and new governance approaches.

This first edition was a great success with over 90 people attending in-person and online. The key takeaways were:

• AI is shifting the paradigm and changing the whole concept of the computation and cybersecurity​
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• The technology opens great opportunities but also poses significant risks, which we need to better understand and learn to prevent​
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• The AI Act is an important milestone in making AI safe and trustworthy, but its implementation may pose challenges for the industry​

• Charter of Trust, as an alliance of global leaders in cybersecurity and AI, can play an important role helping business to ensure trustworthiness of AI and increased cybersecurity

On October 19th 2023, we hosted our latest webinar to discuss how Charter of Trust's approach helps improving cybersecurity by establishing a culture of security by default in businesses’ production chain and using a Secure Development Lifecycle approach.

The Charter of Trust welcomes the Commission’s proposal for horizontal rules introducing cybersecurity requirements for connected products. We believe that improving products and software development practices and transparency will benefit the entire cybersecurity ecosystem. Policymakers should, however, ensure seamless and clear application between the CRA and other product-related and cybersecurity legislations to provide more legal certainty to businesses across the supply chain.

By Julian Meyrick, Managing Partner & Vice President, Security Strategy Risk & Compliance, Security Transformation Services Software, IBM Security

At the occasion of its fifth anniversary and on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2023, the Charter of Trust hosted on 17th February 2023 a hybrid discussion from Munich with Charter of Trust Partners, Associated Partners and other cybersecurity experts on ‘Driving Cybersecurity in Times of Conflict and Crisis’.

(Re-)watch the recording of the event at the link below:

Today's opening of the 2023 Munich Security Conference marks the fifth anniversary of the Charter of Trust (CoT). This celebration is an opportunity to reflect on the alliance's achievements and growth since 2018.This milestone is also an opportunity to discuss the path ahead for cybersecurity, as the world faces unprecedented levels of cyberthreats. The CoT remains convinced that secure and trusted digital technologies, infrastructures, products and solutions are the prerequisite for overcoming our global challenges.

The Charter of Trust is pleased to invite you to its 5th anniversary event, as part of the Munich Security Conference 2023, which will take place both in-person in Munich and virtually and gather Charter of Trust Partners and cybersecurity experts.

The Charter of Trust is pleased to welcome the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to its Associated Partner Forum (APF).

How can companies increase the cybersecurity awareness of their employees? AES shares their take on implementing new and innovative training model that drives engagement.