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
• The technology opens great opportunities but also poses significant risks, which we need to better understand and learn to prevent
• 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