On 28 July, the Charter of Trust Principle 6 ‘Education’ hosted the first-ever Charter of Trust webinar “The Human Element in Cybersecurity”. Discussions focused on why people are so central to cybersecurity, how capacity building can be beneficial, and which modern approaches to learning can be applied to effectively leverage the human element in cybersecurity.

Kai Hermsen is the Global Coordinator for the Charter of Trust for Siemens, Previously, he has been heading the Siemens Cybersecurity Strategy and worked as Project Manager in Siemens Management Consulting in Germany and India. He has a background in business administration.

Daria Catalui is a cyber security training and awareness professional with working experience in EU’s cyber security agency- ENISA, the European Commission and the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU. She is an advocate for the following projects, which she had the chance to kick-off and helped grow for public awareness and scaled-up for impact: Cyber Aware and CyberReadyGame, European Cyber Security Month, NIS quiz, NIS educational map, European cyber security challenge and the Annual Privacy Forum. Furthermore, Daria is conducting research with focus on gamification and initiated CyberEDU project. She speaks regularly at international conferences.

Bernardo Garcia is an Education & Awareness Security Manager at Airbus, leading and planning security awareness plans to change behaviour and establish a security culture. A certified SANS Security Awareness Professional (SSAP), Bernardo has a broad experience in working in international environments and promoting culture changes. He joined Airbus in 2001, where he has held various positions and gained a strong experience in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Bernd Barban has over 20 years of experience in Information Security at the interface of organization, processes and technologies. In the early 80s, he started his career as an electronics engineer and developed electronic circuits for computer interfaces. In the following years, he broadened his knowledge in various projects from IT security software development to the creation of complex IT security concepts for military helicopters. For almost 10 years afterwards, was responsible for Client Security Management for several accounts in the telecommunications and chemical industry. In April 2017, he became Chief Information Security Officer for the Atos Global Business Unit Germany. Mr. Barban joined the Charter of Trust Principle 6 Taskforce ‘Education’ in mid-2018.

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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
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The Charter of Trust’s Principle 3 Taskforce is pleased to invite you to a webinar on Thursday, 19th October 2023 14:00-15:00 CEST

How the can you protect your business using the Secure Development Lifecycle approach in a dynamic regulatory environment and threat landscape?

Join us and discuss with our experts how the Charter of Trust's step-by-step guidelines for the Secure Development Lifecycle can assist you in enhancing cybersecurity through in Security by Default and Security by Design strategies.

The Charter of Trust consists of 10 Principles and this webinar is brought to you by the Charter’s Taskforce on Principle 3 “Security by Default”. Experts in this taskforce work to establish and adopt the highest appropriate level of security and data protection and ensure that it is preconfiguered into the design of products, functionalities, process, technologies, operations, architectures, and business models. We call this our Baseline Requirements: With them in mind, you can ensure confidentiality, authenticity, and integrity within your systems.

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