2026 Agenda
Ireland’s Cyber Threat Landscape & Strategic Respon
An executive-level overview of Ireland’s cyber risk environment including ransomware, nation-state threats, and supply chain vulnerabilities.
Regulation, Risk and Competitive Advantage
Regulation is tightening, enforcement is becoming more visible, and expectations are shifting from policy to proof. This session unpacks what NIS2 and GDPR mean in practical terms for Irish organisations, including who is in scope and what “reasonable and proportionate” really looks like. It focuses on clarity, accountability and what regulators are starting to look for.
Cyber Resilience Across Critical Infrastructure
As attacks become more disruptive, resilience across critical services is quickly becoming a shared responsibility, not a siloed one. From energy to healthcare to finance. This session explores what organisations are starting to do differently, from cross‑sector collaboration to faster response models and how resilience is evolving in practice.
AI, Cybercrime & the Next Wave of Threats
AI is quickly becoming part of the attack surface itself, with deepfakes, automated phishing and self‑learning malware starting to mimic real behaviour at scale. As these threats evolve, defenders are turning to AI to spot patterns, respond faster and stay one step ahead. This session explores how these capabilities are colliding, what it means for trust, and where the ethical boundaries are starting to shift.
Networking Break and Exhibition Viewing
Supply Chain & Third Party Cyber Risk
Attackers are increasingly bypassing strong defences by targeting weaker suppliers and partners. This session examines why third‑party risk has become such a persistent problem and why questionnaires alone no longer work. It looks at how organisations are starting to take more realistic control of risk beyond their own walls.
NIS2 for Irish Businesses: Obligations, Timelines & Accountability
NIS2 introduces clearer expectations, sharper accountability and real consequences for leadership teams. This session offers a practical walkthrough of what Irish organisations need to do, when they need to do it, and who is ultimately responsible. The focus is on readiness, not regulation theory.
The Economics of Staying Secure
Cybersecurity spending is shifting from a cost centre to a core driver of business resilience. As threats evolve and regulation tightens, organisations are under pressure to prove real return on every security euro. This session explores how leaders are starting to link cyber investment to risk reduction, uptime and trust — and how that’s quickly becoming the new baseline for decision‑making
Securing Cloud Environments
Cloud platforms have quietly become the backbone of everyday work — and they’re still catching organisations out. As email, files and identities move further into the cloud, new gaps are starting to appear around access, data exposure and user behaviour. This session looks at what’s changing, where things typically go wrong, and how teams can strengthen cloud security in practical, low‑friction ways without making systems harder to use.
Identity Is the New Perimeter
As cloud and remote work become the norm, stolen credentials are now the fastest route into organisations. This session explores why identity has replaced the traditional network perimeter and how attackers exploit weak access controls. It looks at how measures like MFA and privileged access are changing the balance.
Ransomware Reality
Ransomware rarely arrives in dramatic ways — it usually slips in through everyday gaps. This session breaks down the most common entry points used against Irish organisations and explains why they continue to work. It focuses on how attacks unfold in reality and where defences most often fail.
Talent, Training and Retention in Ireland
As cyber threats grow, the demand for skilled talent is starting to outpace supply across Ireland. What was once a recruitment issue is quickly becoming a deeper challenge around retention, training and long‑term workforce planning. This panel explores how organisations are rethinking hiring, investing in continuous upskilling and building teams that can keep pace as expectations and risks continue to evolve.
The SOC That Never Sleeps
Security operations centres are starting to move faster than the threats they face. With automation, real‑time intelligence and smarter detection, teams are shifting from reacting to staying one step ahead. This session explores how the modern SOC is evolving into a continuous, always‑on engine — and what it takes to make that shift work in practice.