First Floor Reception
The EU Cyber Acts Conference Starts with Two Special-Focus Full-Day Events

Presenting Sponsor: GlobalPlatform. Prepare now for the requirements of the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

Focused on the global development of cybersecurity certification frameworks for AI systems.
Sycamore Ballroom
Sycamore Ballroom
09:00 Introduction and Welcome (P10a) Wouter Slegers, CEO, TrustCB, Netherlands
09:10 Forging a Cyber Resilient Future: The EU’s Lead Role in Standardization and Certification (P10b) Raluca Stefanuc, Deputy Head of Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy Policy, European Commission, Belgium
09:40 From EU Cyber Act Regulation to Industry Adoption: The Challenge in Front of Us (P10c) Daniel O’Loughlin, Vice President Engineering, Qualcomm, United States
Sycamore Ballroom
| EUCC (J11) EUCS & CC |
| Moderator: Petra Manche, Manager, Common Criteria, Cisco |
10:50 An Update on ENISA Certification Activities (J11a) Philippe Blot, Head of Sector Certification, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), Greece
11:20 From Launch to Lift-Off: EUCC Start-Up Challenges and Scaling Operations for Full Compliance (J11b) Jose Emilio Rico, Cybersecurity Strategy Leader, DEKRA Testing and Certification S.A.U., Spain
11:50 Cloud Common Criteria Certification Considerations (J11c) Mike Grimm, Principal Security Program Manager, Microsoft, United States
| IoT Cyber Certification (T11) Application of Certification |
| Moderator: Arnaud Martin, Expert Cybersecurity Regulation & Standardisation, Agoria, Belgium |
10:50 Certification Strategies for Global Cybersecurity Compliance in IoT (T11a) Antonio David Vizcaino Gomez, Cybersecurity Technical Sales Manager, DEKRA, Spain
11:20 Assessing the Cyber RED-DA: Our Take on the Good, the Bad, and the Impact of EN 18031 (T11b) Nuria Carrio, Certification Technical Director, Applus+ Laboratories, Spain
11:50 The Impact of the Cyber Resilience Act on Different Industry Sectors (T11c) Raluca Viziteu, Security Consultant, Secura, Netherlands
| Specific Domains and Workgroups (D11) Experiences |
| Moderator: Tony Boswell, Senior Principal Consultant, CyTAL UK Ltd, United Kingdom |
10:50 Experience and Lessons Learned: Cybersecurity Compliance of Industrial Control Systems Base on IEC62443-4-2 Testing (D11a) Odei Olalde, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Orbik Cybersecurity, Spain
11:50 Closing the Cyber Risk Protection Gap: A Call for Collective Action (D11b) Andreas Schmitt, Global Cyber Underwriting Manager, Zurich Insurance Company, Switzerland
11:20 A Positive, Comprehensive and Successful (so far) Multi-Referential Compliance (D11c) François Ehly, Senior Manager Compliance, Almond, France; Thierry Notot, IoT Cybersecurity Manager, Socomec Group, France
Sycamore Ballroom
| EUCC (J12) EUCC Implementation |
| Moderator: Jose Emilio Rico, Cybersecurity Strategy Leader, DEKRA Testing and Certification S.A.U., Spain |
13:20 Breaking New Ground: ITSEF’s Journey Through EUCC Accreditation and Authorization (J12a) Wei Yuan, Director of Operations, Applus+ Laboratories, Spain
13:50 Panel Discussion: EUCC Scheme—First Experience in Setting Up the Necessary Ecosystem (J12b) Leader: John Boggie, Sr. Director Head of Cybersecurity Certification, NXP Semiconductors United Kingdom; Panelists: Tyrone Stodart, Senior Principal Security Analyst, Oracle, United Kingdom; Ferenc Molnár, CEO, CCLab, Hungary; Sebastian Fritsch, Lab Manager/Head of ITSEF, Secuvera, Germany; Jasiek Tabeau, Project Director for Certification, Riscure, and Member of the SESIP Committee, GlobalPlatform, Netherlands [60 MIN]
| Standards and Certification (S12) Specific Topics |
| Moderator: Miguel Bañon, Independent Consultant, Convenor ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27/WG 3, Spain |
13:20 State of Play of Security Requirements for EUDI Wallet and Interplay With the EU CSA (Regulation 2019/881) and EU CRA (S12a) Alban Feraud, Manager of Standards and Regulatory Affairs, IDEMIA, Belgium
13:50 From Development to Deployment: Ensuring Secure Variable Frequency Drives Against Cyber Attacks (S12b) Manju Venugopal, Product Security Leader, Rockwell Automation, United Kingdom
14:20 Importance and Challenges of Security Evaluations of Hardware-Based Security (S12c) Anders Olof Möller, Manager for R&D, DEKRA, Spain
| Industry (ITC) Alignment (Y12) Specialised Schemes |
| Moderator: Odei Olalde, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Orbik Cybersecurity, Spain |
13:20 One Principle to be Considered Before Developing New Certification Schemes (Y12a) Alireza Rohani, Certifier, TrustCB, Netherlands
13:50 Harmonising IoT Security: Lessons from Singapore’s Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme (Y12b) Edwin Sin, Senior Consultant, Cyber Security Agency (CSA), Singapore
14:20 Navigating EU Cybersecurity Regulations: Challenges for Smart Lock System Developers (Y12c) Marc Le Guin, Head of Evaluation Body IT Security, TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH, Germany
Sycamore Ballroom
| Standards and Certification (S13) Specialised Schemes |
| Moderator: Wouter Slegers, CEO, TrustCB, Netherlands |
15:20 New European Standard—Does a Cybersecurity Certification Scheme Fit into the Framework? (S13a) Elzbieta Andrukiewicz, ITSEF Manager, National Institute of Telecommunications, Poland
15:50 The Benefits of the EN 17640 Standard in the Harmonisation of the German and French Fixed-Time Certification Schemes (S13b) Jens Ziegler, Head of Division—BSZ, NESAS Certification, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI), Germany; Yannick Moy, Head of ITSEF Licensing, Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI), France
16:20 Building Trust: Developing a Private Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cryptographic Modules under ISO/IEC 19790 (S13c) Jose Emilio Rico, Cybersecurity Strategy Leader, DEKRA Testing and Certification S.A.U., Spain
16:50 Navigating the Future of Security Compliance: An Introduction to OSCAL (S13d) Pirooz Javan, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Easy Dynamics, United States
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (R13) CRA Implementation |
| Moderator: Petra Manche, Manager, Common Criteria, Cisco |
15:20 Requirements of the Cyber Resilience Act in Practice (R13a) Markus Engqvist, Lab Manager, atsec information security AB, Sweden
15:50 Assessment of Harmonised Standards for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (R13b) Omar Dhaher, Associate Director, Standardisation and Compliance Policy, DIGITALEUROPE, Belgium
16:20 Panel Discussion: Navigating EU Regulations—The Interplay Between RED, CRA, and EU Certification Schemes (EUCC and Beyond) (R13c) Leader: Jose Francisco Ruiz Gualda, Cybersecurity BU Director, Applus+ Laboratories, Spain; Panelists: Angel Moreno Rubio, Digital Policy Manager, TIC Council, Belgium; Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Product Security Program Architect, ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, Czech Republic; Philippe Blot, Head of Sector Certification, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), Greece; Monique Bakker, Senior Expert EU Cybersecurity Certification, Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure, Netherlands [60 MIN]
| Innovations (F13) SBOM & EUCC |
| Moderator: Martin Chapman, Director, ChapIT LTD, Ireland |
15:20 How SBOMs and Vulnerability Management Became Essential for Achieving Compliance (F13a) Massimo Ratti, Partner and Solutions Architect, Security Pattern, Italy
15:50 Understanding SBOMs in Real-World Systems—A Practical DevOps/SecOps Perspective (F13b) Andrei Costin, Assistant Professor / CEO / Co-Founder, University of Jyvaskyla / Binare.io, Finland
16:20 Polish Experience on the Implementation of EUCC (F13c) Jakub Dysarz, Cyber Attaché Digital Affairs Unit, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU, Poland
16:50 EUCC Scheme Lifecycle: The ISAC Maintenance Model (F13d) Pierre-Jean Verrando, Director General, Eurosmart, Belgium
17:20 Evening ReceptionOpen to everyone. Located in the Exhibit Area. Catch up your colleagues for a refreshing beverage at the end of the day’s events.
Enjoy an informal group dinner with your conference colleagues. This is an add-on to the conference registration. For an additional fee you can reserve your seat for a prix-fixe dinner at a group table. This year’s dine-out will be held at the hotel in the beautiful and historic Walnut Room, part of the original Hotel Le Palace designed by architect Adhémar Lener for the 1910 Brussels Universal Exposition. It was among the first luxury hotels in Europe. Thanks to the generous support of Dine Out Sponsor TUV IT.

Sycamore Ballroom
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (R20) CRA Application |
| Moderator: Gabor Hornyak, Head of Site & Process Certification, NXP Semiconductors, Hungary |
09:00 CRA from BSI Perspective (R20a) Sandro Amendola, Head of Standardization/Certification Department, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Germany
09:30 How Will IoT Applications Be Able to Build Upon a Security Resilient Eco-System? (R20b) Sandrine Pic, Security Programs Manager, Nordic Semiconductor, Norway
10:00 Will CRA Solve the Supply Chain Security or Create a Procurement Maze? An Assessment from an Industry Perspective (R20c) Arnaud Martin, Expert Cybersecurity Regulation and Standardisation, Agoria, Belgium
| IoT Cyber Certification (T20) Embedded Application |
| Moderator: Salvador Trujillo, CEO, ORBIK Cybersecurity, Spain |
09:00 Strengthening ETSI EN 303 645: Insights from TIC Council’s Cybersecurity Hackathons (T20a) Jorge Wallace, Cybersecurity Technical Leader, DEKRA, Spain
09:30 Threat Model for Embedded Devices—EMB3D™ (T20b) Adam Hahn, Principal OT Security, The MITRE Corporation, United States
10:00 The Dark Side of Solar Energy (T20c) Erika Langerová, Head of Cybersecurity Research, UCEEB, Czech Republic; Jan Osenberg, Head of System Integration, SolarPower Europe, Belgium
| Cryptographic Modules (A20) Crypto |
| Moderator: Matthias Brickel, Commercial Business Manager, PQShield, United Kingdom |
09:00 ECCG Cryptographic Subgroup Update (A20a) Lucile Gallant Boisard, Cybersecurity Consultant, Internet of Trust, France
09:30 Preparation of Europe Against the Quantum Threat—How to Become Quantum Safe with PQC (A20b) Manfred Rieck, VP Individual Solution Development, Deutsche Bahn, Germany
10:00 On Certifying Post-Quantum Implementations at “High” Assurance Level (A20c) Markku-Juhani Saarinen, Professor of Practice, Tampere University, Finland
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| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (R21) CRA Implementation |
| Moderator: Matthias Brickel, Commercial Business Manager, PQShield, United Kingdom |
11:00 CRA for Device Makers—How Can EN 17927 Simplify Regulatory Compliance? (R21a) Carlos Serratos, IoT Certification Expert, GlobalPlatform, Netherlands
11:30 Panel Discussion: Implementation of the CRA for Product Development in the EU (R21b) Leader: Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze, Security Lobbying & Standardization Senior Manager, STMicroelectronics, Belgium; Panelists: Chris Gow, Director, Cisco, Belgium; Patrik Palm, Director Product Security, Ericsson, Finland; Jan Eichholz, Head of MS Security, Giesecke+Devrient, Germany; Johan Klykens, Director CCB-Certification Authority, Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium, Belgium [60 MIN]
| Standards and Certification (S21) Open Processes |
| Moderator: John Boggie, Sr. Director Head of Cybersecurity Certification, NXP Semiconductors, United Kingdom |
11:00 You’re Doing WHAT for Security?: Securing the Digital Enterprise with Open, Consensus-Based Standards (S21a) John Linford, Director, The Open Group, United States; Michelle Horrobin, Director, Digital Portfolio at The Open Group, United Kingdom
11:30 Panel Discussion: Bringing Cybersecurity into the European Software Market: An Opportunity or a Tough Challenge? (S21b) Leader: Davide Ariu, OWASP Italy Co-Chair, PLURIBUS ONE—OWASP ITALY, Italy; Panelists: Roland Atoui, Managing Director, Red Alert Labs, France; Roberto Cascella, CTO, European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), Belgium; Salvador Trujillo, CEO, ORBIK Cybersecurity, Spain [60 MIN]
| Public Policy (B21) Link to Finances |
| Moderator: Marc Le Guin, Head of Evaluation Body IT Security, TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH, Germany |
11:00 Securing the Point of Interaction Terminal Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (B21a) Jeremy King, Regional VP Europe Middle East Africa, Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), United Kingdom
11:30 NIS2 and Cybersecurity—Effective Strategies for Compliance and Risk Management (B21b) Ralf Kutsche, Cybersecurity Expert and Author, bkm consultants, Germany
12:00 Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap: Driving Successful Implementation of EU Regulations with Certified Professionals (B21c) Jon France, Chief Information Security Officer, ISC2, United Kingdom
Sycamore Ballroom
| Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) (R22) Rail |
| Moderator: Gabor Hornyak, Head of Site & Process Certification, NXP Semiconductors, Hungary |
13:30 Securing Railways: The Impact of Cybersecurity Standards and Certifications on Critical Infrastructure (R22a) Eddy Thesee, Vice President Product Cybersecurity, Alstom, France
14:00 Panel Discussion: Securing the Tracks—Navigating the NIS 2 and CRA in the Railway Industry (R22b) Leader: Amelia Alder, GRC Cybersecurity Manager, Knorr-Bremse, Switzerland; Panelists: Eddy Thesee, Vice President Product Cybersecurity, Alstom, France; Andreas Meyer, Chief Product Security Officer, Knorr-Bremse, Switzerland; Thomas Chatelet, Project Officer, European Railway Agency, France; Dominik Weidtmann, Procurement Rolling Stock, Deutsche Bahn, Germany [60 MIN]
| Standards and Certification (S22) Application |
| Moderator: John Boggie, Sr. Director Head of Cybersecurity Certification, NXP Semiconductors, United Kingdom |
13:30 Securing Europe’s Defence: Enhancing Defence Industrial Base Cybersecurity Maturity in the Face of New Defence Industrial Strategies (S22a) Krzysztof Swaczynski, CEO, SEQRED, Poland
14:00 Panel Discussion: What Should Be the Role of Basic Assurance and Self-Assessment in the CSA/CRA World? (S22b) Leader: Tony Boswell, Senior Principal Consultant, CyTAL UK Ltd, United Kingdom; Panelists: Constantinos Tsiourtos, Managing Director, KINEAS LLC, Law & Technology expert, Cyprus; Andreas Schmitt, Global Cyber Underwriting Manager, Zurich Insurance Company, Switzerland; Carolina Lavatelli, CTO, Internet of Trust, France; Fabrice Heiser, Senior General Manager, Brightsight by SGS, Singapore [60 MIN]
| Innovations in Assurance (F22) Open Source |
| Moderator: Tobias Wagner, Head of BSI ITSEF, Brightsight by SGS, Austria |
13:30 Security from the Start: The Financial and Operational Gains of Secure Software Development (F22a) Jeffrey Apolis, Principal Cybersecurity R&D Science and Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories, United States
14:00 Panel Discussion: How to Deal with Open-Source Software Used in a Product Under CRA? (F22b) Leader: Arnaud Martin, Expert Cybersecurity Regulation and Standardisation, Agoria, Belgium; Panelists: Mikael Barbero, Head of Security, Eclipse Foundation Inc., Spain; Jordan Maris, EU Policy Analyst, The Open Source Initiative, Belgium; Jean-Charles Verdié, Head of Devices/IoT Field Engineering EMEA, Canonical, France; Matteo Mole, Manager for Cybersecurity Technologies and Innovation, European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), Belgium [60 MIN]
Sycamore Ballroom. Exhibits close at 15:30.
Sycamore Ballroom
15:30 Summary Panel Discussion: EUCC and Global Challenges to Mutual Recognition (P23a) Leader: Pierre-Jean Verrando, Director General, Eurosmart, Belgium; Panelists: Sandro Amendola, Head of Standardization/Certification Department, Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Germany; Henry Tan, Deputy Director, Cybersecurity Engineering Centre, Cyber Security Agency (CSA), Singapore; Jakub Dysarz, Cyber Attaché Digital Affairs Unit, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU, Poland; Julie Chuzel, Policy Officer on European Cybersecurity Certification, Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI), France