Geneva Information Security Day

Geneva Information Security Day (GISD). is a cybersecurity conference which is held each year in Geneva, Switzerland. The event is vendor independent and covers all aspects of emerging cybersecurity threats, remediation, compliance, etc. The format of the conference is open and actionable panel discussions for sharing knowledge and latest trends. Among speakers are top level cybersecurity executives and experts, governmental security officers, journalists writing on technologies and information security topics. GISD is solely hosted by Swiss-based web security company High-Tech Bridge. The venue of the conference varied from year to year, but the last few years is held at Mandarin Oriental Geneva Hotel (Quai Turrettini 1, CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland). Average attendance of the conference is 300 people. Admission is free but reserved for cybersecurity, privacy and GRC practicioners. According to BMC the event is one of the Top 20 IT security conferences of 2018. Also is featured in the list of top cybersecurity conferences in 2018-2019 by CSO Online

History

The first event dates back to the year of 2013. As of 2018, seven event editions were held. Chronology of the conference is as follows:

• 17th of September 2013. Crowne Plaza Hotel.
• 10th of October 2014. Swissôtel Métropole Geneva.
• 9th of October 2015. Mandarin Oriental Geneva Hotel.
• 1st of December 2016. Mandarin Oriental Geneva Hotel.
• 12th of December 2017. Mandarin Oriental Geneva Hotel.
• 31st of May 2018. Mandarin Oriental Geneva Hotel.
• 12th of October 2018. Mandarin Oriental Geneva Hotel. (upcoming)

Speakers

Here is a complete list of speakers and panel moderators by years.

2018

• Ian Glover, CREST, President
• Paul Wang, Partner, Independent Fraud Investigation & Risk Compliance Expert
• Carlo Hopstaken, CISO / Cyber Assurance, UBS
• Michalis Kamprianis, Global Head of Cyber Security, SGS GROUP
• Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli, Head of Global Risks and Resilience, Geneva Centre for Security Policy
• Dr. Viktor Polic, CISO, Head of Information Security, International Labour Organization
• Nicola Sotira, Head of CERT, Poste Italiane
• Margherita Natali, Legal Support at Information Technologies Division, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Sébastien Gobel, Chief Technology Officer, ProData Group
• Rainer Rehm, (ISC)² Chapter President Germany, Information Security Architect, MAN Truck & Bus
• Pascal Buchner, ITS Director and CIO, IATA
• Patrick Ghion, Head of Department of Forensic Sciences, Criminal Police of Geneva
• Spencer Young, Regional Vice President, EMEA, Imperva
• Muzaffar Sakhaev, Regional CISO for Central and Eastern Europe, PwC
• Remi Le Mer, Director of Product Management, WAF, Qualys

2017

• Nicolas Vernaz, Director, Data Protection and Cybersecurity, PwC
• John Meakin, Chief Risk and Security Officer, Burberry
• Mark Barwinski, Cybersecurity Director, PwC
• Boris Taratine, Chief Cybersecurity Architect, Large Bank
• Francesca Bosco, Program Officer, UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research institute
• Andy Bates, Executive Director, UK, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Global Cyber Alliance
• Andreas Bolatzki, IT Security Officer, Galexis AG
• Johny Gasser, Information Security and Compliance Officer, Orange Business Services
• Nuno Teodoro, Chief Information Security Officer, Truphone
• Vivien Eberhardt, Head of Cyber Security Business Development, SITA
• Urs Schmid, Chief Security Officer, Manor
• Troy Cunningham, Internal Security Consultant, dunnhumby
• Peter Merker, Chief Information Security Officer, Skyguide
• Bernd Achatz, Director Systems Engineering DACH, F5 Networks

2016

• Barry Cook, Global IT Security, Celgene
• Pavel Sotnikov, Managing Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Qualys
• Eldo Mabiala, Head of Security and Organisation, Banque SYZ SA
• Virginie Vion, Head of International & Special Risk, Loyco
• Diego Schmidlin, Senior Manager Secure Information Technology, RUAG

2015

• Alessandro Mauro, Director, GARP Geneva
• Jerome Grandidier, Founder & President, Telecom Luxembourg
• Dimitri Chichlo, Senior Manager IT Security & BCM, Edmond de Rothschild
• Yan Borboen, Partner, PwC Switzerland

2014

• Andrea Croizeau, Director, SelectaDNA (Suisse)
• Marc Furrer, Head of IT & Security, Swissquote Bank
• Gilles Gravier, Director Product Management, ID Quantique
• Marc Impini, Information Security Manager, PricewaterHouseCoopers
  

Panel Discussions

Below is a list of discussions from the editions of the event:

• How to enforce your GRC strategy in the era of cloud and shadow IoT
• First week with GDPR: sustaining cost-efficient compliance
• Disrupting cybersecurity with AI and Machine Learning: myths and reality
• Leveraging Machine Learning and AI to enhance your SOC
• Best practices of risk assessment and regulatory compliance in light of GDPR
• Application security strategy in the era of DevSecOps and CD/CI
• Preventing cybersecurity incidents with Continuous Monitoring and DevSecOps
• How to justify your cybersecurity spending and transform it into an investment
• Cyber risk in commodity markets
• Data privacy and security - view from Luxembourg
• Key findings from the global state of information security survey 2015 (focusing Switzerland 2015)
• The Use of Synthetic DNA to Fight Crime
• Cybersecurity, the point of view of an online bank
• Securing your Data in Transit for the Long Term… or, what Happens when RSA Encryption is Finally Broken by Mathematicians or Quantum Computers

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