Stockholm
March 13, 2025
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OUR CONFERENCE
Focus:
• Strategic Alliances and Partnerships in Cybersecurity
• Understanding ROI in Cybersecurity
• Emerging Tech, Emerging Threats
• Dark Web and Cybercrime landscape
• Empower Women in Cybersecurity
• Strengthen Cloud Security in Modern Environments
Keynotes
MARIO BECCIA
Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity at NATO
Mario Beccia is NATO's Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, responsible for leading major cybersecurity transformation programs. He holds a degree in Economics and Management, an MBA in innovation management, and multiple IT and cybersecurity certifications (PMP, CISM, CISSP, among others).
His career began in 1997 with a start-up focused on web technologies. He later became an independent IT consultant before joining NATO in 2006. At NATO Allied Command Transformation, he contributed to key initiatives like the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) and IT Modernization programs, as well as leading cybersecurity tracks in prominent NATO exercises and think tanks.
In 2015, he transitioned to the NATO Communications and Information Agency, furthering NATO's cybersecurity infrastructure and fostering industry collaboration. He also served as Chief Information Security Officer at the European Defence Agency (2018–2021), spearheading cross-domain cybersecurity projects and organizing military CERT exercises.
Since 2021, Mario Beccia has been driving NATO's enterprise cybersecurity strategy, ensuring coherence and enhanced ICT services across the organization.
His career began in 1997 with a start-up focused on web technologies. He later became an independent IT consultant before joining NATO in 2006. At NATO Allied Command Transformation, he contributed to key initiatives like the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) and IT Modernization programs, as well as leading cybersecurity tracks in prominent NATO exercises and think tanks.
In 2015, he transitioned to the NATO Communications and Information Agency, furthering NATO's cybersecurity infrastructure and fostering industry collaboration. He also served as Chief Information Security Officer at the European Defence Agency (2018–2021), spearheading cross-domain cybersecurity projects and organizing military CERT exercises.
Since 2021, Mario Beccia has been driving NATO's enterprise cybersecurity strategy, ensuring coherence and enhanced ICT services across the organization.
Viktor Polic
CISO ILO a UN agency
Viktor Polic is chief of Information Security and Assurance Services at International Labour Organisation (ILO) a UN agency, a specialized agency of the United Nations. He’s 25-year career in the IT industry spans multilateral financial, humanitarian, standardization and development public sector organizations (ITU, UNCC, UNHCR).
Viktor conducts research in cryptography, data protection regulation, and risk management. Since the Internet bubble, he is teaching computer science and telecommunications courses as adjunct faculty at Webster University in Geneva. Viktor is a member of the Scientific Committee for Advanced Studies in Information Security at the University of Geneva. He advocates for advancement in information security as an author in journals and his personal blog (blog.cybersymbiosis.com), and as a speaker at numerous international security conferences.
Viktor holds a Ph.D. in Cryptography and Advanced Protection Systems, MA in Computer Resources and Information Management, and BSc. in Computer Science. He is a member of (ISC)2, ISACA and IACR.
Steve Lupo
Special Agent - Cyber Task Force FBI
Steve Lupo is an experienced law enforcement professional with over 30 years of service. Currently serving as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Houston, Texas, he specializes in crisis management and active shooter preparedness. Steve has been a member of the FBI SWAT team and previously held the role of Supervisory Special Agent in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate in Washington, D.C.
Before joining the FBI, Steve served as a Police Officer and Detective with the Irving Police Department in Texas and worked as an Undercover Investigator for Pinkerton Comprehensive Risk Management. He holds a Master's degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Steve is certified as an FBI Firearms and Tactical Instructor, as well as an ALERRT Active Shooter Instructor/Coordinator. He is also actively involved in educating communities and organizations on safety and crisis response.
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