International Forum of Cyber Security 2018

The international cybersecurity forum is a platform aiming to promote a pan-european vision of cybersecurity as well as to strengthen the fight against cybercrime. To do so, the FIC relies on:

• The trade show; to share knowledge and ideas, recruit new employees and maintain contacts
• The forum; to discuss and debate with experts, to gather ideas and to share professional lessons
• The Observatory; to continue exchanging views and information after the FIC, to explore topics in greater depth and to consolidate the network of experts and like minded throughout the year

The objective:

• OPEN UP THE CYBERSECURITY DEBATE by bringing together digital transformation players, risk
  management specialists, security experts, architects, developers and lawyers
• SPEED-UP the development of a European cybersecurity market.
• PROMOTE innovation in the service of digital trust
• FOSTER a holistic approach of cybersecurity to support organizations in their digital transformation.
• PROMOTE a combined « top down » and « bottom-up » approach to cybersecurity
• CREATE SYNERGIES between the different ecosystems by building bridges between the private
  and public sectors, between industry and the academia, and between roles and « trades ».

“Hyperconnection: the resilience challenge”

The world is entering the hyperconnection era, the age of the internet of Everything, where people and machines are connected at all times and communicate continuously. This set-up as networks or networks of networks poses a real resilience challenge, in that it questions the capacity for systems to face the consequences of an attack or the failure on one link of the chain, and to resume business as normal. This new set-up also affects the organisation and governance of our societies. Hence the need to adjust behaviours, practices, and security technologies, but also legislative and regulatory frameworks, in order to take into account this new environment and its impacts on our way of life. in the age of hyperconnection, cyber resilience relies on a systemic approach to security that involves individuals, processes and techniques alike.