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Welcome by IDC
Thomas Karlsson | IDC
Events Director
Thomas Karlsson
Thomas Karlsson is since early 2015 Project Manager within Go-to-Market Services at IDC Nordic. He has extensive experience in producing custom marketing and lead generating activities from previous employments, among others, the business newspaper Dagens industri and the business magazine Affärsvärlden. At IDC Thomas key focus is on delivering, together with IDCs analysts, the right content-based marketing solution to help support IDC clients reaching new contacts, leads and markets.
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 1 2025 9:30 am | Location:
Welcome by IDC
IDC Keynote: Resilience and Uncertainty: The Priorities and Pain Points of European Security Leaders in 2025-26
The European cyber security environment has been volatile in 2025, with major incidents making headlines amidst broader economic and political turmoil.
IDC research shows that cyber security budgets are under increasing pressure, but how might this change as we finish the year and move into 2026? What products and services are European CISOs prioritizing for investment, and how might their internal and external challenges evolve from recent years? And what effect is regulation – for example, NIS2 and DORA – having on the maturity of in-scope organizations?
Drawing on insight from IDC data and engagement with CISOs, this presentation offers insights on how European cyber security leaders are managing risk in a moment of heightened uncertainty, and the actions they are taking to strengthen resilience.
Romain Fouchereau | IDC
Senior Research Manager
Romain Fouchereau
As senior research manager for IDC’s European Security group, Romain has a specific focus on network security and the security technologies linked to the extended enterprise such as IoT, Edge and IT/OT convergence. He closely monitors the development, evolution, and penetration of these technologies and the approaches vendors are taking to stimulate adoption both at channel and end-user level.
Romain manages the IDC security appliance market tracker for the Europe, which provides market size, vendor share and forecasts for network security products such as unified threat management (UTM), firewall, IDP and content management (web and Messaging) appliances.
Romain also co-leads the European Future of Operations practice, looking at the shift in operational mindset for European organizations to a market-driven outlook that is leveraging digital capabilities to build a resilient organization. Romain has a specific interest in the role of security as business enabler for IT/OT integrations strategies.
Romain joined IDC from a manufacturing industry company, where he specialized in market research consultancy. Within this role he handled go-to-market projects for a variety of products and vendors, focusing on the French and Italian markets.
Event Sessions
Thursday, September 18 2025 9:40 am | Location:
IDC Keynote: Resilience and Uncertainty: The Priorities and Pain Points of European Security Leaders in 2025-26
The European cyber security environment has been volatile in 2025, with major incidents making headlines amidst broader economic and political turmoil.
IDC research shows that cyber security budgets are under increasing pressure, but how might this change as we finish the year and move into 2026? What products and services are European CISOs prioritizing for investment, and how might their internal and external challenges evolve from recent years? And what effect is regulation – for example, NIS2 and DORA – having on the maturity of in-scope organizations?
Drawing on insight from IDC data and engagement with CISOs, this presentation offers insights on how European cyber security leaders are managing risk in a moment of heightened uncertainty, and the actions they are taking to strengthen resilience.
Meet our speakers
Top cybersecurity experts and thought leaders who are set to deliver invaluable insights and cutting-edge knowledge
Thomas Karlsson
Events Director
IDC
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Thomas Karlsson
Thomas Karlsson is since early 2015 Project Manager within Go-to-Market Services at IDC Nordic. He has extensive experience in producing custom marketing and lead generating activities from previous employments, among others, the business newspaper Dagens industri and the business magazine Affärsvärlden. At IDC Thomas key focus is on delivering, together with IDCs analysts, the right content-based marketing solution to help support IDC clients reaching new contacts, leads and markets.
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 1 2025 9:30 am | Location:
Welcome by IDC
Romain Fouchereau
Senior Research Manager
IDC
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Romain Fouchereau
As senior research manager for IDC’s European Security group, Romain has a specific focus on network security and the security technologies linked to the extended enterprise such as IoT, Edge and IT/OT convergence. He closely monitors the development, evolution, and penetration of these technologies and the approaches vendors are taking to stimulate adoption both at channel and end-user level.
Romain manages the IDC security appliance market tracker for the Europe, which provides market size, vendor share and forecasts for network security products such as unified threat management (UTM), firewall, IDP and content management (web and Messaging) appliances.
Romain also co-leads the European Future of Operations practice, looking at the shift in operational mindset for European organizations to a market-driven outlook that is leveraging digital capabilities to build a resilient organization. Romain has a specific interest in the role of security as business enabler for IT/OT integrations strategies.
Romain joined IDC from a manufacturing industry company, where he specialized in market research consultancy. Within this role he handled go-to-market projects for a variety of products and vendors, focusing on the French and Italian markets.
Event Sessions
Thursday, September 18 2025 9:40 am | Location:
IDC Keynote: Resilience and Uncertainty: The Priorities and Pain Points of European Security Leaders in 2025-26
The European cyber security environment has been volatile in 2025, with major incidents making headlines amidst broader economic and political turmoil.
IDC research shows that cyber security budgets are under increasing pressure, but how might this change as we finish the year and move into 2026? What products and services are European CISOs prioritizing for investment, and how might their internal and external challenges evolve from recent years? And what effect is regulation – for example, NIS2 and DORA – having on the maturity of in-scope organizations?
Drawing on insight from IDC data and engagement with CISOs, this presentation offers insights on how European cyber security leaders are managing risk in a moment of heightened uncertainty, and the actions they are taking to strengthen resilience.
Andre Troskie
Field CISO EMEA
Veeam
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Andre Troskie
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 1 2025 10:10 am | Location:
Keynote by Veeam
Barış Arıkan
IT Security Officer, Shimano Europe Group
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Barış Arıkan
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 1 2025 10:35 am | Location:
Case by Shimano Europe Group
Ivo Karremans
Information Security Director
Nippon Gases
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Ivo Karremans
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 1 2025 11:25 am | Location:
Case by Nippon Gases
Rob Shapland
Director and Principal Consultant
Cyonic
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Rob Shapland
Rob Shapland is an ethical hacker, spending his life breaking into companies worldwide to help them secure their systems against criminal attacks. His specialty is physical intrusion – breaking into company offices by dressing up as a cleaner, a fake employee or even as a Hollywood film producer and then stealing a computer from right under their nose. Rob’s unique approach to cybersecurity has earned him a reputation as one of the most exciting speakers in the industry. He is a seasoned speaker at events and conferences around Europe, and regularly appears on BBC TV and radio, Sky News, ITV, Channel 4 and others as a cyber security adviser.
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 1 2025 11:55 am | Location:
Inside a Real-World Cyber Breach
Sandor Incze
Chief Information Security Officer
CM.com
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Sandor Incze
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 1 2025 2:45 pm | Location:
Case by CM.com
Anna Hakkers
Leader in Data & AI Security
Public Speaker
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Anna Hakkers
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 1 2025 3:10 pm | Location:
Data & AI Security
IDC Security Analysts
Mark Child
Associate Research Director, Security
IDC Europe
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Mark Child
David Clemente
Research Director, European Security
IDC
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David Clemente
Romain Fouchereau
Senior Research Manager
IDC
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Romain Fouchereau
As senior research manager for IDC’s European Security group, Romain has a specific focus on network security and the security technologies linked to the extended enterprise such as IoT, Edge and IT/OT convergence. He closely monitors the development, evolution, and penetration of these technologies and the approaches vendors are taking to stimulate adoption both at channel and end-user level.
Romain manages the IDC security appliance market tracker for the Europe, which provides market size, vendor share and forecasts for network security products such as unified threat management (UTM), firewall, IDP and content management (web and Messaging) appliances.
Romain also co-leads the European Future of Operations practice, looking at the shift in operational mindset for European organizations to a market-driven outlook that is leveraging digital capabilities to build a resilient organization. Romain has a specific interest in the role of security as business enabler for IT/OT integrations strategies.
Romain joined IDC from a manufacturing industry company, where he specialized in market research consultancy. Within this role he handled go-to-market projects for a variety of products and vendors, focusing on the French and Italian markets.
Event Sessions
Thursday, September 18 2025 9:40 am | Location:
IDC Keynote: Resilience and Uncertainty: The Priorities and Pain Points of European Security Leaders in 2025-26
The European cyber security environment has been volatile in 2025, with major incidents making headlines amidst broader economic and political turmoil.
IDC research shows that cyber security budgets are under increasing pressure, but how might this change as we finish the year and move into 2026? What products and services are European CISOs prioritizing for investment, and how might their internal and external challenges evolve from recent years? And what effect is regulation – for example, NIS2 and DORA – having on the maturity of in-scope organizations?
Drawing on insight from IDC data and engagement with CISOs, this presentation offers insights on how European cyber security leaders are managing risk in a moment of heightened uncertainty, and the actions they are taking to strengthen resilience.
Ralf Helkenberg
Research Manager, European Privacy & Data Security
IDC
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Ralf Helkenberg
Ralf Helkenberg is a research manager with the European security research team, responsible for leading IDC’s European Privacy and Data Security research practice. His core research coverage includes the impacts of data protection regulation, such as the GDPR on the technology sector, with key insight into market dynamics, vendor activities in privacy workflow management and data security (including data discovery, DLP, encryption), end-user trends and the future of digital trust.
Prior to IDC, he worked as a B2B marketer within a variety of industries, including IT Governance, Risk & Compliance where he built-up a product and marketing programme for GDPR compliance solutions.
Ralf holds a BA in European Business Administration from Middlesex University, London.
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