IDC & TrendAI Executive Dinner
Defend and Adopt: Managing Cyber Risk in the Age of AI
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AI has become a double-edged force in cybersecurity.
IDC forecasts that by 2027, 60% of European organizations will face phishing attacks using AI-generated synthetic identities, yet only 26% of European organizations today rate their AI and generative AI environments as strongly secured, the weakest-protected environment they operate. As adversaries industrialize their attacks and enterprises race to adopt AI faster than they can govern it, cyber risk and AI strategy have become inseparable.
The organizations that will pull ahead are those that treat security and AI adoption not as competing priorities, but as two sides of the same imperative: defending against AI-enabled threats while safely scaling AI of their own.
A peer-to-peer roundtable dinner
This exclusive event offers a confidential setting for peer-to-peer exchange, enabling IT decision-makers to share real-world experiences, challenges, and lessons learned. Participants will gain perspectives from IDC and TrendAI experts on how organizations can strengthen cyber resilience and govern AI adoption in an increasingly AI-driven threat landscape.
European organizations rank data privacy breaches (26%) and security vulnerabilities from autonomous actions (23%) as the two biggest business risks of adopting agentic AI, well ahead of transparency, misuse, and ethical concerns.
The pattern reflects how data protection sensitivity and the loss of human oversight dominate the region’s governance worries, and why securing AI adoption is now a board-level cyber risk conversation.
Key Topics for Discussion
Speakers
Joel Stradling
Senior Research Director, European Security
IDC
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Joel Stradling
As research director for IDC’s European Security practice, Joel Stradling leads the content and analyst team for tracking the European security segment. His main focus area is the integration of network plus security and evolution of network architectures towards software-defined secure access.
Stradling has 20 years of experience as an analyst of international managed enterprise network and IT services. He is a regular speaker at major industry conferences talking about emerging technologies in B2B enterprise network and IT and wholesale carrier-to-carrier services. Joel is a well-known and highly regarded expert in the industry, offering insight and advice to C-level executives on technology competitive landscapes and emerging technologies, such as SD-WAN, 5G, SDN/NFV, and cyber-security.
Event Sessions
One Day Event 9:00 pm
Summary of discussions and key takeaways
One Day Event 5:50 pm
IDC & TrendAI Welcome Address
Agenda
IDC & TrendAI Executive Dinner
One Day Event
Welcome Reception
Guest arrival with welcome drinks and networking
IDC & TrendAI Welcome Address
Joel Stradling
Senior Research Director, European Security, IDC
Starter Courses – First Discussion Topic
Main Course – Second Discussion Topic
Dessert – Third Discussion Topic
Summary of discussions and key takeaways
Joel Stradling
Senior Research Director, European Security, IDC
Thank you for today
Host partner
TrendAI
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