What went down at the VBN Security Summit 2021

With that state of mind, we installed our stand before the beginning of the event. Knowing that most of the people taking part were part of the same field as we are, and therefore, very likely to already know about our company, we mainly focused on presenting our brand new Incident Manager. To do so, we brought two screens to display videos, one about Sky-Walker, and one about the Incident Manager.

The whole day was split as such



9:30 - Opening word

9:45 - Lessons from the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken (part 1)

10:30 - How to protect our digital lives

11:15 - Break

11:30 - Break out session 1

             AI: advantage or danger?

             Drones

12:15 - Lunch

13:15 - Lessons from the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken (part 2)

14:00 - Break out session 2

             Security as a discussion partner

             Smart buildings

14:45 - Break

15:15 - Lessons from the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken (part 3)

16:00 - A criminal strategy session, is our revenue model future-proofed

16:45 – Networking

One of the main highlights of this day was the 3 parts narrative about Freddy Heineken kidnapping. To briefly explain, Freddy Heineken was a very rich Dutch businessman, and used to be CEO of the brewery Heineken previously bought by his grandfather. Unfortunately, Freddy was kidnapped by 5 men for 21 days in November 1983 until the astronomical ransom was paid to the kidnappers by the Dutch government. During the VBN Security Summit, one of the police officers active on that case, Gert van Beek, took the stage and talked about the different lessons learned during the operation to save the beer magnate.

Apart from the 3 parts presentation about Freddy Heineken, other security experts spoke up. Among them, Jaya Baloo, Avast chief information security officer, spoke about cybersecurity and how we can protect our digital lives while working at the office or from home, especially since we have been conducting most of our business behind our screens for more than a year now. Carlo van de Weijer, director of the newly established Eindhoven Artificial Intelligence Systems Institute (EAISI), also was one of the main speakers of the event. He obviously talked about his area of expertise which is Artificial Intelligence and whether or not it is a danger in the mobility and healthcare sectors as well as the challenges for the security field. Another expert to speak up was Erik de Jong. He is a security professional with more than 25 years of experience in the field of information security. He shared with us his point of view on past, present, and future ransomware. Lastly, Rinske Geerlings, awarded security consultant, talked about the role of security professionals in the broader security business strategy of an organization.