Thank you to the Information Technology Security Community for their collaboration and support of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, October 2024.

Nation State-sponsored cyberattacks, paired with insider threats, are rapidly intensifying in severity. These threats have profound implications for an organization's competitive stance, affecting top & bottom-line strategies across multiple sectors and geographies. While intelligence agencies worldwide recognize state-sponsored cyberattacks as a significant long-term economic menace, they often fall short in offering concrete solutions. This creates a gap for organizations seeking reliable-tailored measures to counteract these risks, particularly when considering expansion or ongoing operations in regions known for aggressive intelligence activities. 

Featuring insights by a former intelligence officer and seasoned advisor, this webinar will explore threat scenarios relevant to your organization, enhancing resilience against Nation-State threats with key takeaways for action.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Better understand what Nation-State threats entail,
• Recognize the different Nation-State threats for their company,
• Understand how to take suitable action against Nation-State threats.

Presenters*

Robert Lamprecht
KPMG

Robert is a partner at KPMG and responsible for the topics of cybersecurity and crisis management. He supports companies in cybersecurity implementation and regulatory projects (e.g., NIS-2, DORA, Cyber Resilience Act, RCE Directive) and in managing the effects of cyber-attacks as a crisis manager, as well as in measures to comply with confidentiality regulations (classified information handling).

He is the author of the study ‘Cybersecurity in Austria’, which has been published jointly with KSÖ for nine years and is also a lecturer in cybersecurity management at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences.

Bert Koelewijn
KPMG

Bert is a Partner at KPMG Cyber in the Strategy and Risk Management division with over 23 years in the IT industry, honing his expertise in risk management and cybersecurity. He is adept at steering clients through strategic overhauls, bolstering their cyber defenses. Bert is passionate about building and improving cyber controls, in which he brings people and teams along with his convincing enthusiasm. He embodies the principles of immediate action, collaboration, empathy, agility, and a pragmatic ethos.

Leveraging six years of management experience in the financial sector, Bert has a seasoned background in leading security, risk, and privacy teams, and interfacing at the board level and with formal entities like Supervisory Boards and regulators.