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Qubit Conference® Slovakia 2024

13.-14. November

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Qubit Conference® Prague 2025

26. - 28. May

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About Qubit Conference®

Community unites global cybersecurity minds

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Community

The cyber community that gathers at Qubit Conference® is filled with experts and innovators from various countries and industries who strive to address current issues in cybersecurity. Community meetings and discussions at the Qubit Conference® are a source of invaluable insights and experiences that enable you to gain new perspectives and solutions to complex challenges you face in the cybernetic field.

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Education and support

Qubit Conference® is a space for mutual education and support. Participants support each other in developing new skills, sharing best practices, and providing insights for problem-solving. Presentations, trainings, and discussions provide a glimpse into the future of cybersecurity and help you stay ahead.

Contacts and cooperation

Qubit Conference® provides an ideal platform for building professional relationships and networking within the cybernetics community. You have the opportunity to meet equally passionate individuals from various fields of cybersecurity, share experiences, innovations, and ideas, and establish valuable contacts for future collaborations and projects.

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Community

The cyber community that gathers at Qubit Conference® is filled with experts and innovators from various countries and industries who strive to address current issues in cybersecurity. Community meetings and discussions at the Qubit Conference® are a source of invaluable insights and experiences that enable you to gain new perspectives and solutions to complex challenges you face in the cybernetic field.

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Education and support

Qubit Conference® is a space for mutual education and support. Participants support each other in developing new skills, sharing best practices, and providing insights for problem-solving. Presentations, trainings, and discussions provide a glimpse into the future of cybersecurity and help you stay ahead.

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Contacts and cooperation

Qubit Conference® provides an ideal platform for building professional relationships and networking within the cybernetics community. You have the opportunity to meet equally passionate individuals from various fields of cybersecurity, share experiences, innovations, and ideas, and establish valuable contacts for future collaborations and projects.

What is the best thing about Qubit Conference®?

The Qubit Conference® is a popular cybersecurity event in Central Europe that attracts professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs worldwide. The conference offers high-quality content, including technical and managerial tracks that cover various topics.
What makes Qubit Conference® stand out is its international participation, which provides a global perspective on cybersecurity issues. The event also serves as a platform for presenting the latest innovations and technological trends in cybersecurity, while offering networking opportunities with industry and business partners.

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„In my opinion, it was a well-organized event where a group of cybersecurity experts traditionally gathered. I consider it a great opportunity to learn about the latest developments, exchange practical experiences, and meet new people from this industry.“

Frantisek BodaEMM Slovakia

“One of the most amazing things about being at Qubit Conference is the people, ranging from private, to industry, to academia to individuals in the cybersecurity arena. It’s a fantastic opportunity to meet, greet and collaborate.”

David HitchcockFBI AGENT

“Events like the Qubit Conference are how you meet colleagues working on the same problem that you are. You get perspective that you may not get every day.”

Charles TangoCISO at Sysco

“I found the Qubit to be one of the most interesting and worthwhile conferences I have attended.”

David Merrick President at Merrick Solutions

„For me personally, the best conference of 2022. It featured interesting topics, invited great speakers, and was excellently organized. I particularly liked the program, with one day focused on gaining knowledge and information, and the second designed with a playful and relaxing theme (featuring the game 'Backdoors & Breaches). This concept was perfect, intriguing, and diverse! Thank you for a great experience! You have done a fantastic job, and the entire Qubit team deserves a huge round of applause and recognition.“

Martin PilkaPROENERGY

“Enjoyed this Qubit and hearing the wealth of knowledge amongst the panel. collaboration – why I love this industry!”

Jeff Schmidt​ CEO Avertium

"At first, I was skeptical since there were no 'traditional' lectures in the program, but I can honestly say that I didn't miss them. On the contrary, the conference was more dynamic, people engaged more in discussions, and everything proceeded more briskly without compromising quality."

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Exclusive space for intimate meetings and open discussions
around the round table to find common effective solutions.

Qubit Academy offers education for managers and experts focusing on forensic analysis, malware analysis, data protection, GDPR, APT, and many others that form the foundation of cybersecurity.

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AUDIT Club is an independent platform for IT and security auditors, whether in internal or external audit positions. It focuses on discussing crucial topics related to IT and security auditing.

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CISO Club is an independent Slovak-Czech community of professionals interested in information and cyber security, focusing on discussing crucial topics related to information and cyber security within organizations, particularly for Chief Information Security Officers or similar positions fulfilling CISO duties.

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DPO Club represents an independent Slovak-Czech community of Data Protection Officers (DPOs), managers responsible for overseeing processes to ensure compliance with GDPR in personal data processing.

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Ondrej Smolar

CEO

Soitron Group | Slovakia

Ondrej Smolár was involved in the founding of the company in 1991 and has been present at all key moments in the development of this Slovak integrator operating in the European market. Whether it was building Soitron’s technical division, establishing the very first IT delivery center in Slovakia, or handling international acquisitions. Today, he strategically manages the entire group, which operates in 7 European countries and is a long-standing leader in IT security, IT infrastructure and networks, communication solutions, IT services and outsourcing, the Internet of Things, robotics and automation, cloud solutions, and has its own cybersecurity monitoring center. He collaborates with non-profit organizations such as Via Iuris as a board member and is also a member of the board of the Pontis Foundation. As an investor, he supports IT startups.

Roman Russev

Sr. Cloud Solution Architect

Microsoft | Slovakia

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Daniel Chromek

CISO

ESET| Slovakia

Daniel Chromek, CISA, CISM, CISSP, MBCI is a Graduate of the Faculty of mathematics, physics, and informatics of Bratislava’s Comenius University. Until 2009, he worked as a security consultant at ST, focusing on SIEM systems, host and network IDS/IPS, incident response, security audits, and data protection. Then he continued in consultancy for ESET, specializing in audits, data protection, and information security management. Since 2010, he has served as Chief Information Security Officer, responsible for managing information security at ESET Group, ensuring compliance with ISO 27001:2013 and the Cybersecurity Act, as well as managing business continuity.

Renata Soulyokova

Student and part-time worker

TUKE | part-time worker at LYNX | Slovakia

Renata is a student at the Technical University of Košice, specializing in cybersecurity. Before starting her university studies, she graduated from the Secondary Industrial School of Electrical Engineering in Košice, where she focused on information and network technologies. In her free time, she actively participates in various volunteer initiatives aimed at raising awareness about internet security, such as the AjTyvIT SecurityGirls program and CSIRT UPJŠ’s “Learn the Basics of Information Security and Educate Your Community” initiative. She has also enhanced her professional skills by attending a summer school on cybercrime. Currently, she works part-time at LYNX s.r.o. as an assistant in the Security Monitoring and Proactive Protection Department. She aims to contribute her knowledge while primarily focusing on learning and gaining new experience in cybersecurity.

Jan Scamba

Global Head of Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

Siemens Healthineers | Slovakia

Over two decades of experience in the enterprise environment with a focus on application security and complex solutions. As an auditor, I concentrate on building security and believe that, in today’s rapidly changing digital landscape, the boundaries between physical and cybersecurity are increasingly blurred.

Julius Selecky

Senior Technical Pre-Sales Representative

ESET | Slovakia

He joined ESET in 2018 as a Senior Technical Pre-Sales Representative. His primary responsibilities include providing consultative advice primarily for enterprise customers, overseeing product testing, and delivering presentations on ESET products.

Tomas Masny

CISO

Slovak Telekom T-Mobile CZ | Slovensko

Tomas Masny currently holds the position of CISO at Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile CZ, which are part of the Deutsche Telekom Group. He has been working in security since 2005 and has been working in ICT/telco for 17 years. During his career, he has worked in consulting in Europe for customers in the energy, gas, banking, and government sectors as an expert. In the telco environment, he has held positions from expert, to program manager to manager. He has implemented and continues to implement many innovative, strategic, and transformational changes whether in telco mergers or as part of strategic developments in the in-depth defense of company assets, with the main mission being, is and will be to ensure the security of customer services and assets of the enterprise environment. Family, garden, bees, and nature are his relaxation when he is not on the defensive line.

Katarina Rolna

Head of Security Business Continuity Management

Tatra banka| Slovakia

Stanislav Smolar leads the security department at Soitron. His entire professional career has been in IT, where he has held various service delivery and implementation roles in networking and security environments. Under his leadership, the security department has become one of the key pillars of Soitron. His favorite topics include industrial security, multi-factor authentication, and privileged access management.

Miroslav Jasso

Head of IT

Regional Card Processing Centre | Slovakia

Miroslav Jaššo has over 24 years of experience in ICT in areas such as security, development, testing, IT and software architecture, and IT operations. Since 2009, he has worked in multinational corporations across sectors such as automotive, retail, and banking. For the past 2 years, he has served as Head of IT in the banking sector, managing an international team of over 100 ICT specialists.

Petr Vychodil

SOC manager

Axenta | Czech Republic

He has long-term experience in implementing and managing SOC (staffing, center operations, collaboration with entities, customer onboarding) across various market segments (banking, industry, public sector, utilities). He is the leader of a team of 22 people (SOC+CSIRT).

Henrich Snajder

Chief Information Security Officer

Orange| Slovakia

Henrich has more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry in the area of telecommunication and IT infrastructure and services. For the last 5 years, he held the position of Information Security Manager at Orange Slovensko a.s. Henrich leads important security projects, such as the implementation of a Security Operations Center, IT and telecommunication infrastructure security monitoring, and automation in incident response.

Roman Varga

CISO

DÔVERA zdravotná poisťovňa | Slovakia

At Dôvera, he oversees the area of cybersecurity. He presents proposals to the company’s management for improvements in cybersecurity. He protects the organization’s information assets by implementing and managing cybersecurity processes. He conceptually manages the organization’s cybersecurity strategy. He oversees the response to security incidents and proposes corrective measures. He plans to develop cyber education and test employees on current security threats. He plans and supervises testing vulnerabilities and the resilience of the organization’s IS and IT services. He audits key IS suppliers and intermediaries in terms of cybersecurity, AI risks, and GDPR. He collaborates on improving the sectoral level of cybersecurity.

Stanislav Smolar

Security Department Manager

Soitron| Slovakia

Stanislav Smolar leads the security department at Soitron. His entire professional career has been in IT, where he has held various service delivery and implementation roles in networking and security environments. Under his leadership, the security department has become one of the key pillars of Soitron. His favorite topics include industrial security, multi-factor authentication, and privileged access management.

Lukas Neduchal

Chief Advisory Officer and partner

EMARK| Slovakia

Over 22 years of combined experience in IT and business process advisory, audit, internal controls, IT security, IT governance and IT assurance areas

Shyam Sundar R.

Cyber Security Architect

GE Health Care| India

Two-time TEDx speaker, co-author of “It’s Your Digital Life” and head of safety research at GE Health Care. Malware and Memory forensics professional with over 16 years of experience in cyber security. Shyam has done over 300 cyber security talks and delivered over 150 hands-on workshops on malware and memory forensics. Shyam holds a Master’s degree in Digital forensics. He has taught attacks and defenses in Stanford University’s Cyber Security Program powered by Great Lakes, Symbiosis Pune, KL University, and several locations across the globe.

Jan Marek

Ethical hacker and co-owner of Cyber Rangers

Cyber Rangers | Czech Republic

Jan Marek is an ethical hacker – red teamer, forensic analyst, and architect with over 15 years of experience. His professional career also includes activities related to training and lecturing at leading conferences. He primarily focuses on securing Windows OS, Active Directory, Hyper-V, and EDR. He is also a specialist in Microsoft Sentinel and PowerShell-related security.

Etay Maor

Director of Security Strategy

Cato Networks| USA

Etay Maor is the Senior Director of Security Strategy at Cato Networks and is an industry expert in cybersecurity research. He previously worked as the Chief Security Officer at Insights, led the cyber threats research labs at RSA, and held several other key positions in security research and leadership. Furthermore, Etay is a cybersecurity professor at Boston College and has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in computer science and a Master’s Degree in counter-terrorism.

Joseph Carson

Chief Security Scientist (CSS) Advisory CISO

Delinea| Estonia

Joseph Carson is a cybersecurity professional and ethical hacker with over 25 years of experience in enterprise security specializing in blockchain, endpoint security, network security, application security virtualization, access controls, and privileged account management.

Joseph is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and an active member of the cybersecurity community, frequently speaking at global cybersecurity conferences, and contributing to international cybersecurity publications. He is a cybersecurity advisor to several governments, and critical infrastructure, financial, transportation, and maritime industries.

Joseph regularly shares his knowledge and experience giving workshops on vulnerability assessments, patch management best practices, the evolving cybersecurity perimeter, and the EU General Data Protection Regulation. He is the author of Cybersecurity for Dummies and Privileged Account Management for Dummies.

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Jan Adamovsky

CSO

Slovenska sporitelna | Slovakia

Jan Adamovsky has been working for Slovenská sporiteľňa since 2007. Throughout his career, he has held several positions in security directly within the bank, its subsidiary IT company, and the foreign affiliate Erste Serbia. Within his professional career, he focuses on various aspects of security, including defining requirements for large banking projects, leading teams of security specialists, defining security strategies, and crisis management. Currently, he heads the security department at Slovenská sporiteľňa, overseeing cyber security, physical security, business continuity management, crisis management, and fraud prevention in the digital space. He enjoys challenging standard approaches and doing things that make sense.

Roman Cupka

Senior Principal Consultant

Progress Software | CSO | IstroSec

Roman Cupka has over 15 years of experience in the ICT market specializing in computer networks, IT infrastructure, information, and cyber security. In recent years, he has been working as a consultant focusing on modern technologies for monitoring infrastructure and computer networks, data analysis, incident detection and response, automation, and applying fundamental principles of cyber security in organizations.

Marek Zeman

CISO

Tatrabanka, Chairman | CISO Club | Slovakia

Marek has more than 15 years of experience in IT security. He focuses on implementing new technologies into the banking environment. In IT security, his focus includes database security, behavioral metrics, analysis, assessments, and correlations of unstructured data. He enhances security awareness through lecturing.

Zuzana Relovska

Executive Leadership Coach & Consultant

Slovakia

Zuzana is a leadership and well-being coach who has been active in the business for over 20 years. She has experience in developing organizational and leadership competencies across various industries, regions, and management levels. She has worked for major corporations such as IBM, Dell, and Korn Ferry. Currently, in addition to providing individual coaching and consulting, she organizes the Well-being Conference for leaders, the first of its kind in Slovakia. Since 2018, she has collaborated with Forbes Slovakia on the “Unburnt” project and contributed to topics related to mental health and the personal development of leaders.

Boris Mutina

Security analyst

Excello a Virusfree.cz | Czech Republic

Boris is the author of many articles and professional publications in the field. After many years traveling in pursuit of cybersecurity, Boris is now a happy cybersec analyst at Excello. He serves as an auditor and researcher. As a freelance IT security specialist, he collaborates with numerous companies across Europe.

Ladislav Baco

Network Analyst

ESET | Slovakia

Ladislav Baco has 15 years of experience as a security consultant and malware analyst in computer security, IT, and education. Ladislav collaborated on addressing security incidents targeting critical infrastructure domestically and abroad and analyzed several advanced cyber threats, such as APTs. Currently, he works at ESET as a network infiltration analyst.

Ladislav holds professional certifications such as GCTI, CHFI, and ECES.

Zuzana Holy Omelkova

CCO

GAMO| Slovakia

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Miroslav Sidor

Security Analyst

ESET | Slovakia

Miroslav is a security analyst with over 8 years of experience in cybersecurity. Currently, he works as a security analyst at ESET. In the past, he worked for the government unit CSIRT.SK as an analyst and later as the head of the Cyber Threat Analysis department. He has practical experience in dealing with ransomware incidents. He holds various professional certifications such as BTL1, CHFI, and GCFA.

Maria Krahulecova

Co-founder of QuBit Security

Slovakia

Mária Krahulecová is the co-founder of QuBit Security, which has been providing education in information and cybersecurity for more than 10 years under the brands QuBit Conference® and QuBit Academy. Maria leads a fantastic team that collaborates with top experts in Slovakia and worldwide to organize high-quality professional events in various formats and sizes. It also perceives its mission as supporting the community by connecting its members to share experiences, best practices, and creating an atmosphere of cooperation.

Michal Hanus

Cyber Security Consultant

Cyber Rangers | Czech Republic

Michal is a blue teamer, cyber risk expert, security solution architect, and manager of IT services with more than 20 years of experience. His career includes technical training, IT and InfoSec strategy creation, strategic project management, and critical infrastructure security. It mainly focuses on risk management in IT and quantitative analysis of cyber risks (CRQ). Based on cyber threats and risks and the state of the corporate environment, he determines specific security strategies, systematic cyber security development plans, and sets of measures to increase cyber resilience. He also deals with the security of industrial and control systems and operational technologies (ICS and OT Security).

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Jozef Uroda

ICT & Security risk manager

Tatrabanka | Slovakia

Jozef has been professionally active in information security for several years. He has held roles such as Identity and Access Management System Administrator and Security Officer. Later, he focused more on the methodological aspects of information security, eventually moving on to risk management in the same area.

He is currently the head of the ICT Risk and Resilience Department. Among his responsibilities in the organization are ownership of the ICT Risk framework, responsibility for business continuity management, support for GDPR, and security training.

Among the outcomes of his work at the bank is the implementation of ICT Risk Management by the new standards published by the EBA, as well as the developing of educational concept for both employees and clients. Building awareness about security from the client’s perspective is known under the brand #predigitalnubezpecnost.