Nicol Dankova
Security Researcher | Cato Networks | Izrael
Board Member | COO | KCCKB | Slovensko
CISO | Hold Security | USA
Head of Marketing and Communication | KCCKB | Slovensko
CEO v ELLIO | Prezident v AMTSO | Česká Republika
Threat Intelligence Researcher | Cato Networks | Izrael
Etický hacker a spolumajiteľ Cyber Rangers | Česká republika
Ján Marek je etický hacker – red teamer, forenzný analytik a architekt s viac ako 15-timi rokmi praxe. Jeho profesijná kariéra zahŕňa aj aktivity spojené so školeniami a prednáškami na popredných konferenciách. Zameriava sa predovšetkým na zabezpečenie Windows OS, Active Directory, Hyper-V a EDR všeobecne. Je tiež špecialistom na Microsoft Sentinel a bezpečnosť spojenú s PowerShellom.
Boris je autorom mnohých článkov a odborných publikácií k danej oblasti. Po mnohých rokoch na cestách za kybernetickou bezpečnosťou je teraz Boris šťastný cybersec analytik v spoločnosti Excello. Boris je audítorom a výskumným pracovníkom. Ako freelancer v oblasti bezpečnosti IT spolupracuje s mnohými spoločnosťami v celej Európe.
Security Research Engineering Technical Leader | Cisco (Talos) | USA
Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity professional | USA
Chief Security Officer | Tatra banka | Slovensko
Senior Research Initiatives Director | 1Password | USA
Principal Engineer and Founder | HackiHub | Česká Republika
Mojím hlavným cieľom je vytvárať, propagovať a predávať alternatívne technológie. Najlepší čas je ten, ktorý strávite medzi zákazníkmi – keď plne ocenia to, čo robíte. Čo vytvárate každý deň. Naozaj vítam každú príležitosť byť súčasťou niečoho nového. Rád premýšľam o nových výzvach a problémoch. Vytváranie produktov z úplne iného uhla pohľadu.
Executive Director | ČSOB | Česká Republika
Generálny riaditeľ | Kompetenčné a certifikačné centrum kybernetickej bezpečnosti | Chairman Qubit CISO Clubu | Slovensko
Marek Zeman je expert na informačnú a kybernetickú bezpečnosť. Pôsobí ako generálny riaditeľ Kompetenčného a certifikačného centra kybernetickej bezpečnosti a zároveň prednáša na Fakulte informatiky a informačných technológií Slovenskej technickej univerzity v Bratislave. Má viac ako 20 ročné skúsenosti s riadením informačnej bezpečnosti vo veľkej finančnej inštitúcii, kde pôsobil na pozícii CISO.
Vo výskume sa zameriava na manažment informačnej bezpečnosti, bezpečnostné aspekty moderných technológií, najmä umelej inteligencie, autonómnych systémoch a implementáciu AI v robotickej procesnej automatizácii (RPA).
V rámci dobrovoľníckych aktivít je predsedom CISO Clubu a autorom učebníc a metodík informačnej bezpečnosti pre základné a stredné školy. Jeho profesijným poslaním je systematické budovanie povedomia o informačnej bezpečnosti naprieč spoločnosťou — od technických expertov až po širokú verejnosť.
Director Responsible for Research Projects | APWG.EU | Španielsko
VP, Product Security | Progress Software | Česká Republika
CISO | SYSCO | USA
Regional CTO | DXC Technology | Slovakia
Cyber security consultant | beluga | Slovensko
Cybersecurity & Cloud Advisor | D3 Cyber | Rumunsko
CEO & Co-Founder | Optica Labs | USA
Senior Technical Architect | Truesec AB | Švédsko
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.
Security Researcher | Cato Networks | Israel
Board Member | COO | KCCKB | Slovakia
CISO | Hold Security | USA
Alex Holden is the founder and CISO of Hold Security, LLC. Under his leadership, Hold Security played a pivotal role in information security and threat intelligence, becoming one of the most recognizable names in its field. Mr. Holden researches the minds and techniques of cyber criminals and helps our society build better defenses against cyber-attacks.
Head of Marketing and Communication | KCCKB | Slovakia
Alexandra Huskova is the Director of Marketing and Communications at the Competence and Certification Centre for Cybersecurity. Previously, she worked as an Account Manager at Binary Confidence. It is involved in the project activities of the National Coordination Centre (NCC-SK) and international cooperation. She founded and has been leading a national team of young cybersecurity students representing Slovakia in the European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC) for three years.
CEO at ELLIO | President at AMTSO | Czech Republic
Threat Intelligence Researcher | Cato Networks | Israel
Ethical hacker and co-owner of 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.
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.
Security Research Engineering Technical Leader | Cisco (Talos) | USA
Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity professional | USA
Head of Security Operations Center | Researcher | Henkel | Tomas Bata University | Germany
Chief Security Officer | Tatra banka | Slovakia
Senior Research Initiatives Director | 1Password | USA
Principal Engineer and Founder | HackiHub | Czech Republic
My principal goal is to create, promote and sell alternative technologies. The best time is that spent among customers – when they fully appreciate what you do. What you create every day. I truly welcome any opportunity to be a part of something new. I just love to think about new challenges and problems. Creating products from totally different point of view.
Executive Director | ČSOB | Czech Republic
Cyber Security Consultant | Nettles Consulting | Czech Republic
CEO | Competence and Certification Center for Cyber Security | Chairman of the Qubit CISO Club | Slovakia
Marek Zeman is an expert in information and cyber security. He is the CEO of the Competence and Certification Center for Cyber Security and also lectures at the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He has more than 20 years of experience in information security management at a large financial institution, where he served as CISO.
His research focuses on information security management, security aspects of modern technologies, especially artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and the implementation of AI in robotic process automation (RPA).
As part of his volunteer activities, he is the chairman of the CISO Club and the author of textbooks and methodologies on information security for primary and secondary schools. His professional mission is to systematically build awareness of information security across society — from technical experts to the general public.
Director Responsible for Research Projects | APWG.EU | Spain
VP, Product Security | Progress Software | Czech Republic
Cyber security consultant | beluga | Slovakia
Cybersecurity & Cloud Advisor | D3 Cyber | Romania
CEO & Co-Founder | Optica Labs | USA
Senior Technical Architect | Truesec AB | Sweden
Area Manager | GREYCORTEX | Slovensko
Partner and Lawyer | Advokáti Chlipala | Slovakia
HR manager | Slovakia
Director, Enterprise Sales Eastern Europe
SentinelOne | Slovakia
Peter Lechman has more than 20 years of experience in information technology, working for multinational vendors where he focused on developing large customers, introducing new products to the market, and building sales teams and partner networks in the region of Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Central Asia. In the past, he worked for Cisco and spent the following eight years building the sales network at Palo Alto Networks. Since September 2023, he has joined SentinelOne as the Sales Director for Eastern Europe. He graduated from the University of Economics in Prague.
Security Director
ZSE | Slovakia
Cybersecurity Team Leader
Siemens Healthineers | Slovakia
Terezia has worked in Siemens Healthineers as a cybersecurity expert and leader. During her time she had been exposed to various cybersecurity topics. During her time she had been expoHer longest experience is in the secure development lifecycle, she supported R&D teams with vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, and secure coding. She’s currently expanding her scope towards broader product lifecycle, and incident management. She’s leading an international distributed team.
Senior Security Officer
Trenkwalder IT Services | Slovakia
In two decades spent in the IT world, I had the opportunity to gain experience from almost every corner of this vast profession. The majority of my professional career, however, has been dedicated to security, particularly risk management and compliance. Currently, I work as a Senior Security Officer, responsible for overseeing information security across the entire organization from awareness to backups.
Cybersecurity Manager
PwC | Slovakia
Adrian is a cybersecurity specialist with over 18 years of experience, from technical implementation to establishing process-organizational security measures, primarily for large corporations. He has also worked as a consultant, auditor, and manager throughout his career. He currently holds the senior manager position, leading a team of consultants and auditors in cybersecurity, aiming to provide comprehensive consulting and auditing services for clients across various sectors.
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.
Sr. Cloud Solution Architect
Microsoft | Slovakia
Roman has been dedicated to Microsoft technologies for a long time, since 2007. Throughout his time at the company, he has held various technical roles focused on application development, cloud technologies, development processes, and smart technologies. He currently works as a Senior He participates in complex commercial projects in Central and Eastern Europe, which have high demands for scalability, hybrid nature, or long-term sustainability and a high level of security, in sectors such as manufacturing, finance, energy, and more. He participates in complex commercial projects in Central and Eastern Europe, which have high demands for scalability, hybrid nature, or long-term sustainability and a high level of security, in sectors such as manufacturing, finance, energy, and more.
CISO | ESET | Slovakia
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.
Siemens Healthineers | Slovakia
Senior Technical Pre-Sales Representative
ESET | Slovakia
Július Selecký has been working in the field of information and cyber security for more than 15 years. After successfully completing his doctoral studies at the Comenius University (FMUK), where he specialized in information systems, he put his knowledge into practice. Not only at ESET, but he also works at his alma mater as an assistant professor. Since 2018, he has been working at ESET as a Senior Technical Pre-Sales Representative. He actively works with clients and partners primarily in the enterprise segment to educate them and help them integrate the latest trends and practices in cyber security. In addition to consultations, testing, and presentations, he conducts practical workshops so that customers understand the products and effectively implement the solutions in their daily operations.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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
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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Global Advisory CISO | 1Password | Canada
Ondrej Krajc graduated from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, where he mainly dealt with the design of metropolitan optical networks and advanced data security. Before joining ESET in 2008 as a Technical Support Engineer, he held several positions, including design activity and administration of network environments for various companies. At ESET, he was responsible for the implementation and optimization of antivirus solutions for the large customers. He has been working in IT security for more than 15 years. He currently works as a Solution Architect He focuses on consulting on large-scale ESET security products implementations in the enterprise segment, as well as presentation activities.
EMEA Information Security & Cyber Resilience Manager | Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation | Slovakia
Rastislav Beno worked in various management positions in the field of development, operation and management of IT in the banking sector during his career. Subsequently, he focused on information security, crisis management and business continuity planning in the telecommunications sector. He is currently responsible for managing information security and cyber resilience for EMEA region in a global company operating in the chemical industry. His tasks include building an information and cyber security team as well as designing, implementing, and standardizing information security processes in an international corporation environment.
Executive Consultant , certified auditor | Cyber Security Competence and Certification Centre | Slovakia
Certified cybersecurity auditor, lecturer, and consultant with many years of experience in cybersecurity. During his career, he has held several technical and management positions, where he focused primarily on the design and implementation of security measures in various sectors. In addition to his professional activities, he is also involved in education and awareness, helping organizations and individuals better understand the risks of the digital world and effectively address them.
CISO | Aliter Technologies | Slovakia
At Aliter Technologies, he leads the cybersecurity agenda with a focus on risk management, SOC/SIEM, and cloud data protection. He has over 10 years of experience in designing and implementing security architectures, incident response, and automation. He holds a PhD in applied computer science. He is also actively involved in information security topics as an author and speaker.
Partner & Board Member | Xolution Robots | Slovakia
Milan is an experienced leader and entrepreneur with international expertise in artificial intelligence, strategic management, and building technology organizations. As Head of Operations and Country Manager at Amelia (IPsoft), he founded and led the Slovak branch starting in 2016. He built a delivery center of more than 100 employees, steered the company through a full reorganization in 2019, and oversaw all local functions from HR and marketing to legal and operational processes. He managed global teams for key clients across EU/USA/APAC, developed technology teams (NW, FW, R&D), represented the company at international conferences, and strengthened Amelia’s goodwill within the Slovak AI ecosystem.
At Xolution Robots, Milan focuses on growing deep-tech startups, designing and implementing AI orchestration, and driving innovation in enterprise automation. His work bridges business and technology – from strategy to operations – with an emphasis on building scalable solutions based on ontological and semantic models, advanced data and process integration, and process automation.
State Secretary of the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic and Government Plenipotentiary for Artificial Intelligence.
Ing. Radoslav Stefanek is an experienced leader in the field of digital transformation and innovation in public administration.
He specializes in strategic management and crisis management, and has long held key positions in state administration as well as in public enterprises.
At the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, he oversees the main agendas of digital transformation in public administration, including information technology, innovation, and cybersecurity. He is responsible for the strategic coordination, policy development, and effective implementation of the ministry’s priorities. Based on the Resolution of the Government of the Slovak Republic No. 368 of July 4, he was appointed as the Government Plenipotentiary for Artificial Intelligence.
In the past, he served as the Director General of the Railways of the Slovak Republic (2023) and as a member of the Board of Directors and Director of the Services Division at the Slovak Railway Company (2016–2022). At the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, and Family of the Slovak Republic, he held several managerial positions, including Director of the Office of the General Secretary of the Service Office (2012–2016), Director of the Management Support Department, and Director General of the Social Affairs Inspection (2024–2025).
He earned his engineering degree in Marketing and Management from Tomas Bata University in Zlín. He further expanded his expertise through specialized education in project management at RISEBA University of Applied Sciences in Riga.
CISO | Tatra banka | Slovakia
Martin has been working professionally in the field of information security for several years. He has worked in various areas of cybersecurity – from infrastructure and network protection, through security incident monitoring and SIEM solution development, to identity management (IAM/PAM) and application security.
In recent years, he has worked at Tatra banka as a Security Architect, where he focused on cloud security in public cloud platforms. Part of his work also involved introducing modern security principles into the development cycle.
He currently holds the position of CISO at Tatra banka, where he leads the team responsible for information security management.
He has been involved in information security for over 12 years. In his role as an information security specialist at one of the largest Slovak banks, he focuses heavily on practical security and the implementation of security measures during the design and review of solutions. He consults on the design, architecture, and implementation of new technologies. He helps partners understand the mindset of security professionals, explains the rationale and benefits of thinking about security in advance, and can also demonstrate the consequences of neglecting security. In his role, he approaches security comprehensively—from communication with developers and architects, through security training and raising awareness among everyday users, to testing the security features of solutions, handling security incidents, and communicating with solution owners, vendors, and top management.
He also serves as a lecturer for the Cybersecurity Manager II course at the Competence and Certification Centre for Cybersecurity.
IT GRC and Security Team Leader | VOLKSWAGEN Financial Services Slovakia | Slovakia
