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ECSO CISO Community and CESIN to Join Forces in New Partnership

ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services2 April 20250Comments

Today, 2 April 2025, the CISO Community of the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) has signed a Partnership Agreement with CESIN - Club des Experts de la Sécurité de l'Information et du Numérique during the INCYBER Forum Europe (FIC) in Lille, France. Through this Partnership, Members of both communities will engage in structured and meaningful collaboration.…

We open the Third Edition of ECSO’s Annual CISO Meetup today in Vienna

Activities, ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services3 November 20240Comments

BRUSSELS, 4 November 2024 – The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) is pleased to announce the Third Edition of its Annual CISO Meetup, taking place in Vienna on 4 & 5 November. Around 200 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) from 26 European nations are participating, marking a significant milestone for collaboration and information sharing among…

Top Cybersecurity Scale-Ups Selected as Finalists After ECSO Cyber Solution Days in Kilkenny

ECSO CISO Choice Award, ECSO News, European CISOs, W2- Market Deployment, Investments and International Collaboration, WG4 - Support to SMEs, Coordination with Countries and Regions29 September 20240Comments

The ECSO Cyber Solution Days event has wrapped up, marking a remarkable presentation of Europe’s top cybersecurity scale-ups and their innovative solutions in Identity & Access Management and Cloud Security. Held on 25 September 2024 as a precursor to the Cyber Ireland National Conference 2024 in Kilkenny, Ireland, this event was organised in partnership with…

Unveiling the CrowdStrike Incident: Key Insights from ECSO’s Webinar

ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services5 August 20240Comments

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO), in collaboration with the ECSO CISO Community, hosted a webinar on 26 July 2024, discussing the recent CrowdStrike outage. Key topics covered by our experts included rapid incident response, challenges of misinformation, and the impact of the Cyber Resilience Act on software security practices. The event underscored ECSO's commitment…

ECSO Member the Municipality of the Hague wins the CISO of the Year 2024 Award

ECSO Members3 June 20240Comments

Jeroen Schipper, CISO at the Municipality of The Hague (ECSO Member), won the CISO of the Year 2024 Award on 28 May. The award was presented during the first CISODAY, an event that attracted more than 200 security professionals from large companies, governments, and non-profit organisations in the Netherlands. Jeroen has credited this award to…

Announcing the Winners of the ECSO Award Finals 2024 Event in Bochum, Germany

Activities, ECSO CISO Choice Award, ECSO News25 March 20240Comments

BRUSSELS, 22 March 2024 – The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of its flagship event “the ECSO Award Finals” 2024, held on 21-22 March in Bochum, Germany. The event, co-organised with partners Bochum Economic Development, the Women4Cyber Foundation, and eurobits e.V., marked a successful convergence of European cybersecurity…

ECSO’s Annual CISO Meetup Commences Today in Florence

ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services28 November 20230Comments

BRUSSELS, 28 November 2023 – The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) is pleased to announce the start of the second edition of its awaited Annual CISO Meetup, taking place in beautiful Florence on 28 and 29 November. Over 150 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) from 21 European nations are joining the Meetup, which is set to mark…

ECSO wrapped its advocacy activity on the CISO Role in ENISA’s European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF).

ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services7 August 20230Comments

ECSO recently produced a master document offering recommendations for the depiction of the CISO role within ENISA's European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF). The suggestions were gathered through ECSO's active CISO community, comprising of CISOs from 28 European countries. As the only non-profit organisation hosting a European cross-sector CISO community, ECSO acts as the facilitator of…

ECSO Launches New SOC/CTI Initiative

ECSO News, European CISOs, WG3 - Cyber Resilience of Economy, Infrastructure and Services20 March 20230Comments

ECSO has launched a new SOC (Security Operations Centre)/CTI (Cyber Threat Intelligence) initiative and has hosted a first kick-off meeting on the 13th of March. The initiative was launched to attend to the growing need for European cooperation and sharing of CTI. CTI is the foundation of a modern, proactive cybersecurity strategy, and a common…