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Holger Spohn

Holger Spohn | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Holger Spohn

Biography

Holger Spohn is a cybersecurity executive with more than 25 years of experience spanning defence, international organizations, and financial services. Following a career as an officer in the German Air Force and senior cybersecurity roles within NATO, he served as Chief Information Security Officer at global asset manager Candriam. Today, he is back at NATO, where he focuses on cybersecurity, resilience, and the secure adoption of emerging technologies. Holger is a frequent speaker on cyber defence, risk management, artificial intelligence, and the evolving threat landscape.

Sessions

11:55h
Conference | Congress Systemic, cyber-physical and supply chain resilience CISOs & Security Leader

Beyond cybersecurity: Who owns the decision?

Holger Spohn
Holger Spohn North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Principal Engineer (Advanced Cyber Defence Principles) Speaker

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2026-11-05 11:55 2026-11-05 12:20 Europe/Madrid Beyond cybersecurity: Who owns the decision?
Cybersecurity is no longer just about protecting systems, identities, and data.
As AI, automation, critical infrastructure, cloud platforms, and global supply chains become increasingly interconnected, security, resilience, and sovereignty are converging into a single challenge: maintaining the ability to act when dependencies fail, change, or come under pressure.
Drawing on insights from Black Hat and DEF CON, this keynote explores how the attack surface is expanding beyond technology into trust, dependency, autonomy, and decision-making itself. From critical infrastructure and supply chains to undersea cables, compute concentration, and hybrid cyber operations, the session examines how modern cyber incidents increasingly create operational, economic, and strategic effects.
Attendees will gain a new perspective on resilience, sovereignty, and agency in a world where digital capabilities depend on infrastructures and ecosystems that few organizations fully control.
 Auditorium II
Thu 5
11:55h - 12:20h Auditorium II Full Congress Pass
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