Growing dependency on digital systems has drastically shifted how societies function. The COVID-19-induced shift to remote work has accelerated the adoption of platforms and devices that allow sensitive data to be shared with third parties.

Remote work has also moved digital exchanges from office networks to residential ones, which have a greater variety of connected devices with less protection against cyber intrusion.

In parallel, the use of multiple technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and 5G is only growing. While these capabilities provide tremendous opportunities for businesses to dramatically improve efficiency, quality and productivity, these same capabilities also expose users to elevated digital and cyber risk.

As per the Global Risks Report 2022 by the World Economic Forum, the Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS) respondents rank “Cybersecurity Failure” among the top-10 risks that have worsened most since the start of the COVID-19 crisis.

At a regional level, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand ranked “Cybersecurity failure” as the number one risk. While other highly digitalised European economies, such as France, Netherlands, Denmark also ranked the risk as a top-five concern.

Given the geopolitical tensions around digital sovereignty, according to GRPS respondents, “cross-border cyberattacks and misinformation” and “artificial intelligence” were among the areas with the least “established” or “effective” international risk mitigation efforts.

The security and authentication experts will address these challenges faced by organisations, enterprises, and associations. The European Conference on Security and Authentication will cover topics on different technologies that tackle computer network security, virtual and physical access control through authentication.

We invite you to hear insights from different experts in Europe and discover different authentication technologies that will enhance first-level security.