AGENDA – IT DEFENSE 2026
| Monday, February 2, 2026 | |||
| 09:00 am | Zero Trust Architecture as an Enabler | ||
| 09:00 am | Adversary Tactics: Detection | ||
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | |||
| 09:00 am | Zero Trust Architecture as an Enabler | ||
| 09:00 am | Adversary Tactics: Detection | ||
| 09:00 am | Incident Handling & Response | ||
| 09:00 am | Master Class Physical Security | ||
| up to 07:00 pm | Reception and welcome in the Barbarossa Hall conference hotel Maritim with food and drinks | ||
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 | |||
| 09:00 am | Welcome from Stefan Strobel CEO cirosec GmbH | ||
| 09:15 am | Cyberwar between Russia and Finnish Companies Sami Laiho | ||
| 10:15 am | Break | ||
| 10:45 am | The Evolution of macOS Security Csaba Fitzl | ||
| 11:30 am | Break | ||
| 11:45 pm | Beyond the AI black box: IT security requirements in the AI Act Joerg Heidrich | ||
| 12:45 pm | Lunch | ||
| 02:00 pm | Malware “Powered by AI”: Insights and Outlooks of early AI Malware Candid Wüest | ||
| 03:00 pm | Break | ||
| 03:15 pm | The Emissary's Mistake: Seeing the Pebble, Missing the Path Jared Atkinson | ||
| 04:15 pm | Break | ||
| 04:45 pm | Cybercrime: Cooperation between investigators and prosecutors Daniel Lorch & Jana Ringwald | ||
| 05:45 pm | End of the first conference day | ||
| 06:45 pm | An evening in Würzburg At the end of the first day of the conference, we will take you on a tour to discover the city center of Würzburg. We will finish the day with a delicious dinner at the Bürgerspital Weinstuben restaurant in the heart of the old part of town. | ||
Thursday, February 5, 2026 | |||
| 09:00 am | From Buffer Overflows to Prompt Injection: Why AI is Resetting Software Security Chris Wysopal | ||
| 10:00 am | Break | ||
| 10:30 am | n.n. Jos Wetzels | ||
| 11:30 am | Break | ||
| 11:45 am | Allpacka: Malware à la carte Leon Schmidt | ||
| 12:45 pm | Lunch | ||
| 02:00 pm | Introduction of digital wallets in Europe Thorsten Lodderstedt & Paul Bastian | ||
| 03:00 pm | Break | ||
| 03:15 pm | n.n. Thomas Roth | ||
| 04:15 pm | Break | ||
| 04:45 pm | Cybersecurity is exactly like soccer (Football) John Stoner | ||
| 05:45 pm | End of the second conference day | ||
| 06:30 pm | Evening in Juliusspital Located right in the heart of the city center of Würzburg, the Juliusspital Foundation is the second-largest vineyard in Germany, spanning an area of about 180 hectares. Our tour will take us through the historical buildings and the vineyard including its legendary cellar of wooden barrels. Afterwards we will have a relaxed dinner at the vineyard’s tithe barn. | ||
Friday, February 6, 2026 | |||
| 09:00 am | Round Tables | ||
| 10:30 am | Break | ||
| 11:00 am | Round Tables - continuation | ||
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | ||
| 01:30 pm | End of the event | ||
More will be announced soon. Status: October 23, 2025 | |||
