On June 30th and July 1st, at LuxExpo, a new edition of the global tech conference ICT Spring Europe was held. The first morning inside the Data Room was dedicated to cybersecurity and comprised keynotes, roundtables to discuss topical issues and future trends in the IT sector.

96% of organisations have been targeted by an email-related phishing attempt in 2021. These impressive statistics highlight that cybercriminals are global and that no business is exempted from facing an attack. Local and international top-notch experts have shared some insights, challenges to consider, problems to address and solutions to implement during this session at the ICT Spring, led by Professor Gabriele Lenzini, Head of the IRiSC research group at SnT (Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust) as Master of Ceremony.

 

 

 

After a short break, we moved on to the upcoming challenges for cybersecurity and the new type of cyberattacks we will face. By 2025, Gartner predicts more than 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms, meaning that cloud environments are the new playground for cybercriminals. Yoann Klein, Senior Cyber Security Advisor at Huawei, confirmed that many companies are investing to make cloud environments more secure against cyberattacks. He explained that trustworthiness is a core element in providing customers with technical, future-proof and reliable cloud services. Huawei Cloud developed the Compliance 3CS, a high-level Cloud Service Cyber Security & Compliance Standard. Looking ahead, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) estimated in a recent study that by 2030 a quantum computer would be able to break present-day cybersecurity infrastructure. Dr Michèle Feltz, Information Security Expert at Luxembourg Digital Trust Department (ILNAS), delivered a fascinating presentation on how to anticipate data protection in the post-quantum era. She confirmed that companies should be aware today that large-scale quantum computers will seriously threaten current public-key cryptosystems. To mitigate future risks, it is paramount to keep up to date with standardisation activities and guidance documents and develop a mitigation strategy to be ready for the next-generation cryptography.

 

To close the morning session of this Data Room, Vince Lin, Marketing Director at WiSecure Technologies, came on stage following the presentation of Dr Michèle Feltz, confirming that cryptography-based data protection has been growing the past 20 years. Secure Technologies aims to develop cryptographic products providing security modules protecting customers' digital assets despite quantum computing lurking ahead.