The ENISA Telecom security forum brings together cybersecurity experts from the telecom sector, national authorities, and cybersecurity policy makers, to discuss the hot topics in telecom security such as espionage in telecom networks, the resilience of subsea cables and cutting-edge technologies.
On 20 March ENISA organizes the 2025 edition of the ENISA Telecom and Digital Infrastructure Security Forum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
This year the ENISA Telecom security forum is organized with BEREC, the Body of European Regulators, RDI, the Dutch National Inspectorate for Digital Infrastructures, and the Dutch Cybersecurity Centre.
Join us in Amsterdam and discuss pressing telecom security topics with policy makers, with the telecom regulators and with the experts from the sector.
Key Topics
After the high-level keynotes at the start, we will have 4 sessions:
- Session 1 on Espionage in Telecom Networks
- Session 2 on Subsea Cables and Resilience
- Session 3 on New technologies for Threat Mitigation
- Session 4 on Next steps for improving Cybersecurity in the EU's Telecom Sector.
Agenda - 20 March - from 09:00 to 18:00
| 09:00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 09:30 | Welcome statements and keynote speeches |
| Welcome: Dimitra Liveri - Head of the ENISA Unit for Resilience of Critical sectors | |
| 09:45 | Collaboration and action: the key to our survival and success - Jasper Nagtegaal, RDI (Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure) |
| 10:00 | Securing the telecom sector: national perspectives from the French cybersecurity agency - Ionathan Noblins, ANSSI (France's cybersecurity agency) |
| 10:15 | Navigating within geo-political turbulence - A Risk Based Strategy - Jeffrey Leusink, VP CISO office, KPN |
| 10:30 | Massive Cyber Attack against A1 - lessons learned - Wolfgang Schwabl, CISO, A1 Telekom Austria |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| Session 1: Espionage in Telecom Networks | |
| 11.30 | Telecom cyber threat overview, Jamila Boutemeur - ENISA |
| 11:45 | From Surveillance Companies to APTs: A perspective into telecom security operations, Alexandre de Oliveira, Telecom Security & Fraud Solutions Lead - Post Luxembourg (Telecommunications company based in Luxembourg) |
| 12:00 |
Panel discussion on "Handling espionage attacks in telecom networks" Speakers: Wolfgang Schwabl-A1 Moderation: Joepke van der Linden - RDI Q&A |
| 12:30 | From Shadows to Insights: Using Deception Technology to Stay Ahead of Cyber Threat - Matej Rabzelj, Cyber Systems CyberLab, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Ljubljana |
| 12:45 | Space weather and its impact on resilience - Kasper van Dam, Bert van den Oord, KNMI (the Dutch National Weather Office) |
| 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| Session 2: Subsea Cables & Resilience | |
| 14:00 | Internet traffic impact of recent cable cuts, Emile Aben, RIPE NCC |
| 14:15 |
Panel discussion on "Ensuring resilience of Europe's subsea cables" Speakers: Moderation: Marnix Dekker - ENISA |
| 14:45 | From Sea to Space: Satellites as a Backup for Undersea Cable Disruptions - Fabio Romano, Senior Manager EU and NATO, SES Space and Defense (Société Européenne des Satellites) |
| 15:00 | Cyber Conflict Simulator (CCS) -Professor Stjepan Groš, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb, Goran Polonji, Utilis, Zagreb |
| 15:15 | 2025 Telco Security Landscape, Paolo Grassia (Connect Europe, previously known as ETNO), Richard Kerkdijk (TNO, ETIS ISWG), Andrija Visic (ETIS) |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| Session 3: New technologies for Cybersecurity Threats | |
| 16:00 | Defending the digital future by harnessing novel technologies in critical networks - Mikko Karikytö Head of product security, Ericsson |
| 16:15 | From DNS4EU to Global Telecom Security: Leveraging threat Intelligence for resilient Networks - Viliam Peli, Threat Intelligence Specialist, Whalebone |
| 16:30 | Harnessing AI for Next Gen Threat Detection & Response - Zeina Zakhour, Vice-President, Global CTO Cybersecurity EVIDEN, an ATOS company |
| Session 4: From Threats to next Steps | |
| 16:45 | GSMA Mobile Telecommunications Security Landscape - 2025 Report, Martin Beauchamp, Senior Industry Security Analyst, GSMA |
| 17:00 |
Panel discussion on "Improving cybersecurity in the EU Telecom Sector" Speakers: Boryana Hristova-Ilieva (European Commission) Moderation: Dimitra Liveri, ENISA |
| 17:30 | Closing remarks |
| Hans De Vries, Chief Cybersecurity and Operations Officer, ENISA |
For national authorities, ministries, the following meetings are taking place in the same week, in the same region:
- 18-19 March - 45th ECASEC group meeting of EU Telecom authorities, hosted by RDI, in the Planetarium Meeting Center, starting 18 March 12:00.
- 19 March - 33rd Meeting of the NIS Cooperation group workstream on Telecoms and 5G, hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, in The Hague
Background
Since 2010 ENISA has worked closely with EU telecom security authorities, establishing ECASEC, a working group of experts from national authorities from across the EU, and several EEA, EFTA and EU candidate countries. The goal of the ENISA ECASEC expert group is to discuss and agree on a harmonized approach to telecom security and supervision of the EU’s telecom sector. For more details about ECASEC see ECASEC Expert Group Portal.
The forum is a continuation of a series of meetings, previously called ENISA Article 13a Open Day.
This is the 5th edition of the ENISA Telecom Security Forum. Please check the following links for the events of the previous years:
2021 – Athens: ENISA Telecom Security Forum — ENISA
2022 – Brussels: ENISA Telecom Security Forum — ENISA (europa.eu)
2023 – Lisbon: 3rd ENISA Telecom & Digital Infrastructure Security Forum — ENISA
2024 – Helsinki: ENISA Telecom & Digital Infrastructure Security Forum 2024 — ENISA
Organizing Committee
ENISA: Georgia Bafoutsou, Ugne Komzaite, Evangelos Kantas, Marnix Dekker, Dimitra Liveri, Konstantinos Anagnostou
RDI: Joey Saddal
BEREC: Katja Kmet Vrcko (BEREC and AKOS, Slovenia), Zdravko Jukić (BEREC, HAKOM HR)
Practical information
- Date: Mar 20,2025 from 9:00am to 6:00pm (Europe/Amsterdam)
- Place: Hotel NH Collection Amsterdam Barbizon Palace, Amsterdam
- Contact the organisers: Georgia Bafoutsou Konstantinos Anagnostou Ugne Komzaite
- Content written for: National / EU authorities | Private Sector
