SFI NORCICS and ISTARI Smart Resilience Summit: Intelligence in Practice
SFI NORCICS and ISTARI Smart Resilience Summit: Intelligence in Practice
When: March 19th 2026 11:30 - 16:00 (networking 16:00 - 17:00)
Where: Thon Hotel Storo, Vitaminveien 23, 0485 Oslo
To register, please e-mail hanne.m.s.djupdal@ntnu.no
Quote from a participant in last year's workshop with ISTARI:
"The workshop was exceptional—one of the best I’ve attended in Norway! A well-chosen and timely set of topics; short, to-the-point presentations followed by an interactive, panel-based discussion; firsthand insights from industry. Altogether, a very positive experience."
SFI NORCICS and ISTARI are hosting another joint workshop in Oslo on March 19th 2026.
Technology alone isn’t enough.
Cyber incidents are growing in scale, speed, and sophistication — and no amount of new technology will close the gap on its own. In 2026, the challenge has sharpened. Geopolitical fragmentation is redefining the boundaries of cyber risk. Ransomware operations are growing more targeted and technically advanced. AI is transforming both the threat landscape and the defensive toolkit. And the dysfunction hiding inside security functions — the ambiguity, the silos, the gaps between IT and OT — remains the quiet enabler of compromise.
This year’s Smart Resilience Summit brings together ISTARI’s global network of practitioners, advisors, and industry specialists alongside SFI NORCICS to confront these challenges head-on — with sessions built around practical insight, not theory.
What’s required now is not simply more tools or broader approaches, but a disciplined, collaborative, and intelligence-driven strategy to deliver Smart Resilience — one that aligns resources with the most pressing risks, integrates insight across silos, and drives real-world resilience with measurable outcomes.
Please see more information on all the speakers here.
Programme
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11:30 – 12:30 |
Networking Lunch Welcome refreshments and informal networking to kick off the day. |
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12:30 |
Opening Remarks Welcome from SFI NORCICS and ISTARI; overview of the summit’s objectives and themes. |
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Session One: The Threat Landscape |
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12:30 – 12:55 |
Geopolitics at Machine Speed: Cyber Risk in a Fragmented World Dr. Lucas Kello, ISTARI & University of Oxford This talk frames the expansion of cyberspace as a technological revolution in strategic affairs. Cyber operations increasingly occur in a realm between peace and war — where persistent hostile actions inflict significant political and economic harm without crossing the threshold of armed attack. Managing this revolution requires security strategies grounded in material deterrence and adaptive resilience. |
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12:55 – 13:20 |
Advanced Persistent Threats in the Current Geopolitical Climate Nicolas Castellon, Sygnia Sygnia will break down the major trends shaping today’s cybercrime ecosystem, drawing on its frontline experience dealing with Advanced Persistent Threat actors. The discussion will focus on how nation states leverage APTs for both political and financial gain. Through a case study of a billion-dollar heist targeting a major crypto exchange, Sygnia will provide an inside look at how these operations unfold and the lessons organizations can learn from such incidents. |
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Session Two: Resilience in Practice |
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13:20 – 13:45 |
Breaking Cyber Dysfunction David Prince, ISTARI In the world of AI, speed and quality is non-negotiable. This talk frames the organisation as the ultimate enabler of cyber resilience and argues that no amount of AI will solve for business dysfunction. We cover the most prevalent and harmful anti-patterns that drive ambiguity, duplication, and poor performance. |
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13:50 – 14:15 |
From Silos to Systems: Protecting What Matters Most Ryan Kitt, ISTARI Learn how to integrate traditionally standalone security capabilities into a unified, holistic approach to critical systems protection — breaking down the silos that leave gaps and building coordinated defence around your most important assets. |
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14:15 – 14:40 |
Tackling the Third-Party Risk of Shadow IT Alisdair McLaughlin & Daniel Dickinson, BlueVoyant Uncover hidden third-party and Shadow IT risks by correlating SOC and EDR discovery data with external cyber threat intelligence — exposing the visibility gaps most organisations don’t know they have. |
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14:40 – 14:55 |
Break |
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Session Three: Intelligence & Emerging Tech |
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14:55 – 15:20 |
AI, Automation and the OT Frontier Daniel Dickinson, BlueVoyant An exploration of how AI and automation are reshaping cyber defence — from the SOC to the operational technology environment. This session examines the emerging capabilities security teams need to adopt now, and the risks that come with the convergence of IT, OT, and intelligent systems. |
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15:20 – 15:45 |
The Past and Future of Ransomware Resilience Diederik Klijn, Halcyon A look at how ransomware tactics have evolved, where they’re heading, and what actually works in defence. This session covers the technical reality of modern ransomware operations — including how attackers handle encryption and what that means for interception and recovery — with practical takeaways for building resilience that holds up. |
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15:45 – 16:00 |
Closing Remarks & Q&A
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16:00 - 17:00 |
Networking drinks |
