Empowering Enterprise Security Risk Management

Marc Etienne Cortesi studied computer science at ETH Zurich. After holding various roles in IT consulting, he joined Baloise in 2011. Until 2016, he led the group-wide IT audit and for the past 7 years he has been responsible for information security as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Marc is a board member of the Swiss Financial Sector – Cyber Security Centre, which aims to strengthen the cyber resilience of the financial sector and promotes institutional cooperation between financial institutions and authorities. In addition, he passes on his knowledge to master's students in the Information & Cyber Security program as a guest lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Marc is married and has two daughters.

David is a dedicated IT professional with over 20 years of experience who is passionate about keeping our digital world safe. Currently David is the Group Director of Digital Trust and Chief Information Security Officer at DocMorris. He likes to embrace the power of the collective and as such has collaboration style based on clarity, focus, empathy and creativity. When not at work, David enjoys time with his family and immersing himself in nature by venturing into the forest.

Peter has been working internationally as a "MATCHMAKER" for over 20 years. This is exactly the thread and passion in his life. He can always be found when it comes to connecting the right people with exciting companies. Be it in HR consulting, in management and IT consulting or in the corporate environment at a high-tech company. Since September 2020 he is live with his startup cyberunity. A cyber-security-career-community which, in addition to forward-looking talent acquisition in the area of information security, is primarily concerned with the topic of human-centered security: Together with two business partners, he hosts the Swiss Cyber Circle Community.

Accomplished and results driven senior security manager with national security background at cabinet level in government and board level in private sector leading full spectrum of cyber, information, and corporate security domains for finance, energy, logistics, and telecommunication industries. Proven ability in information security conception/architecture, threat intelligence analysis, editing/streamlining of products, and balancing various contact and interest groups; cross-departmental security stakeholder management in private sector, federal administration, and in research/teaching. Adept at establishing security standards for numerous regulated industries and in critical (information) infrastructure protection (e.g. ISO 27001/2; ISACA Implementation Guide for 27001; NIST; BSI Standard 100-1; ASIS Enterprise Security Risk Management). Demonstrated history of success in corporate security risk management and cooperation with authorities at federal, EU (ENISA), and professional/specialist associations (ASIS, ECSA, ISACA).

Rolf Wagner, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at GObugfree, a leading Swiss vulnerability management platform, is a distinguished security expert with extensive experience in security management and the implementation of modern security architectures, including Zero Trust. Holding an MSc in Computer Science with a specialization in Information Security from ETH Zurich, Rolf has a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape.