Digitization, automation, interconnection, AI: while these technologies boost industrial performance, they also expand the attack surface. Data, increasingly strategic, is becoming a major vulnerability issue.
Microcity Day 2026: Industry Facing the Cybersecurity Challenge
AI, a new risk landscape
Guest speaker Dr. Samah Posse, lecturer in the “CAS in Data Protection” program and Data Protection Officer, warned about the evolution of threats and highlighted key areas of vigilance to ensure legal compliance in data processing. During her presentation, she emphasized the need for companies to move from a reactive mindset to a proactive approach, with clear priorities: identifying and classifying processed data, clarifying purposes, determining applicable law, and ensuring that data protection and security are integrated from the outset and by default (“security by design and by default”).
Concrete exchanges
The interactive workshop led by Samah Posse and Luna Marciano sparked rich discussions on concrete issues related to the development and use of AI in business. Across the talks and workshops, one conclusion emerged: cybersecurity is no longer purely technical. It is strategic for building a resilient and competitive industry, and Samah Posse’s expertise shows how compliance, performance, and security can be combined in the digital era.
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