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Infosecurity Europe puts geopolitics centre stage

Infosecurity Europe puts geopolitics centre stage

Infosecurity Europe is tying cyber risk to geopolitical instability directly. The event’s 2026 keynote programme will examine cyber conflict, resilience, and European cooperation as organisers report rising concern about how international tensions are reshaping security collaboration.

Infosecurity Europe has placed geopolitics and cyber conflict at the centre of its 2026 keynote agenda, naming former Ukrainian minister of foreign affairs Dr. Dmytro Kuleba as a headline speaker for this year’s event at ExCeL London. Kuleba is scheduled to speak on Wednesday, 3 June at 10:05, with a session titled “Ukraine’s Hybrid War and the New Cyber Frontline.”

The organisers are framing the appearance as a first-hand account of what cyber conflict looks like when digital attacks, disinformation, and physical warfare converge. Kuleba, who served as Ukraine’s foreign minister from 2020 to 2024, is expected to focus on how Russia coordinated cyberattacks with kinetic strikes, what that meant for operational continuity, and why western enterprises now sit closer to the frontline of state-backed cyber pressure than many security teams had previously assumed.

The programme lands alongside new Infosecurity Europe research pointing to a more fractured security environment across the region. According to the organiser’s 2026 Cybersecurity Trends Research, 59% of cybersecurity professionals say geopolitical tensions are making European cyber collaboration harder. The figure rises to 62% in the UK, 68% in France, and 69% in Denmark. At the same time, 43% of respondents say the EU should have the power to command and control national cyber defences during a major cross-border cyber crisis, while a further 34% support that approach for specific critical sectors only.

Ciaran Martin, professor and director of the CISO Network at SANS Institute, and former founding CEO of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, said: “The world is so unstable right now. What that means for cyberspace and cybersecurity leaders isn’t yet clear and won’t be for some time. So how do we prepare for a whole range of difficult possibilities, and protect ourselves as best we can? Infosecurity Europe is critical for such discussions and insights”.

The event will also feature a keynote from a senior National Cyber Security Centre representative on Tuesday, 2 June, under the banner “Cyber Security 2026 – State of the Nation”, alongside sessions focused on resilience, regulation, and national preparedness.

Registration for the event is open and free until 5 May. After that, entry will cost £49, with access to the exhibition floor and multiple content theatres. Attendees can register here.

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