Cybersecurity

DEEP Conference 2026

DEEP is the security conference held 21–22 October 2026 at Falkensteiner Hotel & Spa Iadera in Petrčane, Croatia. Talks across .tech, .ops and .lead tracks - go deep with us.

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31Speakers
0Sponsors
35Sessions
27Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at DEEP, in alphabetical order.

Alen Adanić
Software Development Team Lead · King ICT
Alen Delić
CISO · SpotMe
Alexander Mitter
CEO · KSV1870 Nimbusec GmbH
Alex Ionescu
Technical Director, Platform Operations and Research · CSE (Communications Security Establishment)
Ana Balaško
Telecommunications manager · HEP ODS
Andras Herceg
Senior System Engineer · Rubrik
Andrej Andelic
Account Executive · Rubrik
Antoine d’Haussy
OT Security Practice Head EMEA · Fortinet
Bojan Belušić
Head of InfoSec and IT Ops · Microblink
Bojan Magušić
Product Manager on the Customer Experience Engineering Team · Microsoft
Brian Honan
CEO · BH Consulting
Christian Zäske
IT security consultant · SySS GmbH
Cristian Cornea
Founder · Zerotak Security
Dalibor Gernhardt
Certified Wargame Designer · Croatian Military Academy
Daniel Miessler
Founder and CEO · Unsupervised Learning
Dejan Grubić
Team Leader of T2 and T3 Analysts · Marlink Cyber
Goran Polonji
cybersecurity auditor · Utilis Ltd.
Hrvoje Kovačević
AI razvoj i infrastruktura · Mindsmiths
Jakov Vlašić
ICT Support Specialist · A1 Hrvatska
Joe Sullivan
CEO · Joe Sullivan Security LLC
Marko Đuričić
Senior Legal and Data Protection Counsel · Visage Technologies
Marko Horvat
Assistant Professor in Computer Science · FER

Agenda

Selected from 35 sessions.

  • October 21, 10:00 - 12:30

    Keynote presentation

    Joe Sullivan is the CEO of Joe Sullivan Security LLC, advising companies of all sizes and mentoring security leaders. He has held leadership positions at Uber, Facebook, and Cloudf…

  • October 21–22, 2026 (opening ceremony & keynote presentations: Wednesday, 10:00–12:30)

    Keynote presentation

    Joe Sullivan is the CEO of Joe Sullivan Security LLC, and has served as CSO at Uber, Facebook, Cloudflare, and as a federal cybercrime prosecutor. He is also an Obama appointee to …

  • October 21 afternoon (14:00 - 18:10)

    Building Secure Process Environments: The Role of IEC 62443 in Process Systems

    Overview of IEC 62443 and how it complements ISO 27001 and NIS Directive to create secure process systems, especially at the intersection of OT and IT. The session covers guideline…

    .lead
  • October 21 afternoon (14:00 - 18:10)

    Building SSDLC in an Enterprise Environment

    Discussion on establishing a secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) on a Kubernetes platform, and meeting compliance for SAST, DAST, SCA, and secret scanning. The session sh…

    .ops
  • October 21 afternoon (14:00 - 18:10)

    Cloud Infrastructure Security

    Covers real-world examples of cloud breaches, importance of cloud security hygiene, common risks, governance, and practices to improve the security posture of cloud environments, i…

    .ops
  • October 21 afternoon (14:00 - 18:10)

    Cyber Resilience Act & Security by Design

    Summarizes the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and implications for software development companies, focusing on requirements for secure-by-design principles, cybersecurity risk ass…

    .ops
  • October 21 afternoon (14:00 - 18:10)

    How HORNBACH, DIY retail group with €6.3 billion in sales, manages 3rd party cyber risk according to NIS2

    Paul Sester and Alexander Mitter describe the process, decisions, and challenges of implementing a third-party cyber risk management program at an enterprise retail group to comply…

    .lead
  • October 21 afternoon (14:00 - 18:10)

    Reducing the (Financial) Impact of successful Cyber-Attacks

    Explores differences between backup and cyber recovery and how to reduce attack surface and financial damage from cyber attacks. Emphasizes proactive measures and generating cyber …

    .lead
  • October 21 afternoon (14:00 - 18:10)

    Roundtable: It's 2025! AI and Cybersecurity are...

    A panel discussion on the future of Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity, exploring the intersections and potential mutual influence or interference. Experts will exchange tho…

    .lead
Company intelligence

An audience of 27 companies, parsed from the program.

27 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
27Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

39% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite826%
  • Founder / Owner26%
  • Director / Head of26%
  • Manager / Lead26%
  • Product26%
  • Engineer · IC413%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Other roles1032%

Of 31 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.