AI in Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity in AI
The ongoing accelerated evolution of AI systems continues to transform not only how businesses develop products and services, but also how they drive their whole business. Effective use of AI is generally considered an industry-changing transformation factor, where the companies that positively embrace AI as part of their core product design and development processes benefit the most. Due to the rapid AI-driven transformation of job roles across the workforce from software development to sales and marketing and to top management, companies need to be aware also of the potential pitfalls and concerns when AI is behind the steering wheel.
AGENDA
11:45
Registration starts
12:00
Welcoming words by Sabina Müller, Greater Zurich Area
Stage host Dr. Bogdan Mihaila starts the clock!
12:05
Kimmo Halunen, Professor, University of Oulu
"Cybersecurity of AI and AI in Cybersecurity"
https://www.oulu.fi/en/research-groups/oulu-university-secure-programming-group-ouspg
https://maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu.fi/en/professors-at-the-department-of-military-technology
12:35
Mikko Kenttälä, CEO, SensorFu
“Agents gone rogue? How to prevent escapes from your isolated industrial networks?”
12:50
Aki Helin, Co-Founder and CTO, Semantti
“Semantic Layer Learning - Seeing the forest from the logs”
13:05
Juha Kälkäinen, Head of Customer Success, Badrap
“Helping AI to steal the boring part of my job”
13:20
Sami Petäjäsoja, CEO, SensorFleet
“AI in network security: Status, challenges and solutions”
13:35
Closing words and further actions
Prompt networking
In this seminar, Finnish cyber security companies provide impact stories on how they use AI to boost their own product and service development and build modern AI-enabled cyber security solutions, and how the advanced use of AI is a must in the modern cyber security landscape. We will also cover impact stories from the other perspective - what startups, SMEs and enterprises especially in critical sectors need to take into account when adopting AI-driven product development practices and launch new AI-assisted services and products.
+++ This event is part of the Zurich AI Festival, taking place from September 28 to October 3, 2026. Zurich AI Festival unites the minds building the future - visionary founders, bold investors, and tech leaders shaping tomorrow. Connect to tomorrow!
Zurich AI Festival is a flagship initiative presented by ETH AI Center, Greater Zurich Area, the City of Zurich, the Canton of Zurich, and Zurich Tourism, and supported by leading partners from academia, industry, government and the broader AI ecosystem.
We look forward to welcoming you soon!
Zurich AI Festival Team