NCC-AT Community Event 2026

30.06.2026, 11:30 - 17:30
House of the European Union
Wipplingerstrasse 35
1010 Vienna
The NCC-AT Community Event 2026 focuses on the central importance of cooperation and networking in the field of cyber security - with a particular focus on the banking and financial sector. In an increasingly complex and dynamic environment, and against the backdrop of current geopolitical developments, it is clear that effective cyber security can only be achieved together.

European funding projects impressively demonstrate that sustainable success is primarily achieved through strong partnerships and a well-connected community. This is exactly where the event comes in. It offers an ideal platform to find out about upcoming developments and new framework conditions at an early stage - especially with regard to the opening of the Federal Office for Cybersecurity and the 11th call in the DIGITAL Europe - Cybersecurity program.

In addition, the event creates space for intensive exchange, new impulses and targeted networking. It invites all participants to actively establish collaborations and help shape the future of cyber security together.
 

Due to the high number of registrations, registration for this event is currently closed.

 

Agenda

11:30 - 12:30   Registration & Light Lunch 

12:30 - 13:00   Opening & Welcoming remarks 
                             Christian Stella | Head of Section IV (Cyber Security, Digital and Service), Federal Ministry of the Interior 
                        Henrietta Egerth | Managing Director FFG 
                        Thomas Steiner | Director of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank 
                        Sabine Balogh-Preininger | DORA Hub Manager at the Austrian Financial Market Authority 

13:00 - 13:30   Session 1: Current cyber threat situation in the financial and banking sector:  Risks, trends and need for action 
                        Georg Eilnberger | Oesterreichische Nationalbank 

13:30 - 14:15   Session 2: Cybersecurity funding: Opportunities, ways  and implementation in practice  
                        Lydia Lindner | FFG 
                        Ralph Hammer | Federal Ministry of Finance 
                        Vera Sikes | Federal Office for Information Security 

14:15 - 14:45   Break 

14:45 - 15:15   Session 3: New challenges for NIS and DORA 
                        Alexander Mitter | Austrian Financial Market Authority 

15:15 - 16:00   Session 4: "(In)Security with Artificial Intelligence" - Panel discussion  
                        Host: Ralph Hammer | Federal Ministry of Finance 
                        Philipp Blauensteiner | Federal Ministry of the Interior 
                        Alexander Mitter | Austrian Financial Market Authority 
                        Vera Sikes | Federal Office for Information Security 
                        Matteo Maffei | Vienna University of Technology   

16:00 - 17:30   Light Dinner, Networking & Conclusion

Contact

Anja KLAUZER

Nationale Kontaktstelle
+43 577 55-4214 E-Mail

Janine Natalie SCHWALM

Assistenz
+43 577 55-4211 E-Mail

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