International dialogue: NCSC Director attends EU Cyber Week in Ireland and Singapore International Cyber Week
Bern, 12.10.2026 — As part of EU Cyber Week, European cybersecurity directors met in Dublin on 8 October to discuss current challenges in cyberspace. The focus was on the use of AI in cybersecurity. NCSC Director Florian Schütz took part in a panel discussion on digital sovereignty and supply chain resilience. Mr Schutz will be continuing his international engagements this week at Singapore International Cyber Week, where he will be exploring issues relating to the security of autonomous AI systems.
On 8 October the directors of the European cybersecurity agencies met on the fringes of EU Cyber Week for their regular exchange of views. One key issue during the gathering was the use of advanced AI models in cybersecurity. In particular, discussions focused on the growing potential of AI in vulnerability detection and large-scale code analysis, as well as the associated issues of human oversight and operational risk in relation to autonomous AI agents. Other topics included the misuse of AI by criminal and state actors, as well as weighing up the risks and benefits of open AI models. The directors also exchanged views on the EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI, in particular on the issue of structured access to frontier AI models and the role of national authorities in its implementation.
Panel discussion in Dublin: Digital sovereignty and supply chain resilience
EU Cyber Week provided the backdrop for the Irish EU Presidency Cyber Security Conference, which took place at the Convention Centre Dublin as the centrepiece cybersecurity event of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU and brought together over 700 high-level representatives from politics, government and the business sector. Florian Schütz took part in the panel discussion ‘Digital Sovereignty and Supply Chain Resilience: From Policy to Practice’, alongside representatives from ENISA, Germany’s BSI, France’s ANSSI and other European cybersecurity authorities. The discussion addressed issues of digital sovereignty and the resilience of global supply chains in cyberspace.
Singapore International Cyber Week
The topics and outcomes of the Cyber Security Directors’ Meeting in Dublin will flow into further international discussions: At Singapore International Cyber Week taking place from 12 to 15 October, Mr Schütz will share the insights gained in Dublin to the discussion, focusing in particular on issues relating to the security of autonomous AI systems. He will also take part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Securing Agentic AI in Robotics: Bridging Autonomous Decision-Making with Cyber-Physical Safety’.