Helmut Reisinger

CEO EMEA | Palo Alto Networks

As CEO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Helmut is responsible for all go-to-market functions across EMEA. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks in 2022, Helmut was CEO of Orange Business Services (OBS), leading its global organization of 28,000 employees and supporting the digital transformation of enterprise customers around the world. Prior to OBS, Helmut held leadership positions across Europe at Avaya Inc., NextiraOne Germany and Alcatel Austria.

Helmut holds a Ph.D. from Vienna University for Economics and Business (WU), and speaks English, French, German and Spanish.

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Stage Program Security

Souverän. Sicher. Zukunftsfähig. Wie Europa seine Cyberabwehr neu denken muss.

15:00-15:20

Rooftop Stage

German

Basic

Cyberattacks are evolving faster than ever before. At the same time, AI, cloud technologies, and new regulatory requirements are fundamentally changing the rules of the game in cybersecurity. Companies today face a critical question: How can they leverage state-of-the-art, AI-powered cyber defenses without sacrificing control, compliance, and sovereignty? Helmut Reisinger (CEO EMEA, Palo Alto Networks) and Thomas Tschersich (CEO Deutsche Telekom Security GmbH) discuss why sovereignty is about much more than data residency, why operational governance is becoming a critical success factor, and how Europe can combine innovation and trust. A discussion about the future of cybersecurity—and why companies will no longer have to compromise between security and sovereignty.