CyberSecurity

Event took place on October 14 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

What if your company is now under attack?

The 3rd edition of the CyberSecurity event was attended by national and international experts in corporate security. Find out everything that was said.

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Bruno Maçães

Senior Advisor, Flint Global

Prashanth Challa

Managing Director, Head of Cybersecurity Morgan Stanley

Nuno Nunes

Chief Sales Officer B2B, MEO

Artur Costa

Director of Operations and customer Services, MEO

Rodrigo Adão da Fonseca

Founder of FUTURA

Vítor Costa

Director of IT and Communication Services, MAI

Cyber Protecht

An integrated solution that prevents, detects and responds to cyber incidents, bringing together a highly specialized team, processes and benchmark technological platforms.

Email Security

Ensure that your email is protected against the most common attacks that affect email systems: spam, viruses, phishing and more.

Infrastructure services

Rest assured that your business data is safe in robust, high-performance and energy-efficient infrastructures.

Nuno Nunes

Chief Sales Officer B2B, MEO

Prashanth Challa

Managing Director, Head of Wealth Management Cybersecurity, Morgan Stanley

Bruno Maçães

Senior Advisor, Flint Global

Nelma Serpa Pinto

Journalist

Panel Moderator

Artur Costa

Director of Operations and customer Services, MEO

Vítor Manuel Plácido Silva da Costa

Director of Information and Communication Technologies Services at the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI)

Rodrigo Adão da Fonseca

Founder of FUTURA

Artur Costa

Director of Operations and customer Services at MEO Portugal

Degree in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications.
More than 20 years' experience in implementing and managing customer services.

Rodrigo Adão da Fonseca

Founder of FUTURA

Rodrigo Adão da Fonseca is the founder of FUTURA, a consulting firm dedicated to cybersecurity governance, data protection, and AI. He serves as CISO, DPO, and forensic analyst at numerous public and private institutions, having supported more than a hundred leading organizations in developing maturity plans and adapting to regulatory frameworks in the digital context. Before founding FUTURA, he had an extensive career in management and leadership in the financial sector and ASD (Aeronautics, Space, and Defense). He teaches in doctoral and executive education programs at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Porto Business School. He is a columnist for Observador.

Nuno Nunes

Chief Sales Officer B2B, MEO

With a professional career based on almost two decades of experience in the telecommunications sector, Nuno Nunes has held management positions at NOS and was Corporate Commercial Director at Oni Telecom. He has a degree in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications from ISEL and a post-graduate degree in Leadership & Management from ISEG.

Vítor Manuel Plácido Silva da Costa

Director of Information and Communication Technologies Services at the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI)

He has a degree in Computer Science and has held the position of Director of Information and Communication Technologies Services at the Ministry of Internal Administration since 2020, with extensive experience in leading strategic cybersecurity projects, technological modernization and management of critical systems, with prominent participation in national and European groups linked to information security and technological infrastructures of the State.

Nelma Serpa Pinto

Journalist

Master's degree in Communication Sciences/Media and Journalism from the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University. Bachelor's degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Minho. Journalist at SIC since 2017, she started in the Economy department, moved on to the Primeiro Jornal team, and is now a resident anchor on Edição da Noite. She interned at TVI and Público.

Bruno Maçães

Senior Advisor, Flint Global

Bruno Maçães is a senior consultant at Flint Global, where he advises some of the world's most important companies on geopolitics and technology, and is also a columnist for New Statesman. He is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and was Secretary of State for European Affairs in Portugal during the Eurozone crisis. His books include World Builders (2025), Corridor and Route: A Chinese World Order (2018), The Awakening of Eurasia: In Search of a New World Order (2019), History Has Begun (2020), and Geopolitics for the End Time (2023).

Prashanth Challa

Managing Director, Head of Wealth Management Cybersecurity, Morgan Stanley

A former NSA hacker, he is currently one of the world's leading authorities on cybersecurity, digital protection technologies, and emerging threats. Recognized for his innovative approach, he has helped organizations of all sizes transform digital security into an engine for growth and value creation.

When hackers come knocking, they can "disintegrate an organization"

Technology and prevention strengthen cybersecurity, but the weakest link is still the user. Training is the best shield against attacks.

2025 brings more threats

Cybersecurity is a race against increasingly sophisticated threats.

The future of European cybersecurity with NIS2 and DORA

The evolution of European cybersecurity is linked to 2 regulations: NIS2 and DORA.