3rd-5th OCTOBER 2023 – Prague, Czech Republic

Catherine Piana

  • Director General
  • CoESS Confederation of European Security Services, Belgium

    Catherine Piana is the Director General of the Confederation of European Security Services since August 2014. CoESS acts as the voice of the private security industry in Brussels vis-à-vis European Institutions and other key stakeholders in Europe and beyond. Catherine coordinates the industry’s position, acts as the organisation’s spokesperson for all matters of interest to private security, including CIP, the future regulation on AI, and many more. She coordinated the publication of the CoESS White Paper on CIP (2016 Update), which makes the case for PPPs in CIP and outlines 15 business cases from all over Europe in different types of CI.
    Catherine chairs the CEN TC 439 “Private Security Services” since it was set up in 2015 and is active in both CEN and ISO TCs relevant to private security.
    Since June 2016, Catherine has also been designated Director General of ASSA-I (Aviation Security Services Association-International)
    Catherine previously served as Director General of the European Vending Association (1997-2013), CEO of the Worldwide Vending Associations (2008-2012) and PR Adviser of the Secretary General of EuroCommerce (1990-1997).
    She holds a Masters Degree in Translation (English-Italian-French), an MBA, a certificate in Counter Terrorism (Leiden University), is a Master Practioner in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), and a certified Trainer.

    Sessions

    • The Insider Threat

      An insider threat is a perceived danger to your company that originates from individuals who work there, such as current or former employees, contractors, or business partners, who have inside knowledge of the company’s security procedures, data, and computer systems. The main objectives of malevolent insider threats are espionage, fraud, intellectual property theft, and sabotage, […]

    • Interdependencies and Cascading Effects across the CI Communities

      It is the interoperability between independent critical national infrastructures that is the catalyst for multiple failures in the so called cascade effect. As more infrastructure becomes increasingly interdependent, how do we identify the weaknesses to enhance resilience across industries to prevent and/or mitigate the effects of a natural disaster or man-made attack? How should the […]