Irina Michalowitz leads the EU policy work of Palo Alto Networks and manages the company’s participation in the ENISA Cyber Partnership Programme. Prior to her current role, she has held senior positions at Twilio, Telekom Austria Group, Austrian Federal Railways and in consulting firms. She is also an internationally recognized scholarly expert in government relations and political corporate communications and has published widely on EU public policy matters. Irina holds degrees from the University of Hamburg, Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Université Strasbourg III.
This session reviews plans to improve the cybersecurity of the European Union’s critical infrastructure, including Commission President Ursula VON DER LEYEN’s proposal for a Preparedness Union Strategy. It also discusses cybersecurity capacity assistance to Ukraine via the Tallinn Mechanism as well as the future of cybersecurity cooperation within and between the EU and NATO.
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