The Norwegian Business and Industry Security Council (NSR), The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) and the Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, invite to a topical and interesting breakfast seminar.

The Norwegian outsourcing market is growing. More and more services and business systems are moved to digital platforms. Norway is a small economy . To aschieve our goals on digitalization and meet the demand for IT-services, Norwegian businesses need to utilize the IT-competence in other countries. At this seminar we will discuss how companies can make sure that IT-security is properly managed when outsourcing IT-services. 

Some of the questions being asked are: 

• What are the biggest threats to Norwegian companies’ IT-systems?
• How are these affected by outsourcing?
• Are the risks any different when using IT-specialists in other countries?
• How to ensure satisfactory IT-security when outsourcing?

Registration, coffee and waffles 08:00-08:30

Welcome by Odin Johannessen, Managing Director of the Norwegian Business and Industry Security Council (NSR) 08:30-08:40

Ukraine as an IT-destination 08:40-09:15

What has Ukraine done to be an attractive IT-desitnation and how do they handle challenges related to IT-secutrity? - Alexander Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation from Ukraine

Panel debate: What are the risks and how to handle IT-security in outsourcing? 09:00-10:00

Panelists:

• Alexander Bornyakov, Vice Minister in the Ministry of Digital Transformation in Ukraine
• Hanne Tangen Nilsen, CSO in Telenor, Norway's largest telecommunication company
• Arne Mjøs, CEO in Itera, a Norwegian design and technology company with IT-office in Ukraine

Moderator: Per Thorsheim , CSO Nordic Choice Hotels

Closing remarks by Katarina Sætersdal, senior advisor at NHO 10:00-10:10