When trust becomes the threat – closing keynote by An Gaiser
Behavioral intelligence in an artificial world
What happens when the signals we learned to trust – a familiar voice, a local dialect, authority, belonging, even the feeling that “this person is one of us” – can be artificially manufactured?
We are thrilled to present our closing keynote speaker: Dutch behavioural analyst An Gaiser will wrap up the event and discuss various aspects of deepfakes. Cybersecurity has spent decades teaching users to behave more rationally. But social engineering succeeds precisely because humans do not make decisions like security systems, especially under pressure. In this closing keynote, An explores trust as both a human vulnerability and a security capability. And she challenges one of cybersecurity’s most persistent ideas: that the human is simply the weakest link.
An Gaiser is a behavioural analyst and investigative interviewer. She worked in law enforcement and forensic psychiatry before moving on to join the Dutch intelligence service (AIVD) as a profiler. Meanwhile, An has set up her own company and works as a consultant, trainer and professional speaker.
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The full conference schedule is available here.
Swiss Cyber Storm 2026 takes place on October 20 at the Kursaal Bern under the motto “Shadow IT” – when employees work around corporate policies to get things done, and what that means for security and compliance. Artificial intelligence — not just in the form of Shadow AI — will also receive ample attention, alongside other current topics.
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