--- title: Cybersecurity Breakfast Session together with the Austiran Business Council, Netherlands Business Council and the German Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce description: The session brought together a fantastic group of business leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs to discuss the growing cyber risks impacting organizations today. image: https://blog.xplt.com/hubfs/preview_2026_ahk.png --- [Skip to the main content.](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/cybersecurity-breakfast-session-together-with-the-austiran-business-council-netherlands-business-council-and-the-german-emirati-joint-council-for-industry-commerce#main-content) [![Horizontal-1](https://blog.xplt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Horizontal-1.png?width=250&height=94&name=Horizontal-1.png "Horizontal-1")](https://www.xplt.com) [![Horizontal3](https://blog.xplt.com/hubfs/Horizontal3.svg "Horizontal3")](https://www.xplt.com) - [Back to website](https://www.xplt.com) Toggle Menu Toggle Menu - [Back to website](https://www.xplt.com) [Facebook](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/cybersecurity-breakfast-session-together-with-the-austiran-business-council-netherlands-business-council-and-the-german-emirati-joint-council-for-industry-commerce#0) [Instagram](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/cybersecurity-breakfast-session-together-with-the-austiran-business-council-netherlands-business-council-and-the-german-emirati-joint-council-for-industry-commerce#0) [Linkedin](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/cybersecurity-breakfast-session-together-with-the-austiran-business-council-netherlands-business-council-and-the-german-emirati-joint-council-for-industry-commerce#0) [X](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/cybersecurity-breakfast-session-together-with-the-austiran-business-council-netherlands-business-council-and-the-german-emirati-joint-council-for-industry-commerce#0) [YouTube](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/cybersecurity-breakfast-session-together-with-the-austiran-business-council-netherlands-business-council-and-the-german-emirati-joint-council-for-industry-commerce#0) [Medium](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/cybersecurity-breakfast-session-together-with-the-austiran-business-council-netherlands-business-council-and-the-german-emirati-joint-council-for-industry-commerce#0) 1 min read # Cybersecurity Breakfast Session together with the Austiran Business Council, Netherlands Business Council and the German Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce [![Picture of Johannes Schoenborn](https://blog.xplt.com/hubfs/team/johannes_avatar.jpg) Johannes Schoenborn](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/author/johannes-schoenborn) : Jul 6, 2026 2:27:24 PM ![Cybersecurity Breakfast Session together with the Austiran Business Council, Netherlands Business Council and the German Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce](https://blog.xplt.com/hubfs/preview_2026_ahk.png) Speaking at the recent Austrian Business Council UAE cybersecurity event reinforced a critical market reality. The region is building the future, but foundational security is trailing behind the pace of innovation. Paper compliance is a liability. We deliver verified resilience. Our mission across the GCC and MENA region is securing frontier infrastructure. Organizations are heavily invested in IT/OT convergence and Smart City deployments. These high-stakes environments require an attacker's mindset. Consider the immediate threat of AI Prompt Injection or unauthenticated APIs in OT environments. These are not isolated IT problems. They are direct vectors for massive operational downtime, extreme regulatory fines, and unrecoverable data loss. If an adversary leverages a misconfigured cloud asset to pivot into your operational technology, your business stops. Theoretical vulnerability scans provide a false sense of security. You need sophisticated adversary simulation. Exploit Labs acts as your digital sparring partner. We execute advanced, real-world exercises to expose internal and external blind spots before real attackers exploit them. Resilience is not a checklist. It is a continuous stress test.Cybersecurity Breakfast Session together with the [**Netherlands Business Council UAE**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nbcuae/) and the [**German Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce (AHK)**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/german-emirati-joint-council-for-industry-and-commerce-ahk-/) [**More on LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/austrian-business-council-uae-6ab7ab41_abcuae-cybersecurity-networking-ugcPost-7468228124116344833--_3k/) ![AHK_2026_CyberBreakfast](https://blog.xplt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/AHK_2026_CyberBreakfast.png?width=1362&height=1702&name=AHK_2026_CyberBreakfast.png) ![Screenshot 2026-07-06 at 20.20.38](https://blog.xplt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-07-06%20at%2020.20.38.png?width=2196&height=1714&name=Screenshot%202026-07-06%20at%2020.20.38.png) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Beyond the Certificate: Why Continuous, Role-Based Training is the Future of Cyber Readiness](https://blog.xplt.com/hubfs/offsec/learnenterprise.webp)](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/beyond-the-certificate-why-continuous-role-based-training-is-the-future-of-cyber-readiness?hsLang=en-us) #### [Beyond the Certificate: Why Continuous, Role-Based Training is the Future of Cyber Readiness](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/beyond-the-certificate-why-continuous-role-based-training-is-the-future-of-cyber-readiness?hsLang=en-us) ![Picture of Johannes Schoenborn](https://blog.xplt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/team/johannes_avatar.jpg?width=30&name=johannes_avatar.jpg) [Johannes Schoenborn](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/author/johannes-schoenborn) : Jul 17, 2026 10:01:38 AM Hackers don’t care what certifications your team held three years ago. They care about the vulnerabilities your team missed today and whether their... [Read More](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/beyond-the-certificate-why-continuous-role-based-training-is-the-future-of-cyber-readiness?hsLang=en-us) [![Attackers’ Truth: Adapting the Storm-2949 Cloud Breach for Red Teaming](https://blog.xplt.com/hubfs/Newsletter/storm-2949_red_team_attack_chain.png)](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/attackers-truth-adapting-the-storm-2949-cloud-breach-for-red-teaming?hsLang=en-us) #### [Attackers’ Truth: Adapting the Storm-2949 Cloud Breach for Red Teaming](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/attackers-truth-adapting-the-storm-2949-cloud-breach-for-red-teaming?hsLang=en-us) ![Picture of Johannes Schoenborn](https://blog.xplt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/team/johannes_avatar.jpg?width=30&name=johannes_avatar.jpg) [Johannes Schoenborn](https://blog.xplt.com/blog/author/johannes-schoenborn) : Jul 7, 2026 1:39:27 PM In February 2026, a critical manufacturing organization was compromised not by zero-day malware, but by their own cloud architecture. 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