This episode takes a more technical twist. It looks at cyber autonomy, cyber capabilities, and critical infrastructure within the European Union and the private sector.

Iryna Leroy has more than 14 years of working experience in ICT and SaaS solutions at international ICT companies in Germany, the Czech Republic, the United States, Ukraine, and Russia. Iryna has relevant higher education and work experience qualifications in journalism, marketing (Public Relations, Investors Relations) and international economics. She has worked closely with ministries of health and education in Caucasus and Central Asian countries for 7 years, supporting the digital transformation processes for academic institutions. Mrs. Leroy is the author of the book “Building a reputation. Experience of non-governmental organizations”. She joined the European Security and Defence College as a PhD Fellow in 2020 and has served as a representative of the Doctoral Fellows at the ESDC. Iryna also helps businesses and government institutions with digital transformation processes, where ICT, SaaS and Cloud solutions are implemented and integrated. Currently, she is working as Head of Core Western Europe Department in one of the biggest French IT and R&D companies, responsible for the security of payments application development in BeNeLux and Western Europe. From 2021, Iryna also teaches Risk Management at the Université de Lorraine, France