The Olympics are a global event that brings people together through the excitement of competition and the celebration of human achievement. We saw Alysa Liu win the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in figure skating this year. She had left the sport for a while but came back and won.

The US women's and men's ice hockey teams won gold, which was the first time in 46 years that the men's team had won an Olympic medal. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won Brazil's first Winter Olympics medal by taking gold in the men's giant slalom. And on the seventh day of the Paralympic Winter Games, Italy, the host country, broke its own record of 13 medals to reach 14. Was it something you learned in school or just something you were interested in?

Franz Regul: Well, I'm old enough that cybersecurity wasn't a thing when I went to school. I started out as a system engineer. I worked on safety and reliability in industrial systems for a long time, which gave me a good start for cybersecurity.

When we started to move from information security to cybersecurity in the early 2000s, I had a great chance to work in digital trust first, with things like digital signatures and dematerialization, and then in true cybersecurity in the banking sector. Kristina Beek from DR: Would you say that there was a lot of teamwork and communication involved in keeping the Olympics safe? Franz Regul: Yes, of course. You should think of an organizing committee as a way to grow your business.

You begin with a very small group that grows very quickly. We're talking about adding twice as many staff every year. You have athletes, but you also have a lot of people watching.

You need to make sure that they are safe and healthy. So, you need to think about how the bad guys could mess up the operation of a big sports venue. How could this hurt or help the people who live there? Lastly, you need to keep the image of the game we are talking about safe.

There were times when things got more intense, but you basically have to stay alert all summer. Kristina Beek from DR: "Definitely busy work."

My last question is: You worked in the Olympic cybersecurity field for a few years. What are some lessons from that time that you still use in your current job or when you think about technology and cybersecurity in general? Franz Regul: I learned a lot from this experience that I still use in my job at BPI France.