On February 18, more than 200 professionals gathered in Madrid to attend Shift 2025, the Cyber Report organized by Commvault. This encounter focused on redefining the concept of cybercraft in an increasingly oriented world towards the cloud, with the aim of ensuring the continuity of the business in a digital environment.
The day began with a presentation of Richard Gadd, vice president of Commvault for Emeai, who highlighted the growing threat of ransomware and its impact on organizations. “We live in a world kidnapped by the threat of ransomware, where each organization understands the potentially catastrophic consequences of a cyber attack,” GADD said. He stressed that cybercrime has become one of the biggest risks for companies and the world economy, according to the World Economic Forum.
Sergio López Chicheri, Country Manager of Commvault for Iberia, continued the discussion emphasizing that cybercrime represents 1.5% of world GDP. López Chicheri also addressed the challenges of adoption of Multi-Nube and Saaas environments, as well as the new laws on cybersecurity and cybercraft. «Cybersecurity and cyberbareresiliencia are intertwining. The first led by the Ciso, the second by the CIO. In Commvault we are having bridges between them to reach the continuous business, ”he said.
Cybercrison solutions
David Sanz, senior director Sales Engineering Europe South of Commvault, took the stage to show how the Commvault Cloud cybercrime platform can ensure the continuity of the business. “At present, companies do not face a technological problem, but of business, survival,” said Sanz. He stressed that all organizations, regardless of their sector or size, are digital and need technology to operate.
The first panel of alliances of the day was attended by Domingo García-Caro, Global Isvs PDM of Microsoft, and Kelvin González, Senior Saas Sales Engineer of Commvault. Both talked about the importance of strategic alliances to achieve robust cybercraft. “We have been collaborating for 27 years, with engineers dedicated to innovating and offering joint capabilities in order to protect customer data,” said García-Caro.
The future of the continuous business: Commvault Shift redefines the concept of cybercraft for a cloud -centered world
Adela de Toledo, Country Manager of Purerage Storage, and Iván López Flores, Storage & Backup Architect of Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, shared their experience in the ultra -grape recovery against incidents. «Commvault and Pure Storage have several points in common: innovation, the conception of service and simplicity. The integration between our solutions is complete, ”said De Toledo.
Miguel Gómez-Centurión, Partner Development Manager ISV of Amazon Web Services, and Marta San Millán, Partner Business Manager of Commvault, discussed how strategic alliances strengthen the cybercrafts of organizations. «Although the needs and threats are the same, there are challenges, such as the Saas world. Within AWS the most growing service is the Marketplace with SAAS services, ”said Gómez-Centurion.
Technological innovation
The session “Technology and innovation: Keys to unwavering cybercraft” was attended by Antonio Espuela, Technical Sales Director Emea West de Hitachi, Marcos Hortas, Systems Engineer de Lenovo and Sean Torres, Senior Systems Engineer of Nutanix. Moderate by Sandra Espinoza, Saas Sales Engineer Manager Emeai de Commvault, the round table addressed the importance of testing the recovery plans and the evolution of cybercrafts towards the continuous business.
Visionary Panel
The event also included a visionary panel with the participation of Vicent Escorihuela, CIO of Diners Club Spain; Luis Paredes, Ciso & Cto de Ingesan (Ohla); and Sergio Padilla, CDO of the Bank of Spain. The panelists discussed the challenges and opportunities of cyberbareresiliencia to guarantee the availability, confidentiality and integrity of the data in organizations.
Cybersecurity in the Community of Madrid
Manuel Pérez Gómez, Deputy Minister of Digitization of the Community of Madrid, closed the day announcing new cybersecurity initiatives in the region. Among them, he highlighted the creation of diffusion channels in WhatsApp, Tiktok and Facebook to raise awareness of citizens about cybersecurity, as well as the launch of the digital shield to prevent and respond to computer threats.
Shift 2025 proved to be a key event to redefine cyberbrenciencia and strengthen digital security in an increasingly interconnected world.
