ABOUT
Carine Allaz
CEO and founderBiography
Carine Allaz is the CEO and founder of the Swiss cyber security consulting firm CIRISK. She holds a master’s degree in law, crime issues and security of new technologies from the University of Lausanne.
With over 15 years of experience in cyber security risk management, she worked for 10 years in the financial sector as IT auditor, cyber security project manager and led the creation and management of a Security Operations Center for a private bank during 4 years. Carine Allaz is also lecturer in various continuous information security education programs at the University of Geneva and at the HEG Geneva. She is also a member of the Scientific committee of the continuous education program in information security at the University of Geneva. She is a frequent speaker on cyber security topics, and she is often call as an expert by international organization, she work currently for the AI for developing countries forum on digital sovereignty and governance. She is also an advocate for more diversity in Cybersecurity. being a mentor and role model, in 2025 she co-founded Women4Cyber Switzerland"
Speaker experience
2025 « Country and Sector Case Studies: What Works and Why» - Keynote and roundtable moderator - AI For developing countries Forum - Vienna
2025 « Cyber risques pour les jeunes » - Forum sécurité Genevois
2025 « Cyber sécurité, retour d'expérience » - Women In Cyber security Education (WICE) by Cyber 221
2025 « La sécurité des données de recherche dans le cyber espace » - CER-VD & AIPD Vaud
2025 « Cybersecurity in Finance » - 100Women in Finance - Geneva
2024 « Gestion de crise: aspect légaux et réglementaires » - HEG-Geneva
2024 « Cyber criminalité pour tous » - Panelist - HEG-Geneva
2024 « Cyber risques pour les jeunes » - ISMA
2023 « Cyber incident and the law » - Panelist - Women in Cyber Day
2019 – « Risk management Methodologies» – Swiss-Cybersecurity
2019 – « Sécurité de l’information pour avocats – protéger les données client à l’ère du numérique » – Swiss LegalTech Association et eLex.io
2019 – « Security Operations Center » – HEG Genève
2018 – « Risk management best practices applied to Cyber security risk » – Swiss-Cybersecurity
2017 – « Building a banking SOC: main challenges and lessons learned » – SIGS – SOC Forum Suisse Romande
2017 – « From HEC Lausanne to Head of SOC at Pictet » – HEC Lausanne
2016 – « Mise en œuvre d’un Security Operations Center » – Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Media experience
2025 - Le temps - « Plus de 16 milliards de mots de passe volés: trois questions pour faire face à un piratage qui nous concerne tous » Link
2025 - Le temps - « Plus de 16 milliards de mots de passe volés: trois questions pour faire face à un piratage qui nous concerne tous » Link
2025 - AIFOD - AI for developing countries interview Link
2023 - Les réformés - « Formation: comment vérifier l'acquisition des savoirs? » Link
2019 - Dukascopy TV - Papier intelligent Link