Tuesday, 10 February 2026

The Global State of the Scams in 2026

The Global Anti Scam Alliance is the world’s foremost industry association bringing together the banking, technology and telecom sectors along with government regulators and law enforcement to combat scams at global and local level. GASA’s Managing Director Jorij Abraham will provide a brief snapshot of the latest trends GASA is seeing. “

Summary high level findings and forecasts from this year’s report

Patrick Donegan will lead a discussion with Razvan Todor, VP of Partnerships and Alliances, B2B2C, Bitdefender, Steven Offerein, VP of Product, Device Intelligence and Protection Services, Cujo AI, Craig Sanderson, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist, Infoblox, Cord Stukenberg, VP Sales, PowerDNS, and John Kennedy, VP Operations – Network Security, Enea discussing the summary findings and forecasts from this year’s report. This will span a review of new telco contract awards to vendors during 2024, and the outlook for ongoing telco spending across regions and business models spanning endpoint security, home router security agents, and network based security. The discussion will also assess telco momentum in monetizing these services according to different types of telco business model.

Home router security agents in the telco security portfolio

Bitdefender’s Razvan Todor and Cujo AI’s Steven Offerein will join Patrick Donegan to discuss this year’s findings on the home router security agent market. They will discuss progress in the prpl and RDK-B open home router ecosystems and the outlook for investment in comprehensive protection for home routers and smart devices in the home as well as secondary protection for telcos’ own networks.

Network-based security in the telco security portfolio

Infoblox’s Craig Sanderson and PowerDNS’ Cord Stukenberg will join Patrick Donegan to discuss this year’s findings on network-based security with DNS and other approaches. They will discuss factors that are driving telco investment in network based security in different regions. They will discuss different business models that telcos are pursing including in partnership with government regulators and other private sector go to market partners.

Endpoint security in the telco security portfolio

Bitdefender’s Razvan Todor will join Patrick Donegan to explore trends in the endpoint security market, the new capabilities that vendors are bringing to market, and where endpoint security is tending to feature in telco cybersecurity portfolios for consumers.

Convergence across domains and departments in telco strategies

Enea’s John Kennedy, Cujo AI’s Steven Offerein, Infoblox’s Craig Sanderson and PowerDNS’ Cord Stukenberg will join Patrick Donegan to discuss potential new directions in telco strategies for consumer security. They will review optimal balances for processing cybersecurity software in the home network and the telco’s network; and better integration of cybersecurity products and platforms across the telco consumer security portfolio including in threat intelligence sharing.