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How adidas Secures Global Operations with Island

adidas + Island: securing contractors, partners, and unmanaged devices on a global scale.

Topic

Endpoint Protection

When & Where

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Wed, 10/28/2026 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

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Forum B, Booth 7A-206

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Details

  • Format:

    Management lecture

  • Language:

    English

Session description

Speaker: Gaston Discoli, adidas and Sven Jansen, Island


adidas operates at extraordinary scale, a global brand with a highly distributed workforce spanning corporate offices, retail locations, warehouses, and manufacturing partners worldwide. Alongside its own employees, adidas relies on contractors, external partners, and temporary staff who need fast, secure access to internal systems, often from devices adidas doesn't own or fully manage.

In this session, adidas will be joined onstage by Island to share how the company re-imagined its approach to third-party and BYOD access. The team will walk through the real pain points that shaped their strategy: the risk of breach from unmanaged endpoints, the drag that slows onboarding and offboarding placed on the busines ...

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