Recap: IT Managers Meeting at IHK Darmstadt — security monitoring along the Cyber Kill Chain

On-site event · Thursday, 22 January 2026 · 14:00–17:00 · IHK Darmstadt, Rheinstraße 89, Darmstadt

The IT Managers Meeting organized by the IHK Darmstadt Rhein Main Neckar (the regional chamber of commerce) brought together IT managers, system administrators and service providers for a practical exchange on current IT challenges. FeldmannCyber participated as an invited speaker with a contribution on IT security monitoring.

Key takeaway: Monitoring is most effective when it is designed along the attack chain rather than driven by individual tools: clear objectives, clear signals, clear responsibilities.

IT security monitoring along the Cyber Kill Chain

The presentation illustrated how cyber risk monitoring can be structured along the Cyber Kill Chain — placing monitoring measures deliberately at different stages of an attack to make risks visible early and support timely response.

Building blocks covered:

• Preventive scans to reduce known attack surfaces
• Active security monitoring to detect suspicious behaviour early
• SIEM for correlation, prioritization and traceability of security events

What was intentionally not the focus

The session was not a product presentation. It offered a decision-oriented framework: which signals matter, where noise is created, and how monitoring can be operated in a sustainable and auditable way.

Event context

Besides FeldmannCyber’s talk, the agenda included two further independent contributions:

• Cloud cost optimization (adconova GmbH)
• Third-party risks and business continuity in the context of NIS2 (DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG)

These were separate contributions and not directly related to the monitoring topic, but they added valuable perspectives to the discussion.

Thanks

Many thanks to Richard Jordan for the organization, moderation and invitation. The conversations before and after the sessions were a valuable part of the event.

Official event page: event.darmstadt.ihk.de

Conclusion

IT security monitoring creates value when it is planned, measurable and operable. Thinking along the Cyber Kill Chain helps organizations treat monitoring as systematic risk management rather than a collection of isolated alerts.