Four days of wearing a headset, staying focused and absorbing a whole new vocabulary: from 22 to 25 September 2026, I was working as an interpreter at security essen, including the Digital Networking Security Conference, the Security Experts Forum and the Day of Banks and Savings Banks. The topics were as diverse as the security industry itself: cyberattacks, penetration testing, data theft and artificial intelligence, the protection of critical infrastructure as well as the