CISO UK - Agenda

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8:00

Registration and Light Breakfast
8:45

Chair's Opening Remarks
8:50

OPENING PANEL: 2026 Threat Reality Check: What Actually Keeps UK CISOs Awake?

• Insights into the latest threat intelligence from National Cyber Security Centre and industry reports
• Exploring how attacker tactics are evolving with AI and automation
• What risks UK boards are underestimating today
9:30

KEYNOTE: AI vs AI: The Cyber Arms Race Has Started

• How to deploy AI safely in detection and response
• Insights into real attacker use of generative AI and deepfakes
• Exploring governance models for AI in enterprise security
10:00

KEYNOTE: From Security Leader to Business Risk Leader

• How to translate cyber risk into financial impact
• Insights into what UK boards actually expect from CISOs
• What makes a CISO credible at executive committee level
10:30

PANEL DISCUSSION: The One Breach That Changes Everything

• Exploring real UK breach case studies and leadership lessons
• How to prepare executives for crisis decision-making
• What separates resilient organisations from reactive ones
11:00am

Morning Break & Networking
Track A - Threat, Detection & Response
11:30

PRESENTATION: AI-Powered Attacks Are Already Here

• Exploring how attackers use generative AI and deepfakes
• How to adapt detection for AI-driven phishing and fraud
• What defensive AI actually delivers in real SOC environments
12:00

PANEL DISCUSSION: From Alert Fatigue to Signal Clarity

• How to redesign SOC workflows to reduce noise
• Insights into detection engineering maturity models
• Exploring automation without blind spots
12:30

PRESENTATION: Threat Intelligence That Drives Decisions

• How to integrate intelligence into board-level risk reporting
• Insights into collaboration with peers and law enforcement
• What actionable intelligence actually looks like
Track B - Compliance, Cloud & Critical Controls
11:30

PRESENTATION: Data Sovereignty, Cloud & Cross-Border Risk

• What UK data protection evolution means for cloud strategy
• How to manage multi-region storage compliance
• Exploring encryption and key management governance
12:00

PANEL DISCUSSION: Beyond Compliance: Proving You’re Actually Secure

• How to move from checkbox audits to control validation
• Insights into regulator expectations vs reality
• What measurable resilience really looks like
12:30

PRESENTATION: The Architecture of Accountability

• How to document defensible security decisions
• Exploring audit trails in cloud-native environments
• What boards should demand in assurance reporting
1:00

Lunch Break & Networking
2:00

EXPERT ASK ME ANYTHING: Deepfakes & Executive Fraud: The Next Social Engineering Wave

• Exploring real incidents affecting UK organisations
• How to protect finance teams and executives
• What detection controls catch impersonation attacks
2:30

FIRESIDE CHAT: Incident Response in the Real World

• How to coordinate legal, comms and technical teams
• Insights into lessons from major breach investigations
• What to do when containment fails
3:00

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Insider Risk Nobody Wants to Discuss

• How to detect behavioural anomalies ethically
• Insights into cultural and HR collaboration
• Exploring privacy vs monitoring trade-offs
4:00

Afternoon Break & Networking Break
4:00

EXPERT ASK ME ANYTHING: If Attackers Were Your Product Team

• How adversaries innovate faster than defenders
• Insights into attacker ROI thinking
• What defensive teams can learn from them
4:30

PANEL DISCUSSION: What the Next Five Years Will Break

• Exploring emerging risks from AI, geopolitics and technology shifts
• Insights into threat trends seen by National Cyber Security Centre and global peers
• What CISOs should invest in now
5:00

Closing Remarks & End of Conference
5:00 - 6:00

Networking Reception

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