Cybersecurity leaders today face a vastly different world to their predecessors, with new threats and adversaries appearing seemingly daily. Meanwhile, ongoing disruption, emerging technologies, in particular AI, and geopolitical events continue to transform the cybersecurity landscape. Added to that, the sheer size, complexity and interconnectivity of IT systems and platforms, often spanning multiple continents, enables bad actors to inflict even more damage than ever before. CISOs today need to be equipped with a unique set of skills and capabilities to steer their organisations through these rough seas towards safer shores. And they’ll need to master the very latest tools and ways of working to guarantee success.
Join us on Tuesday 10 December 2024 at BAFTA for a lively evening of insight, discussion and celebration, in partnership with Tanium. With the help of some of the UK's most visionary cybersecurity leaders, we’ll gather to recognise the pivotal role of the CISO in today’s enterprise. Over the course of a drinks reception, interactive panel and discussions over dinner, we’ll come together to showcase the innovative ways cybersecurity leaders are:
- Reshaping how they’re working alongside IT operations and fostering relationships with the C-suite
- Leveraging the latest tools and technology to transform threat detection, monitoring and response
- Empowering people to embed a resilient and cyber-secure culture across the entire enterprise
AGENDA
18:30 Registration opens. Drinks reception with canapes
19:00 Welcome and introduction: Dan Jones and Kate Jefferyes, Tanium
19:10 Setting the scene: Exploring the trends shaping today’s cybersecurity leaders
- Overview of the current threat landscape with a focus on how threats and priorities vary by different sectors
- Exploring the impact of AI on the cybersecurity threat landscape
- The role of automation in enhancing threat protection and response
- The importance of integrating people, technology and ways of working to optimise success
19:20 Lessons learned from visionary cybersecurity leaders: Introducing the Titans of IT
Industry leaders will share their experiences at the coal-face including how they:
- Improved threat identification and speed of response, and mitigated the impact of breaches through the latest tools and technologies
- Broke down silos and improved collaboration between IT and security operations
- Empowered teams to focus on more strategic, value-add activities
19:35 Panel discussion: Latest strategic approaches and best practices for 2025 and beyond
- What is the nature of the latest threats facing your organisation?
- How have you seen your role evolve in line with these threats?
- What risks can you control in your organisation? What can you mitigate?
- What is the role of your people and talent in bolstering cyber resilience?
- How have you unlocked business value through your activities?
20:00 Dinner table discussion points
- What is your biggest cybersecurity concern?
- What are the leadership characteristics needed for CISOs in 2024?
- How do you view the impact of AI on cybersecurity resilience?
- What challenges have you faced when embedding cybersecurity processes and practices across the organisation?
- How should you foster collaboration between IT operations and security teams?
21:25 Closing remarks
21:40 Charity auction
22:30 Close of event
HEAR FROM
Dan Jones, Senior Security Advisor for EMEA, Tanium
Following a distinguished career in the UK Ministry of Defence working in the UK and overseas leading the development and delivery of digital services to the UK Armed Forces, Dan Jones has more recently joined Tanium as Senior Security Advisor for EMEA. During his time at the UK Ministry of Defence, Dan was instrumental in developing strategies to mitigate risks associated with digital supply chains, leveraging technology to provide visibility, control, and the ability to respond rapidly to threats.
Kate Jefferyes, EMEA Microsoft Lead, Tanium
Kate joined Tanium in early November to lead and grow the Microsoft partnership across Europe.
She joined from Microsoft where she spent the last 5.5yrs leading the UK National Healthcare business as well as playing a key leadership role in Microsoft’s national response to the Covid pandemic.
Throughout her 20+ year career in technology she’s had the privilege of working with a wealth of different customers, industries and partners and has always been encouraged and sometimes surprised with how technology can be used to positively impact people’s lives.
With the recent explosion and acceleration of GenAI, Kate is particularly interested in understanding what this could mean for us all – the impact from a security and authenticity perspective as well as the transformative skills landscape that will be needed for the UK to compete and be successful on the global stage.
Kate’s first language is Welsh and after a very early career and degree in classical music, she is now settled in South Oxfordshire with her husband and two teenage sons.
