Not If, But When: Building Cyber Resilience

Added on: August 14, 2026

From Prevention to Recovery: Practical Insight For Business Leaders

Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Stretford, Manchester.
Wednesday 23rd September: 9:30 – 3:30
Free To Attend, Including Lunch

 
Almost one in two UK businesses reported a cyber breach or attack in the last 12 months. If YOUR systems went down tomorrow, would your business know what to do?
 
Imagine arriving at work tomorrow morning to discover your systems are down. You can’t access your files. Emails aren’t working. Customer information may have been compromised. And someone is demanding money to give back your access.

What Happens Next?

Who makes the decisions? Who do you call? How do you communicate with customers? Can you continue trading? And how quickly could you recover? Could you even recover?

Cyber security is no longer simply about trying to prevent an attack. Businesses also need to be prepared to respond, recover, and keep operating when something goes wrong. That’s why we’re bringing together experts for: NOT IF, BUT WHEN: Building Cyber Resilience – a practical event designed to help business leaders understand the cyber threats they face and, more importantly, what they can do about them.

Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Stretford, Manchester.
Wednesday 23rd September: 9:30 – 3:30
Free To Attend, Including Lunch

This Isn’t An IT Event

Cyber risk is a business risk.
A serious cyber incident can affect your operations, finances, customers, employees and reputation, which means responsibility for cyber resilience extends far beyond the IT department. We’ll explore the practical questions businesses should be asking before an incident happens, including:

> How prepared is your business for a serious cyberattack?
> What actually happens in the first few hours?
> Who needs to be involved in your response?
> How can you reduce disruption and get trading again?
> What role does cyber insurance play?
> Where are the gaps businesses commonly overlook?

Put Your Own Resilience To The Test

One of the most valuable reasons to attend isn’t to hear another presentation about how frightening cybercrime has become. It’s to ask yourself: “If this happened to us tomorrow, are we genuinely ready?” You’ll leave with practical insight that can help you assess your current arrangements, identify potential weaknesses and start conversations within your own organisation.

Who Should Attend?

This event is particularly relevant for:

> Business owners
> Directors
> Finance Directors
> Operations Leaders
> IT Leaders
> Risk Managers
> Senior Decision Makers

You don’t need to be a cyber expert. In fact, you absolutely don’t need to work in IT. If you are responsible for, or contribute to, protecting your organisation, its people, finances, reputation, or ability to keep trading, this conversation matters to you. Your business may even already have some aspect of cyber insurance, but you would still benefit from understanding the risks and the extent of that protection.

Could Your Business Cope?

Hopefully you’ll never have to find out. But hoping isn’t a resilience strategy. Join us at Not If, But When: Building Cyber Resilience and find out what your organisation can do now to be better prepared for whatever comes next.

Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Stretford, Manchester.
Wednesday 23rd September: 9:30 – 3:30
Free To Attend, Including Lunch

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