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The Machines Are Getting Smarter. Resilience Discipline Stays Human.
AI is transforming the speed and scale of vulnerability discovery.
But when an incident reaches your organisation, recovery still depends on clear priorities, current processes, tested restore points and people who know what to do under pressure.
Join Harbor Solutions, Rubrik and Softcat for a candid breakfast briefing exploring what the changing AI landscape means for operational resilience and recovery in financial services and insurance.
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Agenda
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08:00 – 08:30
Arrival, breakfast and networking
Meet fellow financial services and insurance leaders over breakfast.
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08:30 – 08:35
Welcome and introduction
Lance Williams, Cyber Technologist and Strategic Advisor
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08:35 – 09:00
The operational reality of recovery
Nick Barron, Chief Operating Officer, Harbor Solutions
Why recovery remains an operational discipline, even as the threat landscape accelerates. Nick will explore where recovery plans commonly break down, why documented readiness is not the same as proven readiness, and what separates organisations that recover effectively from those forced to improvise.
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09:00 – 09:25
AI, data security and the changing technology landscape
Guy Batey, Senior Leader, Rubrik
Guy will examine how rapidly advancing AI capabilities are changing both the offensive and defensive sides of cybersecurity, and what this means for data security architecture, visibility and clean recovery.
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09:25 – 09:55
Open forum: Is your recovery posture keeping pace?
Led by Kieron Newsham, Chief Technologist for Cyber Security, Softcat
An open, peer-led discussion conducted under the Chatham House Rule. Attendees will be encouraged to share their perspectives on the practical implications of AI, changing risk expectations and the resilience challenges facing regulated organisations.
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09:55 – 10:00
Closing remarks
The formal session will finish at 10:00, with guests welcome to stay for further conversation with the speakers and fellow attendees.
Why this conversation matters now
Most data resilience work takes place on ordinary days, when the backup runs correctly, no alerts are triggered and nothing appears to be wrong.
These are the days when restore points should be checked, runbooks reviewed, data maps updated and recovery priorities tested against the organisation as it operates today.
AI is raising the bar for that everyday discipline.
As advanced models become more capable of identifying vulnerabilities, organisations may have less time to understand their exposure and respond. A recovery posture that looked adequate during the last quarterly review cannot simply be assumed to remain adequate.
For financial services and insurance leaders, the question is no longer only whether threats can be detected. It is whether critical operations can be restored quickly, cleanly and in the right order when an incident gets through.
This briefing will move beyond AI headlines to consider the practical implications for recovery planning, testing and operational readiness.
What we will explore
The changing AI landscape
How AI is accelerating vulnerability research and changing the speed, scale and accessibility of cyber capability.
Discovery is not recovery
Why finding a vulnerability or detecting an incident does not guarantee that the organisation can recover from it.
The operational reality
Where recovery plans, ownership and decision-making frequently break down when teams are operating under pressure.
Recovery priorities
How organisations can identify the critical services, data and workloads needed to maintain a minimum viable company during a crisis.
Continuous validation
Why current data maps, tested restore points, rehearsed runbooks and named decision-makers are becoming increasingly important.
Board and regulatory assurance
How financial services organisations can provide stronger evidence that recovery arrangements are not only documented, but capable of working in practice.
Speakers
Speaker
Nick Barron
Chief Operating Officer · Harbor Solutions
Nick leads the delivery of Harbor's cyber resilience, backup and recovery services for enterprise organisations.
With more than 20 years of experience across technology, telecoms, product management and operational leadership, Nick helps organisations move beyond traditional backup towards tested and assured recovery outcomes.
Session perspective
The operational reality of recovery and where readiness breaks down in practice.
Speaker
Guy Batey
Senior Leader · Rubrik
Guy leads technical strategy and helps organisations strengthen cyber resilience, data security and cloud adoption across EMEA.
His background includes delivering multi-cloud, platform engineering and DevOps programmes within highly regulated industries, combining strategic insight with practical engineering experience.
Session perspective
AI, technology architecture and the foundations required for clean recovery.
MC / Host
Lance Williams
Cyber Technologist · Strategic Advisor
Lance is an experienced IT channel leader who has held senior CTO and CPO roles, bringing together technology strategy, operational resilience and commercial understanding.
Event role
Setting the context and guiding a candid, practical conversation throughout the morning.
Kieron Newsham
Chief Technologist for Cyber Security · Softcat
Kieron helps organisations understand and respond to an evolving cybersecurity landscape, translating emerging threats and technologies into practical considerations for security leaders.
Session perspective
Leading an open discussion about how financial services organisations are adapting their resilience strategies for an AI-driven environment.
Continue the conversation with a complimentary Resilience Review
Every attendee will be invited to take part in a complimentary Harbor Resilience Review following the event.
This focused session will help your organisation examine:
- The systems, services and data most critical to continued operations
- Current recovery capabilities and dependencies
- Gaps between documented plans and practical readiness
- Recovery priorities and sequencing
- Tangible next steps for strengthening resilience
The objective is to provide a clearer view of your current recovery posture and where further validation, testing or investment may be required.
Request your place
This is an invite-only session for senior financial services and insurance technology, security, risk and operational resilience leaders.
The event will be conducted under the Chatham House Rule to support an open and constructive peer-level conversation.
Places are deliberately limited to maintain the quality of the discussion.
