Event Details
Protect Your Data or Pay the Price
Clyde & Co LLP, The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR,
Wednesday 03 June 2026
12:00PM - 14:00PM
Introduction
Intensifying digital interconnectedness has transformed operational risk into a systemic challenge, where reliance on shared infrastructures and third-party vendors creates a domino effect of potential failures. Organisations of all sizes must shift from a posture of mere prevention to active resilience, accepting that disruption is inevitable—whether from cyber incidents, technical outages, or operational mismanagement.
Ultimately, winning organisations in 2026 are treating operational resilience as a strategic differentiator that builds customer trust rather than a mere regulatory check-box. By conducting rigorous, "side-of-desk" scenario testing that challenges senior leadership to make decisions under realistic, high-pressure scenarios, firms can ensure they not only survive inevitable disruptions but also maintain market confidence. This proactive culture of resilience, combining advanced technology with human preparedness, allows companies to turn disruption into an opportunity for maintaining a competitive edge.
Master the evolving threat landscape with experts from CTERA, Akamai, and Clyde & Co by Joining this high-impact session for actionable insights on emerging trends, hidden risks, and regulatory compliance to keep your organisation ahead of the curve.
Who Should Attend
Capped at 20 delegates this roundtable has been tailored to the needs of senior business; IT-security; audit and data managers; legal and compliance professionals and underwriters and brokers who work in the Lloyd's and London insurance market. If this roundtable is relevant to colleagues within your company, then please give notice about this event. Thank you
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Insurance Technology Forums’ (ITF) aim is to provide ‘knowledge events’ for practitioners working for Lloyd's and London insurance market company affiliates, trade associations, professional bodies and standards agencies.
Supported by globally respected academics, authors, innovators and senior insurance market professionals, the reqularly held 'IT Matters' and 'Security Matters' forums, ‘Webinars’ and companion ‘Roundtable briefings’ focus on IT and cybersecurity innovation offering CPD-eligible training and insights towards your sector-recognised CPD vocational training modules.
Agenda
Speakers
EMEA Director of Security Technology and Strategy at Akamai
'The Security Technology Strategist's View'
Richard is Akamai’s EMEA Senior Director of Security Technology and Strategy. With over 30 years’ experience, Richard is responsible for helping design and build secure solutions for some of the world’s most influential organisations. During his time at Akamai, Mirapoint and Prolexic, he has had a strategic role across a broad range of projects, including the transformation of the UK’s largest corporate email implementation, and the deployment of DDoS solutions for multinational organisations to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data. He is a chartered member of the BCS and CISSP.
Senior Marketing and Sales Director, Northern Europe at CTERA
'The Cloud Expert's View'
Jon Arnold is a seasoned technology sales and marketing leader with a proven track record in driving growth across government, defense, and enterprise sectors. Formerly a director at Riverbed, Juniper, and RealWear, he has spearheaded major European initiatives for Viptela and SimpliVity, alongside key roles at Cisco and Coverity.
Legal Director at Clyde & Co
'The Legal Expert's View'
Nick has 20 years specialist experience in technology, intellectual property, cyber risk and data protection, defamation, professional negligence and insurance.
Recent advice work includes cyber incident response including several major multiparty ransomware attacks, numerous data protection disputes, software supply disputes, large/complex, international intellectual property claims drafting and reviewing cyber, technology and public liability insurance policies, compliance and regulatory advice, defamation, breach of copyright, theft of trade secrets, software supply disputes, fine art disputes and professional negligence.
Clients include: Insurers and re-insurers, loss adjusters and brokers, major insureds: Ace, Willis, Hiscox, Charles Taylor Adjusters, Aspinal of London Limited, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Firefly Studios Ltd.
