CYBERUK 2026 Resilience Track - Cyber Essentials in corporate supply chains

Attaining Cyber Essentials (CE) is proven to significantly reduce the likelihood of an organisation suffering a cyber attack. This panel comprised of NCSC, DSIT, IASME and industry discusses a recent initiative by some of the UK’s largest orgs and our trust group members to drive up national cyber resilience at scale by mandating CE in their supply chain. The session also examines the benefits of adopting the Cyber Action Toolkit, the Governance Code of Practice, and Early Warning strategies. Speakers: Chris Ensor, Deputy Director, National Cyber Security Centre Dr Emma Philpott, Chief Executive Officer, IASME Dr Neil Binnie, Group Chief Information Officer, Morgan Sindall Group plc Stephanie Perry, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Babcock International Irfan Hemani, Deputy Director - Cyber Security & Resilience Policy, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology