From Breach to Balance: The Reality of Cyber Attacks

Welcome to From Breach to Balance; a live, cross-sector Cyber Incident Response discussion at GM Digital Security Hub (DiSH) on January 15, 2026, at 5:30 PM (Europe/London), with Strand Intelligence and Ward Hadaway.

Join leaders from across the cyber ecosystem, including front-line incident responders, legal and regulatory experts, the Information Commissioner's Office, and those who have seen their business impacted by ransomware as they unpack what really happens in the first hour, week, and month of a cyber incident.

Explore how victims, regulators, and those paid to respond when crisis hits are adapting to the new world of cyber threats. We'll cover ever-changing response strategies, how threat actors are staying ahead of defenders and where, by combining our experiences, we can turn the tables on adversaries.

Network with industry peers, regulators, and innovators, and leave with practical insights to strengthen your own incident response capability

Info: Guests arrive for welcome drinks. Informal networking with the Strand team, peers, and panelists.

Info: When a breach occurs, the business needs saving. Whilst they focus on what matters to them, they face regulators, customers and insurers all demanding answers on ever-shorter timeframes. This cross-sector discussion covers the varied considerations from different perspectives of Incident Response, and how companies can balance the technical, regulatory, and communications elements in tandem to ensure limited impact. With CISO, Legal, Regulator and Response.

Info: Systems are online, “normality” is restored. But the reputational impacts, legal risks and unknown costs are only just beginning. This talk from Ward Hadaway - using their specialist in Incident aftercare - looks at how resolving the technical issues are just the start, and how businesses can prepare to be one step ahead when disaster strikes.

Info: Ex-Principal Investigator from the ICO gives insight from being both on sides of the fence, what he’d do differently drawing on his experience from running a front-line response team, where he feels regulators and their deadlines hinder client and customer protection, and how - moving forward - new technologies may help everyone stay ahead of the threat.

Info: Networking for customers and friends to network, talk directly with product leads.

Continued drinks and networking to close the evening.

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