CyberSummit 2026: Government and industry unite on UK cyber threats, resilience, and growth

Photo: Baroness Liz Lloyd, Minister for Digital Economy, delivering the keynote speech at CyberSummit 2026

Cybersecurity Business Network (CBN) convened government, regulators, law enforcement and industry leaders to tackle the UK’s most pressing cybersecurity challenges at CyberSummit 2026.
Summit focused on four themes: threats to UK business and critical national infrastructure, organisational resilience, innovation and growth, and policy advocacy.

London, UK – 23rd June 2026: The Cybersecurity Business Network (CBN) hosted its inaugural CyberSummit yesterday, bringing together UK security leaders from critical sectors, industry experts and policymakers to examine the key cyber challenges facing the UK, shape the future direction of cyber policy, and spotlight the innovation driving growth across the sector. The summit was hosted at the London offices of Bird&Bird and sponsored by Firevault.

The event kicked off with an opening keynote from Baroness Liz Lloyd, Minister for Digital Economy, who set the tone for the day by laying out the government’s current cyber proposals, highlighting the newly announced Cyber Resilience Pledge ahead of the release of the upcoming National Cyber Action Plan.

The summit brought together delegates from government, regulators, intelligence agencies and industry, and was built around four themes: threats to UK business and critical national infrastructure, strengthening organisational resilience, innovation, opportunity and growth, and advocacy and policy.

Contributors and panellists included Matt Warman, Chair of CBN and former Minister for Digital, Alison Griffiths MP, Officer of the APPG for Cyber Innovation, Nihal Newman, Director Security & Resilience Policy at Ofcom, Irfan Hemani, Deputy Director of UK Cyber Security Policy at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Jamie MacColl, Senior Research Fellow in the Cyber and Tech Research Group at RUSI, amongst others.

Photo: CyberSummit 2026 – Panel 1: ‘Strengthening Resilience: The Evolving UK Threat Landscape, Economic Consequences, and Future Resilience Strategies’, moderated by Alison Griffiths MP

Alongside the keynote, the CNI Leaders Hour brought together Ashish Khanna, Managing Director of Cyber Security Services at Verizon Business; Tom Clementi, CEO of Pool Re; and Stuart Okin, Director of Cyber Regulation and Emerging Technologies at Ofgem, to share perspectives on the cyber challenges facing critical national infrastructure. The breadth of expertise in the room, spanning cyber services, insurance and regulation, made for an insightful discussion, followed by an interactive workshop led by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

With government actively seeking industry feedback to refine upcoming legislation and strategy, discussion across the day drew a wide range of views. Delegates pointed to education as vital for securing board-level investment in cyber, and broadly agreed on the importance of maintaining strong global partnerships. There was also consensus that layered defence structures, ranging from infrastructure connectivity to cyber insurance standards, are essential for modern resilience.

Reflecting on the day, CBN thanked all delegates, speakers and sponsors for a valuable day of insight, collaboration and debate. We invite those interested in joining the network to contact the CBN secretariat at secretariat@cb-network.org.