Building Cyber Resilience – Top Tips/Practical Steps for Reducing the Likelihood and Impact of a Breach

Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and harder to prevent entirely, which means resilience has never been more critical.  A truly cyber-resilient organisation doesn’t just aim to stop attacks, but to limit their impact and recover quickly when they happen.

Join URM’s webinar to explore practical approaches and steps along with ‘must-do’ actions that help organisations both strengthen their defences and prepare for the inevitable!

Through real-world examples and proven approaches, we’ll show how resilience can be built across people, process, technology and supply chains — reducing financial, reputational, and human impact when cyber incidents occur.

Agenda

The Current Cyber Threat Landscape

• The latest trends and tactics shaping today’s cyber threats
• Common weaknesses and emerging risks across sectors
• The real costs of breaches — including brand, trust, and employee wellbeing

Cost-effective Approach and Practical  Steps for Strengthening Defences: Reducing the Likelihood of a Breach

Practical actions and ‘must-dos’ to build stronger, smarter, and more adaptive defences.

Themes include:

• Governance: Adopting a risk based approach to protecting assets, ensuring prioritisation and cost-effective remediation
• Culture: Embedding security awareness and responsibility across all levels of the organisation
• Technology: Ensuring layered protection, continuous monitoring, and regular patching
• Operations & Supply Chain: Managing supplier risks, ensuring controls are maintained across partners, and integrating supply chain resilience into overall strategy.

Each area will include top tips and lessons from practice, what really works in strengthening your resilience posture.

Preparing for the Inevitable: Minimising the Impact When a Breach Occurs

Even the best-protected organisations can experience a cyber incident.  We’ll discuss what resilience looks like in practice when things go wrong, including:

• How to structure and test an incident response plan
• Effective communication and decision-making under pressure
• Maintaining business continuity and stakeholder trust
• Supporting employees during and after an incident

Here, we will share key lessons from organisations that have faced major cyber events – what went wrong, what worked, and how their experiences can inform your resilience strategy.

Key Takeaways

By the end of this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Build a holistic cyber resilience strategy that spans people, process, and technology
• Balance prevention with preparation and recovery
• Reduce both the likelihood and the overall impact of cyber incidents
• Protect employees’ wellbeing during cyber crises.

Who Should Attend

This session is ideal for anyone responsible for, or involved in, organisational resilience and cyber security, including:

• Board & Executive Leaders seeking assurance that cyber resilience is being effectively managed
• IT, Security, Risk & Compliance Professionals implementing and maintaining defences, and overseeing enterprise risk and regulatory obligations
• Business Continuity, Crisis Management & HR Leads responsible for incident response, continuity planning, recovery and staff wellbeing during and after incidents
• Operational & Supply Chain Leads embedding resilience into operations, processes, or third-party relationships

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