Public Sector Cyber Security Conference and Exhibition 2025
Building a Cyber Resilient Public Sector
Manchester 17 September 2025, 9:00am - 4:00pm
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8:30am
Registration
9:45am
Chair’s Welcome Address
9:55am
Keynote: Safeguarding the UK’s Digital Future through Cyber Resilience
- Examine the current landscape of UK public sector cyber security
- Reflect on progress and lessons from recent government reviews and strategies
- Outline national objectives for enhancing resilience across government departments and services
- Discuss the role of leadership in coordinating future preparedness and risk reduction
10:15am
Evaluating Government Cyber Resilience and Value for Money in an Evolving Threat Landscape
- Discuss the key findings and conclusions from the January 2025 NAO government cyber resilience report
- Assess the progress made under the Government Cyber Security Strategy
- Explore the recommendations on what departments must do to catch up with the escalating threat, how improved governance, accountability, and investment can safeguard the future
Jonathan Pownall, Senior Digital Specialist, National Audit Office
10:35am
Headline Sponsor
- Insights into innovative technologies and industry solutions supporting government cyber defence and resilience
Reserved for Bluefort Security
10:55am
Questions and Answers Panel
- Speakers from the previous session will join for an audience Q&A
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
Main Stage Sponsor
Presentation highlighting approaches to securing health and public service infrastructures through intelligent cyber solutions
Reserved for ITHealth
11:55am
Skills, Diversity, and Cultural Change
- Discuss practical steps for upskilling IT teams to meet modern cyber threats without relying solely on recruitment
- Gain insights into how fostering an inclusive, curious, and accountable culture enhances cyber resilience
- Embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into cyber teams in a meaningful, practical way
Henrik Kiertzner, Head of IT Operations (Cyber and Infrastructure), National Trust
12:15pm
Main Stage Sponsor
- Exploring how automation and AI are revolutionising threat detection and response in the public sector
Reserved for SentinelOne
12:35pm
Questions and Answers Panel
- Speakers from the previous session will join for an audience Q&A
12:45pm
Lunch and Networking
1:45pm
Chair’s Welcome Back Address
1:50pm
Minimising the Impact of Cyber Security Incidents
- Examine best practices in public sector incident response planning
- Learn from recent cyber events and near misses
- Review recovery planning, crisis communication, and continuity strategies
- Explore the role of simulations and testing in building readiness
2:10pm
Main Stage Sponsor
- Showcasing innovations in proactive threat intelligence sharing and coordinated defence strategies
Reserved for Cyware
2:30pm
Cyber Threat Landscape: What the Public Sector Needs to Know
- Analyse evolving threats and adversaries targeting government systems
- Highlight real-world trends in ransomware, phishing, and supply chain attacks
- Discuss how intelligence-led defence is shaping response strategies
2:50pm
Questions and Answers Panel
- Speakers from the previous session will join for an audience Q&A
3:00pm
Break and Networking
3:30pm
Detecting Cyber Security Events: Tools, Signals and Response
- Review the technologies and frameworks enabling earlier detection of cyber incidents
- Discuss the role of Security Operations Centres (SOCs), SIEMs and XDR
- Understand how public bodies are leveraging data and automation for smarter defence
- Questions and answers
3:50pm
Implementing a Cyber Secure Strategy: Leadership, Governance and Accountability
- Explore governance models that support strong cyber security cultures
- Align organisational goals with risk appetite and cyber strategy
- Discuss leadership roles in oversight, compliance and collaboration
- Review measurement and reporting to ensure continual improvement
- Questions and answers
4:10pm
Chair’s Closing Summary
4:15pm
Close
*programme subject to change without notice