This presentation explores the evolving threat landscape, the rise of ransomware, and the regulatory pressures driving the need for operational resilience. It highlights how Veeam v13 empowers organisations with immutable backups, secure recovery environments, and a maturity model to assess and improve data resilience. Through real-world examples and a live demo, the session offers practical insights into building a cyber-resilient strategy that aligns with frameworks like DORA, NIS2, and ISO 27001.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the cybersecurity landscape—both as a critical defence tool and a new weapon in the hands of cybercriminals. In this session, Mike Morton of Abnormal AI explores the evolving arms race between “Good AI” and “Bad AI”, offering real-world examples and insights from the frontlines of AI-driven security. Attendees will learn how generative AI is being exploited to craft highly targeted phishing emails, business email compromise (BEC) scams, and other social engineering attacks—many of which evade traditional, rules-based security systems. The session also demonstrates how defensive AI can be used to counter these threats, identifying abnormal behaviour, detecting novel attack patterns, and autonomously protecting users and infrastructure across email and collaboration platforms.