techUK Lunchtime Briefing: Tackling Cyber Enabled Fraud

We will be offering a limited amount of both in-person and virtual tickets for this event, so if you would like to attend, please register ASAP. For any issues, please contact [email protected]

Fraud is now the most commonly experienced crime in the UK, costing over a hundred billion pounds every year, with cyber related fraud making up an increasing proportion of incidents. Last year, 39% of UK businesses identified a cyber breach with phishing (89%) the most likely route used by cyber fraudsters. Individual citizens are also being targeted by ransomware and hackers, with significant real-world impacts, as an average of £1000 per victim was lost from cyber enabled fraud over this festive period alone. Join techUK, the National Economic Crime Centre's Director Adrian Searle and other stakeholders for a lunchtime briefing to discuss how coordination and collaboration across sectors can tackle this growing issue.

• Following strong promotion of the NCSC's Cyber Aware initiative, what is the Government doing to tackle this growing threat to businesses and citizens alike?
• In light of the recent launch of the Government's National Cyber Strategy, how should the public and private sector continue to collaborate to achieve the proposed goals by 2025? 
• Will the new strategy signal a step change in the UK's overall response to cyber fraud?
• How can industry solutions, both technical and people-centric, help mitigate against these fraud threats and raise the bar of cyber awareness?
• What lessons can be learnt from the NCSC's CiSP platform and other initiatives?

Jill Broom

Head of Cyber Resilience, techUK

Jill leads the techUK Cyber Resilience programme, having originally joined techUK in October 2020 as a Programme Manager for the Cyber and Central Government programmes. She is responsible for managing techUK's work across the cyber security ecosystem, bringing industry together with key stakeholders across the public and private sectors. Jill also provides the industry secretariat for the Cyber Growth Partnership, the industry and government conduit for supporting the growth of the sector. A key focus of her work is to strengthen the public–private partnership across cyber to support further development of UK cyber security and resilience policy.

Before joining techUK, Jill worked as a Senior Caseworker for an MP, advocating for local communities, businesses and individuals, so she is particularly committed to techUK’s vision of harnessing the power of technology to improve people’s lives. Jill is also an experienced editorial professional and has delivered copyediting and writing services for public-body and SME clients as well as publishers.

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.techuk.org/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-broom-19aa824

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Archie Breare

Policy Manager - Skills & Digital Economy, techUK

Archie Breare joined techUK in September 2022 as the Telecoms Programme intern, and moved into the Policy and Public Affairs team in February 2023.

Before starting at techUK, Archie was a student at the University of Cambridge, completing an undergraduate degree in History and a  master's degree in Modern British History.

In his spare time, he likes to read, discuss current affairs, and to try and persuade himself to cycle more.

Email:

[email protected]

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/archie-breare-512346230

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