Breaking Point: Building Resilience in a Fractured World

Breaking Point: Building Resilience in a Fractured World

  • UNDER 18 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN

Breaking Point explores if UK security frameworks are ready for converging crises. A must-attend for cyber, defence & policy leaders.

By Cyber Cheltenham

Date and time

Location

Bacon Theatre

Hatherley Road Cheltenham GL51 6EP United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 5 hours
  • UNDER 18 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN
  • Free venue parking

Join CyNam for our final headline event of the year, apart of the ‘Secure the Future Series’.

We are fast approaching a breaking point.

Geopolitical volatility, systemic risk, and technological escalation are reshaping the security environment, and for the UK, resilience is no longer a theoretical exercise. From sub-sea cable vulnerabilities to the increasing political viability of targeted sub-strategic weapons, the world we operate in is becoming more unpredictable and more fragmented. For the first time in decades, official language now reflects this reality: “radical uncertainty,” “dangerous conditions,” even “warfighter.”

For Gloucestershire’s cyber, national security, and defence communities, these shifts are close to home. This region plays a critical role in shaping, enabling, and protecting national capability, and that role is evolving fast.

Breaking Point is a high-impact headline event that will bring together senior voices from government, defence, industry, and academia to test the assumptions shaping our current approach to resilience. With a focus on real-world threats, strategic posture, and the technologies driving both disruption and defence, we’ll ask: are our frameworks fit for a world where multiple crises could converge and where the old rules no longer apply?

Who Should Attend:

This event is for professionals across the Gloucestershire cyber, national security, and defence communities, from technical specialists and early-career talent to operational leaders, policymakers, and innovators. If you’re contributing to the UK’s security, whether through code, policy, research, or mission delivery, this event is for you.

Frequently asked questions

Parking Information

Free parking is available opposite the venue. As you head up the main drive, past the theatre, follow the road round to the left and you will find the main car park. Please note on-site spaces are limited. Off road parking is available on Shelburne Road if required.

Disability access

The theatre has full disabled access along with a disabled toilet. Please speak to a member of the Bacon Theatre staff if you require assistance at any point.

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