Not If But When:

Lessons Learned & Protecting your Org from Cyber Attacks

Led by : Anthony Morris, Third Sector Lead at the Cyber Resilience Unit, Scottish Government

Guest Speakers: Jordan Schroeder, Managing CISO, Barrier Networks and Keith McDevitt, Cyber Security Integrator, Scottish Government

26% of charities reported a cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months (increasing to 51% of high-income charities) and, whilst four in ten charities update their senior management at least quarterly, there is still much to be done to improve cyber resilience within the sector.

“Start from the position of it IS happening! When it happens what do we as an organisation have in place to minimise disruption?” - Lee Cramp, Deputy Director and Data Protection Officer, Department of Health and Social Care

We are delighted to be joined by Jordan a world-leading and award-winning cybersecurity risk and resiliency expert with over 15 years of sector-agnostic security leadership and Keith who has significant experience in the Cyber Resilience Unit. Jordan and Keith will share their wealth of experience to show you what a modern attack looks like, how to safely lead a digital organisation and what your IT department wishes the board knew.

This session will help you regarding not only the preventative measures to avoid a cyber attack, but what do you, as the Chair or Vice Chair of an organisation need do if an attack happens. We will hear a real-life scenario in which a charity was the victim of a cyber attack, what steps did they take following the attack and what can you do to prevent your organisation falling victim to the same type of attack.

Join us to ensure you are better informed to best protect your organisation and its stakeholders.

This event is part of Trustees Week and in relation to several of the five core principles of the Governance Code. It is open to Chairs/Vice Chairs of Scottish Voluntary organisations.

About Jordan Schroeder:

Schroeder is a world-leading and award-winning cybersecurity risk and resiliency expert with over 15 years of sector-agnostic security leadership. He has led cybersecurity, cyber risk, cyber resiliency, and data privacy programmes in the US, Canada, and the UK in tech startups, governments, public sector organisations, academia, and Fortune 100 companies. He is currently the Managing CISO at Barrier Networks where he is building a team to make Governance, Risk, and Compliance the perfect missing piece to an organisation's security puzzles.

About Keith McDevitt

Keith McDevitt served as a police officer with Central Scotland Police for over 30 years with experience in intelligence and covert policing he served a number of secondments outside the force. For the last five years of his police service he served as the Head of the eCrime Unit at the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) working closely with the UK and international law enforcement agencies involved in cyber crime investigations.

In March 2013 he joined the Scottish Government to continue working within the cyber-crime arena within the Cyber resilience Unit in the Security, Defence and Cyber Resilience Division. In November 2015 the Scottish Government launched Safe, Secure, Prosperous a Cyber Strategy for Scotland which was supported by 5 actions plans which will be followed by The Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland. Keith leads the Private Sector engagement and Incident response within the team.

About Chairs' Network Scotland

ACOSVO's Chairs Network Scotland is a dedicated network designed to specifically support the needs of Chairs of Scottish voluntary organisations. The Network offers peer support, good practice and experience-sharing in a confidential environment comprising of learning and networking events throughout the year.

For more information about ACOSVO's Chairs Network Scotland, including how to join, please click here.