Operational Cyber Security 4 Manufacturing Businesses

Operational Cyber Security 4 Manufacturing Businesses: Updates and New Challenges

Tuesday 2nd December at Aura Centre, Bridgehead Business Park, Hessle 8:30am to 12:30pm

With the ever-increasing number of attacks on business across the globe where large businesses are brought to their knees by organised hackers, one hears very little of the vast number of small manufacturing businesses that are also taken down / out of business by such cyber-attacks. Some business owners sit back hoping that it will not happen to them or relay on their ICT provider “assurance” they are protected (when it is the ICT provider who is attacked) or even consider acting after it has happened to them. The 2024 Cyber Breaches Survey also reveals the significant scale of the challenge we face, with half of businesses reporting some form of cyber security breach or attack in the past twelve months.

This workshop should aim to equip your business with the necessary information and suggested totals to enhance your potentials safeguards. The focus will be covering the whole business not just the office. As more and more manufacturers begin to use the Internet of Things to control, manage and create their products they swing the doors open to potential cyber-attacks. So why not take time out to update and equip yourself with important and practical information – what is 3hrs when you could loss so much……….?

Target Audience:

The event seeks to attract the following target audience within the manufacturing sector:

· Those business owners and/or senior staff who are seeking to review the potential to safeguard their business against the potential for cyber-attacks through their manufacturing equipment or operational tools.

· Enabling the business owners and/or senior staff to develop an action plan to identify potential weak / vulnerable points in the process and how they could be resolved – either via accredited channels or internal strategy / policy changes

· Those business owners and/or senior staff who considering external funding support to enable the business to invest in new systems, practices, and training to achieve great safeguards of their manufacturing process.

With a target of attracting an audience of 12 – 14 delegates based in Hull or East riding.

Event programme:

8:30 Introduction and Welcome (Les Selby HEY Made Smarter) with refreshments.

9:00 Overview :-The potential Risk & Dangers with the Cyber threat landscape and Safeguards/Solutions linked to Operational Cyber Security in Manufacturing: Alistair Kennedy & Tom Jackson @ The Rybec Group.

This session will provide

• introduce Manufacturing specific cyber security (OT) where it could happen in your business
• explore the potential causes and impact Cyber security breaches (current stats and threats)
• what are the incoming Statutory / Insurance requirements – including the Cyber Essential / Cyber Essentical Plus
• consider the design and development of digital documentation , action plans and risk assessment
• what a cyber security investment plan looks like (i.e., what services can benefit a company and what they look like)

10:15 Refreshment Break

10:30 Developing Risk Assessment/Cyber maturity audits and action planning: Alistair Kennedy & Tom Jackson @ The Rybec Group.

12:00 Potential funding support (Les Selby HEY Made Smarter)

The event would provide a combination of knowledge transfer / information exchange as well as opportunity to have a one-to-one session with specialist agencies. The session will open with an overview of the potential danger point and weak area with the manufacturing process and equipment.

Event Contributions could be first half would be led by

Alistair Kennedy & Chris Eastwood | Director

alistair@rybec.co.uk | 07460337653

The Rybec Group Ltd

https://www.rybec.co.uk/

The event has limited places to ensure businesses can enjoy quality time with the support agencies. We ask that non-manufacturers business to contact us separately for support as we are only making space available for manufacturing businesses at this event.