Conference Description
Key Takeaways
- Two-day summit at Olympia London (29-30 September 2026) covering AI security, incident response, digital forensics and emerging technology risks
- Sessions address AI-augmented penetration testing, agentic AI threat modeling using the MAESTRO framework, and autonomous offensive AI capabilities
- Healthcare cybersecurity featured through NHS England’s alignment of patient safety with the NHS 10 Year Plan
- Practical incident response content draws on real conflict data from Ukraine, including insights from CERT-UA, SSSCIP and NATO CCDCOE
- Designed for CISOs, security practitioners, government officials and professionals from finance, healthcare and critical infrastructure sectors
About the Event
The Global Cyber Summit forms part of International Cyber Expo 2026, taking place at Olympia London on 29-30 September 2026. The summit brings together cybersecurity leaders, practitioners and researchers for expert-led talks and panel discussions examining the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, geopolitics and digital transformation.
The programme spans technical and strategic content, with sessions delivered by speakers from organisations including ING, Rootshell Security, NHS England, Canon Europe, City of London Police, NVISO, Loughborough University and the UK Cyber Security Council.
AI Security and Autonomous Threats
Multiple sessions examine how AI is reshaping both offensive and defensive security operations. Rootshell Security will demonstrate human-led, AI-augmented penetration testing, showing how consultants work alongside AI to analyse vulnerabilities and identify attack paths. A separate session from VamiSec GmbH covers threat modeling of agentic AI systems using the MAESTRO framework, focusing on autonomy, tool-use, memory and control boundaries.
The summit also addresses AI weaponisation, including how state-sponsored adversaries scale offensive operations and the convergence of digital and kinetic domains. Canon Europe’s Quentyn Taylor will lead a discussion on whether AI agents can genuinely escape sandbox environments and what this means for national security when hostile actors gain access to autonomous offensive capabilities.
Incident Response and Real-World Attack Data
SET University and IronCyber founder Iryna Volnytska will present findings from attack simulations built on real conflict data from Ukraine, drawing on the whitepaper “Four Years on the Digital Frontline: Ukraine’s Cybersecurity Resilience” with data from CERT-UA, SSSCIP and NATO CCDCOE. The session examines what breaks first under pressure and why training with real-world attack data produces different preparedness outcomes.
Pen Test Partners will share lessons from actual incidents, highlighting common gaps that appear when organisations face real attacks despite having plans in place. City of London Police and Cyjax will lead a panel exploring why putting victims first remains one of the most overlooked aspects of incident response.
Healthcare and Critical Infrastructure
NHS England’s Clinical Lead for Cyber Operations, Chris Day, will address the alignment of patient safety and cybersecurity within the NHS 10 Year Plan. The session covers secure-by-design principles and their role in delivering safe patient and citizen care across changing healthcare services.
Digital Forensics and Verification
University of Portsmouth researchers will present on IoT forensics and the use of blockchain in evidentiary processes through their Spidernet with Multiblockchain framework. Turing College will address deepfakes, voice clones and why verification has become a workforce skill, examining how finance, HR and operations teams can make trust decisions when traditional indicators of authenticity no longer hold.
Midmarket Cyber Risk and the CISO Role
Softwerx CISO Adriaan Bekker will examine how midmarket organisations face converging pressures from geopolitical instability, accelerating AI and sophisticated threats, combined with limited security resources and mounting regulatory requirements. ING CISO Debbie Janeczek will discuss transforming the CISO role from technical operator to strategic business leader, positioning cybersecurity as a value creator rather than a cost centre.
Who Should Attend
The summit is designed for CISOs, security leaders, IT managers, cybersecurity practitioners, consultants, researchers and government officials. The programme includes career development content from the UK Cyber Security Council’s Youth Advisory Panel for those entering the profession, alongside executive-level strategic sessions and technical demonstrations.