Conference Description
Key Takeaways
- Full-day conference addressing cybersecurity and operational resilience challenges specific to financial services
- Core themes include supply chain risk, geopolitical threats, fraud prevention and emerging technology integration
- Designed for FS-ISAC members, partners and trusted collaborators across the financial ecosystem
- Takes place in London on 10 December 2026
Introduction
The 2026 UK Cyber & Resilience Exchange (CRX) brings together cybersecurity professionals, risk managers and senior leaders from across the financial services sector to address the industry’s most pressing security and resilience challenges. Hosted by FS-ISAC, the global financial services information sharing and analysis centre, this London-based conference arrives at a time when financial institutions face an increasingly complex threat landscape shaped by sophisticated supply chain attacks, evolving fraud techniques and rapid technological change.
About the UK Cyber & Resilience Exchange
CRX is structured as a full-day, in-person event designed to facilitate meaningful exchange between FS-ISAC members, partner organisations and trusted collaborators within the financial ecosystem. The conference format prioritises collaborative learning and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing over traditional presentation-heavy agendas. Attendees can expect to engage with innovative solutions and best practices drawn from across the sector, with the explicit aim of translating insights into actionable improvements for their own organisations.
FS-ISAC’s role as convener reflects its broader mission of strengthening collective defence across financial services. The organisation operates as a member-driven community where institutions share threat intelligence and coordinate responses to cyber incidents, making CRX a natural extension of this collaborative approach.
Supply Chain Risk and Third-Party Dependencies
Supply chain security has become a defining concern for financial institutions as their operational dependencies on external technology providers, cloud platforms and specialist service firms continue to expand. High-profile incidents in recent years have demonstrated how vulnerabilities in a single supplier can cascade across multiple organisations, creating systemic risk that extends well beyond individual institutions. CRX positions supply chain risk as a central discussion theme, recognising that effective management requires both technical controls and strategic oversight of vendor relationships.
Geopolitical Threats and Fraud Prevention
The intersection of geopolitical instability and cyber threats presents particular challenges for financial services organisations, which often find themselves targeted by state-sponsored actors and sophisticated criminal groups alike. Shifting international relationships can rapidly alter the threat landscape, requiring security teams to adapt their defensive postures accordingly. CRX addresses these dynamics alongside fraud prevention, an area where financial institutions must continuously evolve their detection and response capabilities to counter increasingly automated and AI-enhanced attack methods.
Emerging Technologies and Secure Integration
Financial services organisations face ongoing pressure to adopt emerging technologies while maintaining robust security postures. The challenge lies not simply in deploying new capabilities but in integrating them securely within existing infrastructure and governance frameworks. CRX provides a forum for examining how institutions are approaching this balance, sharing lessons learned from both successful implementations and cautionary experiences.
Who Should Attend
The conference is designed for professionals working within or alongside the financial services sector who hold responsibility for cybersecurity, risk management, IT leadership, compliance or operational resilience. Attendees typically represent banks, insurance companies, investment firms and other financial institutions, with roles spanning technical specialists through to executive leadership. The event’s emphasis on peer exchange makes it particularly valuable for those seeking to benchmark their approaches against industry counterparts and build relationships within the FS-ISAC community.
Strengthening Collective Defence
CRX reflects a broader recognition within financial services that effective cyber resilience increasingly depends on collaboration rather than isolated institutional efforts. By bringing together practitioners from across the sector, the event aims to strengthen the network of defenders who share responsibility for protecting the financial ecosystem. For organisations navigating complex regulatory expectations around operational resilience, the conference offers an opportunity to learn how peers are addressing similar challenges and to contribute their own experiences to the collective knowledge base.