Cybersecurity

The UK government’s Cyber Resilience Pledge, formally launched at 10 Downing Street on 7 July 2026, sends a clear message to business leaders: cyber risk belongs on the board agenda, not buried in the IT task list. More than 60 organisations signed the first wave of the voluntary pledge. It...

Cyber Shield is the UK’s proposed national approach to cyber defence using agentic AI. For most London businesses, the honest answer is that it will not change day-to-day security immediately. The programme is being developed by the National Cyber Security Centre and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, with...

In June 2026, the Five Eyes cyber security agencies, covering the UK, United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, issued a joint statement warning that AI is rapidly changing both cyber attack and defence. For a London SME, the message is calmer than the headlines suggest. You do not need...

The cyber incidents that disrupted M&S, Co-op and Harrods in 2025 showed that even well-funded organisations can suffer serious operational and financial damage. M&S’s 2025/26 results recorded £131.3 million of incident-related costs and £100 million of insurance proceeds. Co-op estimated that its attack reduced sales by £285 million and affected...

The UK’s Energy Sector Cyber Security Strategy was published on 28 May 2026 by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ofgem, the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Energy System Operator. It sets out a 4-year roadmap from 2026 to 2030, with supply chain security running through...

If your cyber insurance renewal lands in the next few months, the questions most likely to slow it down are no longer vague. Insurers want to know whether multifactor authentication is enforced across the accounts that matter, whether remote access is properly protected, whether backups have been tested, and whether...