Bonus Live Special: Securing the Connected World with Thomas Harvey | 26

In this special live episode of Cyber Leaders, Ciaran sits down with Thomas Harvey, CISO at Santander UK. As one of the UK’s leading operational cybersecurity figures, Thomas discusses the growing need for cross-sector collaboration, why a more connected security community is essential to national cyber resilience, and how building trust can help create a safer and more fraud-resistant digital landscape.  

Recorded at Merchant Taylors’ Hall, London on Wednesday the 22nd of October 2025.

Highlights

Major Incidents and Real-World Impact

How high-profile breaches continue to shape the cyber risk landscape.

• Jaguar Land Rover breach coverage: JLR hack 'is costliest cyber attack in UK history', experts say - BBC News
• Cyber Monitoring Centre Statement on the Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Incident – October 2025 – CMC
• CISA 2024 report: CISA, NSA, and Partners Issue Annual Report on Top Exploited Vulnerabilities

 Collaboration and Cross-Sector Responsibility

The importance of public–private partnerships to counter cyber and fraud threats.

• World Economic Forum Cyber Crime Atlas
• Cyber Defence Alliance
• Cyber Threat Alliance
• UK Government Fraud Strategy (2023) | Fraud Strategy
• FS-ISAC 

Government Policies, Standards and Future Regulation

Evolving UK policies, advisory boards, and regulatory frameworks

• Open letter to FTSE 350 CEOs
• The National Cyber Advisory Board
• Software Security Code of Practice
• Cyber Essentials
• Cyber Security and Resilience Bill | Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill - Parliamentary Bills
• Operational resilience of the financial sector | Operational resilience | FCA

Workforce Pressures and Emerging Technologies

The human and technological factors influencing resilience

• Cybersecurity Skills Gap: 4.8M Roles Unfilled, Costs Surge
• OpenAI report: Disrupting malicious uses of our models: an update, October 2025

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