RANT Roundtable in partnership with CloudGuard

Every organisation will face a cyber incident at some point.  With 43% of UK businesses reporting experiencing a cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months. The difference isn’t whether an incident happens – it’s how prepared you are when it does.

Only a quarter of UK businesses have a formal incident response plan. Fewer still could say with confidence when theirs was last tested. A plan that’s never been exercised is a document, not a capability, and most organisations only discover the difference mid-incident, when it’s too late to matter.

While technology continues to evolve, the organisations that recover quickly and minimise business disruption share something far more valuable: operational readiness.

Mature incident response isn’t built in the middle of a crisis; it’s developed through preparation, practice, clear decision-making and a culture that understands its role when the pressure is on.

This dinner will bring together security and business leaders from across industries to explore what truly separates organisations that respond with confidence from those that struggle to regain control. Through open discussion and shared experiences, we’ll dive into how incident response maturity is built over time, why preparation consistently outperforms reaction, and what operational resilience looks like beyond policies and playbooks.

Together, we’ll discuss questions such as:

• What are the characteristics of organisations that consistently respond well to cyber incidents?
• How do mature organisations prepare for incidents before they happen?
• What role do leadership, communication and decision-making play during a live incident?
• How often should organisations exercise their response plans, and what makes those exercises meaningful?
• What lessons can be learned from real-world incidents – both successes and failures?
• How do organisations balance technical response with business continuity, regulatory obligations and stakeholder expectations?
• What practical steps can organisations take to improve their operational resilience without creating unnecessary complexity?

Rather than focusing on theory or the latest cyber headlines, this conversation is centered on the operational realities of incident response.

Expect candid discussion, practical insights and honest experiences from leaders who have navigated incidents firsthand and helped their organisations emerge stronger. Most of the room will be somewhere in the middle, not without a plan, not yet battle-tested either, which is exactly what makes the conversation worth having.

Whether you’re refining a well-established incident response capability or looking to strengthen your organisation’s operational resilience, this dinner offers an opportunity to exchange ideas with peers facing many of the same challenges.

When the unexpected happens, technology won’t make the critical decisions – your people will. The organisations that emerge stronger aren’t necessarily those with the biggest security budgets or the latest tools; they’re the ones that prepared long before the crisis began.