'The Security Technology Strategist's View'

"Mitigating Shadow AI"

Richard is Akamai’s EMEA Senior Director of Security Technology and Strategy. With over 30 years’ experience, Richard is responsible for helping design and build secure solutions for some of the world’s most influential organisations. During his time at Akamai, Mirapoint and Prolexic, he has had a strategic role across a broad range of projects, including the transformation of the UK’s largest corporate email implementation, and the deployment of DDoS solutions for multinational organisations to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data. He is a chartered member of the BCS and CISSP.

'The Cloud Expert's View'

"Future-Proofing Enterprise Trust Against Smart Threats"

Jon Arnold is a seasoned technology sales and marketing leader with a proven track record in driving growth across government, defense, and enterprise sectors. Formerly a director at Riverbed, Juniper, and RealWear, he has spearheaded major European initiatives for Viptela and SimpliVity, alongside key roles at Cisco and Coverity.

'The Legal Expert's View'

AI fundamentally alters information security risk. Unlike traditional systems, AI can process, infer and disclose sensitive information in ways that bypass perimeter controls, through risks such as training‑data leakage, prompt injection, model manipulation and dependence on opaque third‑party models. These failures may occur without any conventional breach, remain difficult to detect, and directly affect legal, regulatory and commercial decision‑making. Effective risk management therefore requires AI‑specific governance over data inputs and outputs, model integrity, supply‑chain assurance, and meaningful human oversight, not reliance on traditional cyber resilience alone.

Nick has 20 years specialist experience in technology, intellectual property, cyber risk and data protection, defamation, professional negligence and insurance.

Recent advice work includes cyber incident response including several major multiparty ransomware attacks, numerous data protection disputes, software supply disputes, large/complex, international intellectual property claims drafting and reviewing cyber, technology and public liability insurance policies, compliance and regulatory advice, defamation, breach of copyright, theft of trade secrets, software supply disputes, fine art disputes and professional negligence.

Clients include: Insurers and re-insurers, loss adjusters and brokers, major insureds: Ace, Willis, Hiscox, Charles Taylor Adjusters, Aspinal of London Limited, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Firefly Studios Ltd.