S36 Ep16: Emerging Threats: Threat Horizons Q&A 2026

About this episode

1. Cyber resilience today is about data, data, and data. 
2. Enterprises must help their suppliers to meet adequate security standards. 

3. AI will be a big challenge for the board in 2026.

1. Managing supply-chain risk ()
2. How leaders can deal with risks outside of their control ()

3. An evolving cyber threat landscape ()

1. “Assuming you've got your policies and your processes in place, I would suggest you have an AI committee that actually approves or otherwise the way in which these tools are then implemented across the business. Why have a committee? Because that way you can pull in representatives from different parts. You can have security, you can have IT, you can have legal and people from the mainline businesses. Everybody makes a decision based on very well-defined criteria, no comeback on any individual, and either it's approved or it isn't.” - Steve Durbin
2. “How do you avoid getting caught out? For me that's not what's happening. If you happen to be on a list. If you happen to be an organization that has something that is exceptionally interesting or useful, then somebody will want that information. Somebody will want that data. What you have to do is make yourself look pretty unattractive. So it is about all of the tedious things that we don't like. It's about patching, it's about making sure that you're making it difficult for people to access your systems. It means that your monitoring is top of its game.” - Steve Durbin
3. “What measures can we put in place to ensure our suppliers and third party partners meet our security standards? Good question that I think that requires a lot more communication. It is about being really clear as to what it is you're expecting from a security standard perspective. It's about not just setting the bar, it's about helping people to achieve what it is you're expecting them to do. And the really important piece that I would emphasize there is tell them the why. Why do you have to do it? Why is it important? This isn't about people doing tick boxes. It is about people understanding why it's important and how they can help to maintain integrity and security across the whole supply chain.” - Steve Durbin