08:00 am - 06:00 pm
Wednesday 30 September | Microsoft Campus, Reading | 09:30 – 14:00
Senior technology and business leaders are facing a more complex cyber security environment than ever. AI adoption is moving quickly. Identity estates are expanding. Ransomware remains a constant operational risk. Regulatory expectations are increasing. At the same time, many organisations are being asked to do more with constrained teams, stretched budgets and existing technology investments.
This exclusive executive roundtable brings together selected business leaders, Microsoft security specialists and Infinigate Cloud experts for a practical, peer-led discussion on how organisations can strengthen resilience, reduce risk and make more confident security decisions.
This is not a sales presentation. It is a focused working session designed to help senior leaders understand what is changing, what good looks like, and how Microsoft security capabilities can support real business outcomes.
Request your place
Places are limited to keep the session focused, practical and valuable for everyone attending.
Register your interest to attend the Cyber Security Executive Roundtable at Microsoft Reading on Wednesday 30 September.
Why Attend?
Practical insight, peer perspective and expert guidance in one focused session
The roundtable will give you the opportunity to step away from day-to-day pressures and discuss the security issues that matter most to your organisation.
You will gain practical insight into:
- How other organisations are approaching AI adoption, identity risk, ransomware, regulatory pressure and the cyber skills gap
- Where Microsoft security capabilities can help simplify, strengthen and connect your security strategy
- How Defender, Entra, Purview, Sentinel and Copilot for Security are evolving
- How to prepare your data estate for safer AI adoption
- How to reduce oversharing risk, improve governance and strengthen information protection
- How to think more strategically about security investment, vendor consolidation and measurable ROI
The format is open, practical and discussion-led. Attendees will be encouraged to share challenges, ask questions and learn from peers facing similar pressures.
What we will cover
Following the assessment, you’ll receive a structured Cyber Essentials Security Roadmap, including:
Customer challenges and peer discussion
We will begin by exploring the challenges keeping senior leaders awake at night, from AI adoption risk and identity sprawl to ransomware, regulation and internal resource pressures.
Identity, endpoints and Microsoft security integration
We will look at how Microsoft security capabilities can support a more connected approach across identity, endpoint, Office 365, cloud applications and wider cloud environments. The discussion will include real deployment lessons, SOC integration, Copilot for Security and how Defender maps back to common business and security challenges.
Data security and safe AI adoption
AI adoption depends on trusted, governed and well-protected data. This session will explore Information Protection, DLP, Insider Risk, Data Security Posture Management, AI Hub and Purview controls for Copilot and Microsoft 365 AI. We will also discuss oversharing risk, sensitivity labelling at scale and third-party AI governance.
Microsoft security roadmap
Hear what is coming next across Microsoft security, including the evolution of Security Copilot, agentic security, Defender and Purview convergence, Entra developments, Sentinel-in-Defender and the direction of sovereign cloud for the UK and Ireland.
Open roundtable
The final discussion will focus on what is working in practice, what is proving difficult, where organisations are consolidating vendors, and how security leaders are measuring return on investment.
Request your place
Speakers
Joseph Boland-Scott
Security PSS at Microsoft
Joseph Boland-Scott works with Microsoft’s small and medium business partners to accelerate cloud security adoption and help customers realise greater value from Microsoft technology.
Darren Roberts
Microsoft Security Lead at Infinigate
Darren Roberts brings 26 years’ cloud experience, helping organisations and technology partners strengthen security and realise greater value from their public-cloud investments.
James Butler
CEO at Positiv Technology
James Butler brings more than 20 years’ experience helping organisations use technology securely and effectively through Microsoft, professional services and senior leadership roles.
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for C-suite leaders and senior decision-makers responsible for cyber resilience, risk management, technology strategy or AI adoption.
It will be particularly relevant if your organisation is currently considering:
- Microsoft security optimisation
- Secure AI or Copilot adoption
- Identity and endpoint protection improvements
- Data security and information governance
- Security consolidation
- E5 licensing or security add-ons
- Better ways to evidence cyber security value to the business
Agenda
09:30 – 10:00 – Arrival, coffee and networking
10:00 – 10:15 – Welcome and introductions
10:15 – 10:45 – Session 1: Customer challenges and shared priorities
10:45 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 12:00 – Session 2: Identity, endpoints and data security for safe AI adoption
12:00 – 12:45 – Lunch
12:45 – 13:15 – Session 3: Microsoft security roadmap
13:15 – 13:45 – Session 4: Open roundtable and peer exchange
13:45 – 14:00 – Wrap-up and next steps
Places are limited to keep the session focused, practical and valuable for everyone attending.
Register your interest to attend the Cyber Security Executive Roundtable at the Microsoft Campus Reading on Wednesday 30 September.