Data Protection Network
Online event

#ChatDPO: Cyber risks & what data protection folk need to know

A real-life chat: Understanding cyber security trends
November 23, 2026
4-5pm GMT

Online Event: 23rd November 4-5pm BST

DPOs and data protection teams don’t need to be IT security experts, but they do need to understand cyber trends, associated risks and key technical controls to protect personal data.

Join us as we chat through the key ‘need-to-knows’, to help you have informed conversations with internal information security specialists or external IT partners. We’ll cover areas such as;

⏹ Cyber security landscape and enhanced AI threat
⏹ What GDPR means by the technical part of ‘technical and organisational measures’
⏹ Key security measures
⏹ Cyber risk management – supplier risk and risk assessments
⏹ How to work with specialist cyber security teams towards shared goals

Robert Bond, Senior Counsel at Privacy Partnership Law & outsourced DPO in the Tech & Charity sectors, will be joined by:

⏹ Simon Blanchard, Co-Owner at DPN Associates
⏹ Sofia Carroll, DPO at a technology company
⏹ Stephen McCartney, Independent Consultant with previous edtech and fintech DPO roles.

You can raise a question when you register or live on the day. We’ll try to answer as many as possible. This event will be recorded, so don’t worry if you can’t join us live –  we’ll send a link to the recording afterwards.

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