Invited to speak on the panel at UK Partner Week Summit 2026, Vizst’s Head of HR, Evonne Pemberton, shares five reflections on career development, retention, workplace culture and why organisations need to rethink how they help people grow.
Cybersecurity conversations are changing. The focus is no longer solely on preventing attacks but on ensuring organisations can recover when prevention fails. After attending the Think Like a CISO event, one theme stood out above all others: attackers increasingly target data itself. As cyber threats evolve, organisations must shift from asking “Could we be attacked?” to “How quickly could we recover?” Data resilience, recovery testing and layered protection are becoming the foundations of modern cyber strategy.
Cybersecurity conversations are changing. The focus is no longer solely on preventing attacks but on ensuring organisations can recover when prevention fails. After attending the Think Like a CISO event, one theme stood out above all others: attackers increasingly target data itself. As cyber threats evolve, organisations must shift from asking “Could we be attacked?” to “How quickly could we recover?” Data resilience, recovery testing and layered protection are becoming the foundations of modern cyber strategy.
AI, collaboration, cybersecurity and real-world education IT challenges – our biggest takeaways from Gregynog IT & Learning Conference 2026.
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