Prof Elliott Atkins shares practical lessons from decades of incident response and cyber exercises. Joint IET and BCS evening lecture.

Join IET Wales South West and BCS South Wales for an evening lecture with Prof Elliott Atkins.

Cyber Resilience Is Hard: Lessons from 3 Decades and 2 Continents

Elliott has decades of experience at the sharp end of incident response operations, as well as in building and delivering realistic cyber exercises. He recently compared notes with Kenneth van Wyk, a colleague in the United States with similar levels of real-world experience.

In this session, Elliott will explore the most common and painful lessons that he and Ken have collectively observed and share thoughts on how to prevent them.

Tuesday 3 November 2026, starting at 7pm.

Room IQ001, UWTSD SA1 Campus, Kings Road, Swansea, SA1 8EW.

Admission is free.

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