NCSC Annual Review 2025: Crisis in the Boardroom, AI driven threats and Supply Chain Resilience Roadmap

Trish and Tom take a deep dive into the NCSC Annual Review for 2025 and unpack practical tips for business leaders.We're tearing open the most critical report of the year: the NCSC Annual Review 2025. The message from GCHQ is crystal clear: Cyber risk is no longer just an IT issue—it’s a boardroom priority.Forget those old assumptions—the threats are escalating at an alarming rate. Recent high-profile attacks on household names like M&S, Co-op, and JLR show that cyber incidents now cause operational standstills, affecting real lives and costing millions (like the £32.7 million loss following an attack on a pathology provider).We’re diving into why the NCSC CEO says the risk facing the nation is "widely underestimated", the dramatic 50% rise in highly significant incidents, and what leaders need to do now to embrace resilience. We unpack the impact AI is having on cyber security and how the bad guys are using it to target UK organisations more effectivelyAnd we round off with a conversation about the radical shift in how organisations need to tackle cyber security in their supply chain - it's not all about data security anymore!Tune in—the window for preparation is narrowing==========To learn more about the Cyber Swift platform mention in this podcast, sign up for the upcoming webinar on 28th October here: https://www.cool-waters.co.uk/events/how-to-build-a-cyber-secure-supply-chain-turning-awareness-into-action Need help with Cyber Security? Speak to Cool Waters Cyber - NCSC assured Cyber Advisors and Cyber Essentials experts - www.cool-waters.co.uk