Jessica Figueras

Many thanks to our friends at the Association of Chairs for publishing this article. Drama, intrigue and anxiety don’t promote good governance Most charity leaders don’t have a technical background, but we read the news. Cyber security provides a constant source of click-generating drama and intrigue, and none more so than last year’s attacks on M&S, the Coop and JLR which emptied shelves, halted production lines and wiped billions off UK GDP. We hear of “shadowy hacker groups”, illustrated...

The Co-op seems to be facing a perfect storm, with its CEO departing as losses from its cyber attack rise ...

Board accountability for cyber resilience failures has been a hot topic since last year's high-profile breaches at JLR, Marks & Spencer and Co-Op. And whilst few will disagree that boards should be accountable, the current debate seems to be generating more heat than light. Government's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is currently passing through Parliament, and some accounts of the debate suggested that MPs have chosen not to legislate on board accountability. In reality it will be...