Park Perspective: Planet IT

Milton Park’s Park Perspective events are designed to lift the lid on world-changing innovations being delivered by occupiers across the Park.

You’ve Been HACKED! 

Live Cyberattack Experience with Planet IT

Planet IT brings more than 23 years of experience delivering managed IT support, cybersecurity solutions and Microsoft cloud services to a diverse base of SME and enterprise customers. It was also recently ranked the No.1 Company to Work For in the UK by Best Companies, in recognition of its strong culture and leadership.

On Thursday 7 May, from 10am – 3pm, join us for an immersive, real-life simulation, guiding participants through a simulated cyber-security breach scenario.

Step into the high-stakes world of cybersecurity in the real world.

In this immersive experience, you’ll face a live cyber-attack scenario, making real-time decisions to defend a fictional organisation. Every choice you make will shape the course of the attack. 

Will you mitigate the threat or fall victim to escalating chaos? 

Led by cybersecurity experts from Planet IT, this event is designed for both business leaders and technical experts. It challenges you to think critically, collaborate under pressure, and discover how prepared your organisation truly is for a cyber crisis.

The day features parallel sessions designed to address the unique challenges of both technical professionals and business decision-makers.

You will leave with the experience and actions to bring back to your organisation to utilise should you become a victim of a cyberattack. 

This isn’t just a hacking event for technical professionals. We also invite business leaders to test their decision-making powers against the hackers. This event is ideal for IT Managers, IT Directors as well as MD’s, FD’s and business leaders.  

THE TECHNICAL SESSION

Get up close into the technical complexities of the attack. Work alongside the industry experts from Planet IT & N-Able who see these attacks every day. 

Make critical, time-essential decisions and dive deep into the mechanics of a cyber-attack. Understand how hackers exploit vulnerabilities and how to respond effectively using advanced cybersecurity solutions.

THE BUSINESS-LED SESSION

Simultaneously, the business-focused session will navigate the organisational and reputational challenges of the very same attack. 

Experts:

Adrian Sweeney, Planet IT – Chief Commercial Officer 

Adrian has the perspective from both sides of the scenario – the technical and business-led. 

Adrian is one of the business leaders of Planet IT, an award-winning cybersecurity specialist and Managed Service Provider. He has guided organisations through these scenarios in the real world, ensuring business continuity and reputation intact.  

Adrian was employee #1 at Planet IT, here since the very start. Go ahead, ask him to tell some stories. 

Mike Hedges, Planet IT – Business Development Director 

When a business finds itself in “Cyber-Trouble”, Mike tends to be one of the Planet Business leaders who will guide the Senior leadership team through the situation.

In 2025, Mike has steered nine organisations through a breach resolution – unfortunately, they’re becoming more and more common. 

Maciej Owsiany, Planet IT – Principal Technical Architect

An IT professional with over 15 years of experience in providing services to both institutional and private clients, based in the UK and the US.

Maciej aims to deliver the best possible solutions regardless of the challenges they need to overcome. By taking a logical approach to any technical challenge, Maciej’s goal is to design solutions that come in on budget, on time, and deliver real and effective change.

Think you’re cyber attack ready?

Open to all

Book your place here and find out

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