Elevating trust in an insecure world

C-suite Exchange: Trust is no longer optional—it’s a board-level responsibility.

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Trust was once viewed as a by-product of good business, not a strategic objective in its own right. That era is now over.

Today, customers, regulators, employees, and investors expect trust to be actively owned at the board level. In a digital economy, trust has become inseparable from cyber resilience, data protection, and the ability to respond proactively when things inevitably go wrong.

Cybersecurity incidents that were once framed as IT failures are now board-level crises, with direct consequences for reputation, valuation, and leadership credibility. Regulators and investors increasingly expect transparency, accountability, and demonstrable recovery capabilities following a breach.

In this environment, trust is no longer defined by whether an organisation can prevent incidents entirely, but by how clearly it communicates, how effectively it recovers, and how resilient it proves to be under pressure.

In this C-Suite Exchange, hosted by HotTopics in partnership with Commvault, senior technology and security leaders explore how trust is built, maintained, and restored in an insecure world, and what this means for leadership, culture, and organisational resilience. 

What to expect

1. A C-suite discussion on the evolving nature of trust in today’s digital economy

2. Board-level perspectives on cyber resilience, data protection, and recovery readiness 

3. Insights into how leaders can maintain credibility during and after incidents

4. Practical approaches to building organisational resilience under pressure

5. Peer-led conversation on how to embed trust into leadership, culture, and strategy

Event details

📍 Location: Virtual

🗓 Date: 11th March 2026

🕛 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM BST

👥 The Hosts: Doug Drinkwater, Strategy and Editorial Director, HotTopics

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