What's going on this week
Most of this week's sessions are really about one thing: AI tools have stopped being a pilot and started touching real data. Agents are being given access to mailboxes and SharePoint, Copilot is drafting documents and summarising meetings, and IT is usually the team expected to know who's accountable when something goes wrong.
That's governance, backup and security, and they're worth taking in that order. Decide who owns it, make sure you can get it back, then lock it down.
Tuesday 11:00
Integrity360 and KnowBe4 treat AI agents like members of staff: they join, they change roles, they leave, and someone has to be accountable for what they do while they're here. It's a simple idea, but it's a practical way to frame an AI policy people will actually follow. Worth the hour if you're the one being asked to write it.
PickLiveTue 20 Oct, 11:00
Your Newest Employees Aren't Human
Integrity360Artificial Intelligence & CopilotFree
Tuesday 13:00
The One Point, the North East Cyber Resilience Centre and West Yorkshire Police on the April Cyber Essentials changes. The five controls are the same, but how you're marked against them isn't, and that's what catches people out at renewal. With the regional police cyber team on the panel, it should stay practical rather than salesy.
PickLiveTue 20 Oct, 13:001 hour
Cyber Essentials: What's Changed and How to Stay Compliant
The One PointCybersecurityFree
Wednesday 10:00
Copilot conversations are business records. They sit in your tenant, they can turn up in an eDiscovery search, and most retention policies weren't written with them in mind. Druva covers retention, legal hold and recovery, and it's billed as no pitch, so it's a fair test of whether you've actually got this covered.
PickLiveWed 21 Oct, 10:001 hour
No Pitch Demo: Microsoft 365 Copilot Is Creating Your Newest Business Records. Are They Protected?
DruvaBusiness Continuity & Disaster RecoveryFree
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If you've only got 20 minutes
A plain-English lunchtime session from Adoptive Technologies on the Microsoft 365 features smaller businesses already pay for but rarely use. Easy one to forward to a colleague who thinks Teams is just for calls.
Microsoft 365: Are You Using What You Already Pay For?
Thu 12:00 · Adoptive Technologies · 20 min
From the library
Qlic walks through the questions that show whether your organisation could keep running after a cyber attack. 50 minutes, no sign-up, and a good one to share with your leadership team.
Would Your Organisation Survive a Cyber Attack?
Recording · Qlic · 50 min
Read next
Our Cyber Essentials 2026 guide covers what changed in April. If Copilot is on your list, the Getting your organisation Copilot-ready programme puts six sessions in a sensible order.
That’s it for this week.
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