Technology & Media

National guidance is explicit that cyber incidents no longer just affect data they can lead to real operational impacts like “empty shelves and stalled production lines”, elevating cyber resilience to a board‑level priority.

The UK’s Online Safety Act has placed new legal duties on online services to protect users from illegal content and to protect children, with Ofcom reporting that key parts of the duties came into force in 2025, and setting expectations for industry change into 2026. For tech and media brands, this drives a continuing need for strong governance, reporting, moderation operations and risk controls across digital services.

Government has stated that the application of UK copyright law to AI training is disputed and that uncertainty affects both rightsholders and AI developers, launching a consultation to create a framework that protects creators while supporting innovation and transparency. This is a defining risk for technology and media organisations where content, code and data are of high-value.

Corporate security leaders report increasing concern about violence risks and activist‑driven disruption, with a large proportion identifying activist groups as a significant threat to corporate facilities and executives. This increases the importance of strong protective security, risk intelligence and controlled public-facing operations in high‑profile organisations.

Hybrid working remains widespread, with a significant majority of organisations reporting hybrid arrangements in place reshaping how offices manage footfall, peaks in occupancy, visitor patterns and the expectations placed on front‑of‑house teams. Alongside this, the UK continues to record a substantial number of workplace violence incidents, reinforcing the need for safety-by-design across people‑facing environments.

Event and venue guidance continues to emphasise that safety and security in crowded places requires advanced planning, real‑time risk management and coordination and modern event operations increasingly consider both physical and digital risks. For media and tech organisations running launches, premieres or public activations, the operational challenge is to deliver a seamless experience while keeping people, assets and systems protected.