Virtual executive briefing for financial services leaders

Frontier AI cyber risk: what the ECB and Bank of England expect

How to reduce this risk continuously, and show your board and supervisors it’s working

[Date], November 2026 [Time] CET / [Time] GMT, [Duration]

Online, for VP level and above

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What EU and UK authorities have said

  1. 30 September 2026Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of EnglandFrontier AI materially increases the scale and sophistication of cyber threats facing the financial system.
  2. 31 July 2026European Supervisory AuthoritiesCalled for a consistent, risk-based supervisory approach across the financial sector.
  3. 7 July 2026European Central BankAsked the banks it supervises to protect internet-facing assets first and remediate quickly, while keeping operations stable.
  4. June 2026European Systemic Risk BoardRated systemic cyber risk to the EU financial system as severe.
  5. 15 May 2026Bank of England, FCA and HM TreasurySaid firms should consider AI-enabled defences that operate at comparable speed to AI-driven attacks.

Virtual executive briefing for financial services leaders

Frontier AI cyber risk: what the ECB and Bank of England expect

How to reduce this risk continuously, and show your board and supervisors it’s working

7th December 2026 12pm CET / 11am GMT

45 minutes + 15 minutes Q&A

Online, for Cyber Security Leaders in FInancial Services

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What EU and UK authorities have said

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30 September 2026

Andrew Bailey, Governor, Bank of England

Frontier AI materially increases the scale and sophistication of cyber threats facing the financial system.

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31 July 2026

European Supervisory Authorities

Called for a consistent, risk-based supervisory approach across the financial sector.

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7 July 2026

European Central Bank

Asked the banks it supervises to protect internet-facing assets first and remediate quickly, while keeping operations stable.

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June 2026

European Systemic Risk Board

Rated systemic cyber risk to the EU financial system as severe.

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15 May 2026

Bank of England, FCA and HM Treasury

Said firms should consider AI-enabled defences that operate at comparable speed to AI-driven attacks.

The question is no longer whether to act

Frontier AI is shrinking the time between a flaw being found and being exploited. The question now is how to reduce that risk continuously, and show it. This briefing sets out what supervisors expect, and how to build the response into the frameworks you already run: DORA in the EU, and the UK’s operational resilience framework.


What you'll gain

Map the risk

See where frontier AI cyber risk sits in DORA and UK operational resilience.

Measure what matters

Leave with the figures that show your board and supervisors whether risk is falling.

Fix faster, safely

Learn how to shorten exposure without disrupting operations.

Govern AI defences

Use AI-enabled defences with the human oversight supervisors expect.

Reduce frontier AI risk, and prove it, with Qualys

One platform that turns supervisory expectations into a programme you can manage and measure.

Speak your board’s language

Cyber risk in financial terms, tracked against risk appetite for each business entity.

Evidence, not intent

Dated, consistent figures on how quickly exposures are found and closed.

Focus your teams

Effort goes to what’s actually exploitable. Routine fixes are automated, staged and reversible.

One view of risk

Brings in findings from supported third-party tools you already own.

10,000+

subscription customers worldwide

40M+

autonomous patch deployments in the past year

<0.1%

rollback rate across patching and compensating controls

Agenda

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What EU and UK authorities now expect

A clear read of the ECB, ESRB, ESA and Bank of England positions

2

Fitting it into DORA and UK operational resilience

Where frontier AI risk sits in frameworks you already run

3

The measures that matter

The few figures that show your board whether risk is falling

4

Faster remediation, stable operations

How to cut exposure time without disrupting the business

5

Your questions

Open discussion with our speakers

Ivan Milenkovic

VP of Cyber Risk Technology

Qualys

Apoorva Ravikrishnan

Product Marketing Director

Qualys

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Places are for VP level and above at banks, insurers, investment firms, payments and fintech companies.

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