2025 Global Cyber Resiliency Briefing.
When: Wednesday 21st May 2025
Where: US Embassy London, 33 Nine Elms Ln, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7US
Time: 9:30-12:15pm
Event registrations are now closed
Agenda.
9.30am - Arrival, security checks, registration & coffee
9.50am - Welcome remarks - Commercial Officer and Digital Trade Officer with the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service at the U.S. Embassy in London - Christine Kelley
10:00am - The current trends we have observed from this year’s DBIR research - Chris Novak
10:45am - Insights into cybercrime from the USSS - Matt Callahan
11:00am - Insights into cybercrime from the NCA - Will Lyne
11:15am - Questions
11.30am - Networking and brunch
12.15pm - Departures
Every year the cyber threat landscape evolves, and with it we learn the impacts sophisticated threats have on enterprises around the world. New guidance and regulations are continuously released which can help organisations become more cyber resilient, and mitigate ever-evolving threats. To help you navigate this changing landscape, Verizon publishes its annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).
During this half-day session, Chris will discuss the current trends we have observed from this year’s DBIR research, the key topics that are influencing today’s cyber threats such as the geopolitical landscape, and how public policy is driving cyber resiliency. Chris will be joined by Matt Callahan, Resident Agent in Charge, and Will Lyne, Head of Intelligence at the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit who will share their insights into cybercrime.
Open dialogue and questions will be encouraged and this event will take place under Chatham House Rules.
Speakers.
Chris Novak
Verizon
Chris Novak is Vice President of Verizon Cyber Security Consulting. He is an internationally recognized executive in the fields of Incident Response, Computer Forensics, and Threat Intelligence. He has more than 20 years of cybersecurity industry experience ranging from real-world field work to Fortune 100 C-suite and board advisory roles.
Christine Kelley
U.S. Embassy
Christine is the Commercial Officer and Digital Trade Officer with the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service at the U.S. Embassy in London. Christine’s previous postings include the Office of Middle East and Africa in Washington, DC; the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Seattle, Washington; the U.S. Consulate in Lagos, Nigeria; and the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China.
Matt Callahan
USSS
Resident Agent in Charge (RAIC) Matt Callahan was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1998, Agent Callahan accepted a commission as a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service in Miami. As a certified computer forensics examiner and accomplished network intrusion investigator, Agent Callahan was named Group Leader of the newly formed Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force.
Agent Callahan then transferred to his permanent protection assignment on the Presidential Protective Division and served under the George W. Bush and Barack Obama Administrations.
After his service in The White House, Agent Callahan was reassigned to the International Programs Division, where he oversaw Secret Service foreign law enforcement training and established the Secret Service Personnel Recovery Program. After his Headquarters assignment, Agent Callahan transferred the Baltimore Field Office, where he was responsible for the reinvigoration of the Maryland Electronic Crimes Task Force.
From 2015-2020, Callahan was assigned as a Secret Service Assistant Attaché in London, where he was the cyber liaison officer with an area of responsibility that included the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Agent Callahan was embedded at the UK National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit.
Agent Callahan returned to Headquarters and was promoted to Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge in the Criminal Investigative Division where he supervised the Cyber Intelligence Section, which pursues cybercriminals who present the greatest threat to the U.S. financial payment system.
Agent Callahan transferred to the London Resident Office in July 2023 where he serves as the Attaché and Resident Agent in Charge. In this role, Agent Callahan oversees all U.S. Secret Service criminal investigations and dignitary protection operations in the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
Agent Callahan routinely conducts briefings and presentations to senior government officials and has delivered keynote speeches to industry professionals on Secret Service investigations and the latest cybercrime trends.
Will Lyne
NCA
Will Lyne is currently the Head of Intelligence at the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), leading a range of multidisciplinary teams that lead, support and coordinate the Law Enforcement cybercrime response in the UK.
Will has worked in Law Enforcement over 12 years. From 2011 to 2013, Will worked in Afghanistan delivering counter narcotics investigations with local, military and international partners, before joining the NCCU in 2013. From 2016 to 2020, Will was an International Liaison Officer assigned to the FBI’s Cyber Division in Washington D.C., USA.
Will is an experienced and internationally respected leader in the field of serious and organised online investigations, leading on a number of high profile cases covering money laundering, fraud, kidnap & extortion and computer misuse.
A 2008 Graduate of University College London and a 2018 Graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Will is currently studying for PHD at the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology, focusing the ransomware threat.