Law Firm Cyber Resilience: Lessons from the M&S Breach
Watch the Video to learn about
- The industrialisation of cybercrime and what that means for law firms.
- Why your weakest link might be a supplier, not always internal staff.
- How multi-factor authentication can still fail.
- The role of insurance and breach-response partners in mitigating damage.
- Practical, human-centred steps to strengthen cyber resilience.
In this episode of Katchr Podcast, Graham Moore speaks with Brett Warburton-Smith, Partner at Lockton, about the recent Marks & Spencer “Scattered Spider” cyber-attack and what law firms can learn from it.
Brett explains how industrial-scale ransomware operations exploit human behaviour and supply-chain weaknesses, why detection speed is critical, and how cyber insurance can support recovery. For risk and compliance leaders, this conversation is a wake-up call: even well-protected firms remain vulnerable unless staff awareness, vendor oversight, and breach-response planning work hand-in-hand.
Watch the Video to learn about
- The industrialisation of cybercrime and what that means for law firms.
- Why your weakest link might be a supplier, not always internal staff.
- How multi-factor authentication can still fail.
- The role of insurance and breach-response partners in mitigating damage.
- Practical, human-centred steps to strengthen cyber resilience.
In this episode of Katchr Podcast, Graham Moore speaks with Brett Warburton-Smith, Partner at Lockton, about the recent Marks & Spencer “Scattered Spider” cyber-attack and what law firms can learn from it.
Brett explains how industrial-scale ransomware operations exploit human behaviour and supply-chain weaknesses, why detection speed is critical, and how cyber insurance can support recovery.
For risk and compliance leaders, this conversation is a wake-up call: even well-protected firms remain vulnerable unless staff awareness, vendor oversight, and breach-response planning work hand-in-hand.
Brett Warburton-Smith
Specialising in cyber, professional indemnity, D&O and Crime insurance, Brett is a founding Partner of Lockton in the UK and has been with the firm for 17 years.
His clients include financial institutions, Top 100 UK law firms, architects, surveyors, creative advertising agencies and global real estate companies.
With more than 30 years’ insurance experience, Brett started his career as a credit and political risk underwriter in 1990, before moving to a Lloyd’s syndicate, where he was a Board Director for a Managing General Agency. With subsequent roles at Marsh and Aon he joined Lockton in 2008.
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- Manage risk by tracking exceptions in one central dashboard
- Reduce financial exposure
- Improve compliance
- Minimise the risk of claims
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