Overview of the cyber threats pension schemes face

In our keynote session, Paul McGlone and Vanessa Jaeger from Aon, will provide attendees with an overview of the cyber threats facing pension schemes and guidance on what actions trustees and pension managers should be taking to minimise these risks.

The session will address a broad range of issues including understanding and establishing your risk profile, the role of trustees, the reliance on and assessment of third party providers, preparing an incident response plans, regulator expectations and the merits of cyber insurance. It will also provide a framework to bring all of this together into a manageable cyber policy.

How pensions organisations can protect themselves against cybercrime

• Introduction
• The nature of Cybercrime – Phishing, Ransomware, Dark Web
• From the general to the specific
• The extent of cybercrime and its impact in the pensions sector
• What pensions schemes and administrators can do to protect themselves

Project Bloom

A person’s pension is one of their most valuable assets and for many it offers financial security. But, like anything valuable, a pension can become the target for illegal activities. In the current Covid-19 climate, the potential for increase pension scams and the need to help members to understand these risk has become even more important.

Hear from Project Bloom member, including speakers from The Pensions Regulator (TPR), Pensions Scams Industry Group (PSIG) and the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) on current trends affecting pensions, initiatives aimed at combating pension scams, and how the sector and industry can work with the group to help members.

Cybersecurity - Legal perspective

It is a refresher of the legal rules relevant to reporting cyber breaches to the ICO TPR and members of the pension schemes plus the latest on the regulatory approach to enforcement during lockdown.

Master Trust Working Group: Governance as a driver of member outcomes

Dramatic expansions in the DC master trust market mean that more employers must choose between different master trusts. There are variances between the trusts available and employers may favour particular providers whose services they already use for administration or investment.

The impact of COVID-19 on DC pensions provision

Pete Glancy is Head of Pension Policy at Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group. Pete works with Government Departments, Regulators, Trade Bodies and Think Tanks in relation to the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead for the industry.

COVID-19 has had some direct but as yet limited impacts on DC pensions. However, the indirect impacts over the medium to longer term could be more significant.   Pete will join us to share some insights, some predictions and take some questions.