Food-Tech, Ingredients & OthersCyber Resilience Hub

Bringing food-tech innovators, ingredient businesses, research teams, technology partners and cybersecurity leaders into one resilience community.

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Hub overview

Collective resilience for a connected sector.

Fast-moving food technology organisations rely on cloud services, intellectual property, research data and connected platforms. The hub protects innovation as companies scale.

What we do in the hub

  1. Threat briefings

    Timely, food-sector context on emerging threats and defensive priorities.

  2. Expert roundtables

    Small, trusted conversations between operators, practitioners and partners.

  3. Resilience exercises

    Scenario-led sessions for testing decisions before a real incident.

  4. Working groups

    Focused collaboration on common controls, dependencies and good practice.

  5. Executive exchanges

    Peer discussions designed for boards and operational leadership.

  6. Research & playbooks

    Useful outputs shaped by the people responsible for food operations.

The operational reality

Why Food-Tech & Ingredients needs cyber resilience

Digital systems now sit inside the processes that keep products safe, production moving and customers supplied.

  • Intellectual-property theft

    Formulations, research and process innovations are high-value targets for industrial espionage.

  • Cloud configuration risk

    Rapid growth can outpace governance across identities, workloads and third-party services.

  • Scale-up dependencies

    Young companies often depend on concentrated technology and manufacturing partners.

Sector cyber compliance

From requirements to operational confidence.

The frameworks organisations build on, and the rules worth knowing where they operate.

Frameworks for every hub

  • Global

    NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

    A free framework, voluntary for most organisations, for governing, identifying and reducing cyber risk. Version 2.0 (February 2024) added a sixth function, Govern.

    Why it matters

    Creates a common resilience language across leadership, IT and operations.

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  • Global

    ISO/IEC 27001

    The international standard for an information security management system. Organisations can be certified against it by an accredited certification body.

    Why it matters

    Demonstrates a repeatable, independently auditable security programme.

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  • Global

    ISA/IEC 62443

    A series of standards for securing industrial automation and control systems — the operational technology that runs plants, farms and warehouses.

    Why it matters

    Helps secure connected production equipment without compromising availability.

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Rules to know, by region

  • European Union

    EU Cyber Resilience Act

    Sets cybersecurity rules for connectable hardware and software sold in the EU. Manufacturers have had to report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe incidents since 11 September 2026; the main obligations apply from 11 December 2027.

    Why it matters

    Makers of connected food equipment and software for the EU market need secure-by-design products and a way to handle vulnerabilities.

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  • Global

    SOC 2

    An AICPA-defined report, often requested by customers, in which an independent auditor examines a service provider's controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality or privacy.

    Why it matters

    Food-tech platforms selling to large food companies are often asked for one during procurement.

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  • European Union

    NIS2 Directive

    The EU's cybersecurity directive, applied through each country's own law, covers food businesses engaged in wholesale distribution and industrial production and processing — generally medium-sized and large ones.

    Why it matters

    Ingredient producers engaged in industrial processing can be in scope when they are medium-sized or large.

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A starting point, not legal advice — which rules apply depends on where and how your organisation operates.

Hub community

Connected across the food ecosystem.

Bringing the right disciplines to the same table — from operators and producers to security practitioners and technology partners.

Individual hub members

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Knowledge library

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Events

Upcoming hub events

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Frequently asked questions

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