Jonathan Fowler examines infrastructure hardening and autonomous cyber defense strategies at Connected Britain 2026
Session will outline how operators can mitigate climate risks and protect energy supplies to ensure investment certainty and operational resilience
- Speakers: Jonathan Fowler, director of technology and solutions at Adtran; Alex Davies, senior analyst and editor at Rethink Technology Research (moderator); Peter Carter, senior business resilience manager at VodafoneThree; Elena Parsons, strategic business development manager at National Physical Laboratory; Alwyn Seeds, director at National Dark Fibre Facility (NDFF)
- Topics: The unbreakable network: Ensuring resilience against climate, cyber and power threats
- When: Wednesday, September 9, 3:45 p.m. BST
- Where: Connected Britain 2026, Excel London, London, UK https://www.terrapinn.com/conference/connected-britain/index.stm
Modern network infrastructure faces escalating risks from extreme weather, physical vandalism and cyberattacks. Hardening critical communications infrastructure through automation, interoperability and zero-trust security helps ensure service continuity, operational resilience and long-term investment confidence. This proactive approach can reduce operational costs, protect infrastructure investments and help networks adapt to evolving demands.
In this session, Jonathan Fowler and the panel will discuss how operators can build more resilient networks in the face of increasing climate, cyber and power-related threats. Topics will include securing and operating resilient fiber networks, the use of autonomous cyber defense to identify and respond to attacks, and strategies for protecting critical communications through quantum-safe networking. The debate will examine how these approaches can help operators strengthen resilience, mitigate risk and support long-term network investment.