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UCARE: ASSISTING STAFF AND STUDENTS AFTER TRAUMATIC EVENTS AT HOW CYBER ATTACKS AFFECT OPERATIONAL SECURITY TEAMS
GHENT UNIVERSITY Detective Inspector Steve Leach, Head of Cyber Security and Innovation
Gunther Groenwals, Coordinator UCare – confidential advisor North East Business Resilience Centre
Gunther Groenwals was a health and safety advisor in the public sector Steve is a Detective Inspector with 27 years policing experience, the
for 15 years before making the career switch to Ghent University. There majority spent within CID, both at a Force and Regional level. Steve has
he specialized as a confidential advisor in the department Psychosocial a keen interest in the digital and cyber world. He has worked in internet
Well-being of the Internal Health and Safety Office. Given his interest and fraud investigations and more recently was part of the team that
and expertise, he soon became responsible for coordinating UCare, a was responsible for the introduction of force-wide Cyber Crime Unit.
team that provides psychosocial support to students and staff after Steve is now the Head of Business Development and Innovation
being confronted with a shocking event. The team he works with for the North East Business Resilience Centre (NEBRC), part of the
consists of professionals and voluntary employees who are professionally wider National Cyber Resilience Centre Group (NCRCG) These are
trained. standalone organisations, but are supported and funded by the Home
Gunther Groenwals Detective Inspector
Short Synopsis: Steve Leach Office, UK police forces and Ambassador partners. They exist to help
UCare is a team of trained professionals and volunteers at Ghent local businesses of all sizes and raise awareness of cyber crime and
University to provide support and care to university staff and students fraud through membership and affordable services.
after shocking events. One of the founding members of this team will
talk about the origins and history of this initiative, give an introduction THURSDAY 31 MARCH
to psycho-education and share his experiences based on real-life
cases. KIDNAP AND RANSOM RISKS FOR HE SECTOR
Tim Lambon, Director Special Risks
FEEDBACK ON AUCSO INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 2019 Tim Lambon is C24’s Director Special Risks. After five years in the
Simon Davis, Head of Security Rhodesian armed forces, Tim spent the next 27 years as an international
Simon Davis has been the Head of Security at Royal Holloway, University combat journalist winning many prestigious awards. Covering almost
of London for the past six years. He was elected to College Council in every theatre of conflict since the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in
October 2021 and has a post-graduate diploma in risk, crisis and 1979, after the 2003 Iraq War and Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in
disaster management. Previously a Chief Inspector in the Metropolitan 2006 Tim was appointed Deputy Foreign Editor of Channel 4 News.
Police with over 33 years’ service. In 2021, Royal Holloway’s security Four years later he was head hunted to become a Senior Crisis
team were presented with an award from Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant Response Consultant with a well-known international response
of Surrey for their outstanding support towards the community. Royal consultancy. He has now been Director Crisis Response at C24 for
Holloway was awarded AUCSO security team of the year in 2016. Tim Lambon more than five years, having advised on or managed + 700 cases
Simon was selected to participate in the AUCSO international exchange across the spectrum of special risks perils.
Simon Davis
programme in 2019.
Short Synopsis:
Short Synopsis: What used to be kidnap insurance is now broad risk/peril insurance
The 2019 AUCSO International Exchange Programme participants and comes with the assistance of dedicated response professionals to
were Simon Davis, Head of Security at Royal Holloway, University help your crisis management team deal with a variety of incidents from
of London and Dan Sarrasin, Manager of Security and Emergency evacuations to extortions such as kidnapping.
Response, Red Deer College, Alberta, Canada.
• A brief overview of current special risks insurance to understand why
it is essential.
• An understanding of how a response consultant assists in the
management a kidnap case.