Cyber and Fraud Awareness for SMEs
Wed, 20 May
|VBC Network Meeting


Time & Location
20 May 2026, 12:30 – 13:30 IST
VBC Network Meeting
About the event
Audrey Doherty is a Cyber Awareness Lead at AIB. She has twenty-five years retail banking experience and prior to this role was the Branch Manager of the AIB Drogheda, Co. Louth. Audrey has extensive experience of managing fraud cases and supporting impacted customers.
John Haren is a Cyber Awareness Lead at AIB. He has over 15 years’ experience in cybersecurity across a range of industry sectors and has developed cybersecurity awareness and training programs in large and small organisations. He is an associate lecturer in Information Security at the Open University and is a PhD candidate at Dublin City University where his research focuses on continuing professional development for cybersecurity professionals in Ireland.
Key objectives are for attendees to gain an understanding of:
The main forms of social engineering that lead to fraud
Invoice redirection scams that businesses fall victim to
Emerging cyber threats, including AI-related threats
Top tips to reduce your business’s cyber risk
