Roundtable

Withstand Impact: Operationalizing Cyber Resilience Under Pressure

23 June 2026 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm GMT
Data-driven.
People first.
Executive Engagement.

If a destructive ransomware attack disrupted your organization tomorrow, could you sustain critical operations, contain the threat, and restore systems to a verified trusted state — and demonstrate measurable resilience to the board?

Cyber resilience has become a board-level priority, yet many organisations are still treating it as a technology purchase rather than an operational capability they must establish. As ransomware attacks grow more destructive and targeted, leaders facing structural gap between strategy and execution, including fragmented ownership, conflicting priorities, and the historical friction between Security and IT Operations, which create dangerous blind spots.  Why have traditional cybersecurity and business continuity approaches have often failed to deliver real resilience against destructive cyberattacks?

In practical terms, cyber resilience does not mean perfect prevention, nor does it mean relying on a standalone recovery plan. It means sustaining critical operations during an active, destructive cyberattack while identifying the scope of impact, containing the threat, eradicating root cause, and restoring systems to a verified trusted state at speed. Cyber resilience is not a control or a product — it is an emergent operational capability created through preparation, coordinated decision-making, tested processes, cross-functional muscle memory, and shared accountability across the enterprise.

The roundtable will focus on how to move from a reactive, often untested and siloed model to a shared-responsibility operating model where investigation, containment, eradication and recovery can be aligned end-to-end.

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Speakers

James Blake

Vice President of Global Cyber Resiliency Strategy & Consulting Services
James Blake is the Vice President of Global Cyber Resiliency Strategy & Consulting Services at Cohesity. In find out more

Discussion Topics

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Ransomware data and what it reveals about common operational breakdowns: Why organizations struggle to sustain operations despite significant security investments.

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Testing cyber resilience: The governance, operational, and decision-making gaps that only surface when full response scenarios are exercised under pressure.

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Closing the gap between strategy and measurable outcomes: Making cyber resilience an enterprise capability with shared accountability, clear metrics, and executive oversight.

About Cohesity

Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe. To learn more, follow Cohesity on LinkedIn, X, and Facebook. Under 75 words: Cohesity is the leader in AIpowered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge.

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