Disaster recovery and security are often planned separately, but real incidents do not respect those boundaries. This session explores why outages, weather events, and system failures increase cyber risk and what resilience teams can do before the next disruption lands.
Many organizations still think about disaster recovery and security as distinct problems. Different teams own them. Different plans exist. But in practice, they are not separate at all.
When something goes wrong - a weather event, a major outage, a system failure - cyber risk increases. Systems are changing, teams are under pressure, and normal controls do not always apply. That is when attackers exploit confusion, stretched teams, and breakdowns in process.
This is why more teams are rethinking disaster recovery as a cyber recovery readiness problem. It means treating disasters themselves as security risks - and integrating security deeply into recovery planning from the start.
This session is for teams who want battle-tested recovery plans that hold up when things do not go according to plan.