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The Cyber Resilience Imperative

Adapting For Sustainable Cybersecurity
By Charlie Thomas, CEO, Deepwatch

Most of us love stories of resilience, those tales of weary individuals or communities that overcome
seemingly impossible odds to rebuild and recover. Our movies and myths glamourize comeback stories,
featuring resilience to bad actors, financial crises, or some other seemingly insurmountable adversity.
There are costs, lessons learned, and redemption. They tell us challenges are inevitable, recovery is
possible, and finally that resilience contributes to stability, growth, and well-being.

You know who doesn’t love a comeback story? Boards of Directors faced with a cyberattack. Nobody
wants to learn the hard lessons of a breach. There is no appetite for the slow, steady comeback. Today
resilience is demanded of every modern security team, but not always framed that way. Resilience
demands security teams anticipate threats within networks and at endpoints. It demands the organization
withstand inevitable and complex attacks that impact business processes. In the event of a successful

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