Ep. 157: Ready to Recover Series: Part 3: Every Event Has a Curveball: Why Culture Wins During Cyber Recovery

You can buy the best security tools on the market, but when disaster strikes, your recovery depends on people, not technology. In Part 3 of this series, Paul sits down with Joe Ross, Joe Galvan, Terry Murray, John Parker, and Stephen Sepulveda. Joe Ross explains why tabletop exercises are essential, how to prepare business stakeholders before a crisis, and what really happens when 150 critical applications suddenly go offline. They also discuss the importance of having calm communicators, engaged application owners, and a culture that can adapt when every incident throws a new curveball.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why testing is the foundation of every successful recovery plan
• How tabletop exercises expose gaps before a real incident
• Preparing business stakeholders, not just IT, for cyber events
• What it takes to recover when 150 critical applications go down
• The importance of application owners during a recovery effort
• Why communication is just as critical as technical expertise
• Building a culture of cyber resilience instead of reactive recovery
• Lessons learned from real-world disaster recovery and ransomware events
• Why identity management continues to be one of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity