Glossary · Cyber
Cyber Resilience
Organizational capability to continuously deliver intended outcomes despite adverse cyber events through preparation, response, recovery, and adaptation.
Full definition
Cyber Resilience extends beyond traditional cybersecurity by emphasizing continuity of critical functions even when preventive controls fail and systems are compromised. It combines security, business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management into an integrated capability that assumes breach inevitability and focuses on minimizing impact and recovery time. The EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) mandates financial entities to achieve cyber resilience through ICT risk management, incident reporting, testing, and third-party oversight. Organizations build cyber resilience through redundant systems, offline backups, tabletop exercises, incident response playbooks, and capability to operate in degraded modes during attacks.
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