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HotTopics Studio: New York
HotTopics Studio: Abbey Road - CMO
Welcome to
Resilient Leadership
In partnership with
Leading with certainty
Resilience that truly sustains business continuity
As enterprises become increasingly dependent on data, cloud platforms, and AI-driven systems, resilience has gained board and C-suite attention.
Organisations require core infrastructure that supports cyber resilience, business continuity, and effective governance—that is, confidence in one’s ability to operate core operations regardless. For today’s C-suite, confidence comes from knowing data can be restored to a trusted state, that recovery plans will work under real-world pressure, and that leadership can answer hard questions when incidents occur.
This shift demands a broader view of resilience: data should be treated as critical infrastructure, with security and recovery designed together; AI should also be recognised as an amplifier of the value and shortcomings of an organisation’s data maturity.
HotTopics and Veeam’s C-suite series, Leading with certainty, encourages debate on resilience that is intentional, testable, and aligned to how modern organisations actually operate in 2026.
Join fellow CISOs and security leaders at in-person and virtual gatherings built for open conversation, shared learning and meaningful connection.
The leadership accountability gap: Who owns AI readiness?
Virtual
12 Aug 2026
The decision advantage: What happens when organisations see more?
Virtual
18 Aug 2026
Security’s existential threat: Pragmatic defence through frontier and zero-day risk
Virtual
10 Sep 2026
When AI rewrites the organisation, who owns the software?
Virtual
16 Sep 2026
From agents to outcomes: Who is accountable for customer trust?
Virtual
23 Sep 2026
See, predict, respond: Building resilient supply chains in an era of constant disruption
London
29 Sep 2026
Agents and behavioural risk: You don’t know what you can’t see
Virtual
13 Oct 2026
HotTopics Studio Nashville
Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville
26 Oct 2026
HotTopics Studio Amsterdam
Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam
19 Nov 2026
HotTopics Studio New York
Carnegie Hall, New York
3 Mar 2027
HotTopics Studio London
Abbey Road Studios, London
28 Apr 2027
HotTopics Studio Sardinia
Forte Village, Sardinia
22 Jun 2027
FEATURED E-BOOK
The Resilience Reality Check
The Data Resilience Maturity Model (DRMM) helps organisations benchmark resilience, find maturity gaps, and prioritise improvements in backup, recovery, and security.
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Insider threats loom while ransom payment rates plummet
This article explores how ransomware payment trends are changing, with fewer organisations choosing to pay cybercriminals. It looks at why payment rates are declining, how attackers are adapting their tactics, and what the shift means for businesses aiming to improve their cyber resilience and data protection.
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The human stories behind the cyber crisis
The Wake Up podcast series explores the real-world impact of cyber incidents and the people who respond to them. Through conversations with cybersecurity leaders and industry experts, the episodes cover topics such as ransomware, hacker tactics, crisis response, and the leadership decisions required to navigate major cyber attacks.