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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.

CIO | CISO

The hidden cost of reactive IT

Virtual

22 Sep 2026

CISO

A Taste of Quantum Aboard Sunborn

London

22 Sep 2026

CISO | CIO

From agents to outcomes: Who is accountable for customer trust?

Virtual

23 Sep 2026

CIO

The tech leader’s next directive: Service excellence

London

24 Sep 2026

CMO

Everyone wants pipeline. What actually creates demand?

London

24 Sep 2026

CIO | CISO | CDO

See, predict, respond: Building resilient supply chains in an era of constant disruption

London

29 Sep 2026

CISO

The resilience mindset: Getting CEOs, CIOs and CISOs on the same page

Virtual

30 Sep 2026

CISO

Future CISO 100 celebration: Are you ready for the C-Suite?

Virtual

1 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

Adaptive defence: Rewiring security controls for AI’s velocity

London

1 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

AI’s paradox: Innovation or governance

Germany

6 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

The hidden value of trust: Strategic safeguards for agentic AI success

Virtual

6 Oct 2026

CDO

HotTopics Global CDO 100 Celebration

Virtual

7 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

An evening on Amsterdam’s historic canals

Amsterdam

7 Oct 2026

CISO

CISO 100 celebration: Keeping up with external threats, internal expectations

Virtual

8 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

Beyond efficiency: What happens when risk is left behind?

Amsterdam

8 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

What technology leaders need before they trust recovery

Virtual

13 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

Agents and behavioural risk: You don’t know what you can’t see

Virtual

13 Oct 2026

CMO

AI, pipeline generation and marketing’s false-positive problem

Virtual

14 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

What should the IT function stop doing?

Virtual

15 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

Designing a new operating model for agentic security operations

Virtual

15 Oct 2026

CDO

Agentforce World Tour

Virtual

15 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

The AI control question hanging over technology leaders

London

20 Oct 2026

CMO

The Tech Buyers’ Shortlist: What enterprise tech leaders really want

Virtual

22 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO | CDO | CMO

HotTopics Studio Country Music Hall of Fame

Nashville

26 Oct 2026

CIO | CISO

Building the security operating model for an agentic future

Virtual

3 Nov 2026

CIO

The trust gap: Why brittle data foundations are the silent killer of agentic AI - London

London

4 Nov 2026

CIO | CISO

Securing agents in highly-regulated industries

Virtual

5 Nov 2026

CIO | CISO

C-suite culinary experience at the Langham

London

10 Nov 2026

CISO | CIO

The agentic SOC: Rethinking security operations

Virtual

10 Nov 2026

CIO | CISO

5 ways to build cyber resilience into business strategy

London

11 Nov 2026

Nashville Advisory Board Meetup - November 2026

Virtual

11 Nov 2026

CIO | CISO

Managing the lifecycle of AI agents

London

12 Nov 2026

CIO | CISO

The compliance gap: Governing AI agents in the enterprise

Frankfurt

12 Nov 2026

European Advisory Board Meetup - November 2026

Virtual

12 Nov 2026

CISO | CIO

Reimagining security operations for the agentic era

Virtual

17 Nov 2026

CIO | CISO | CDO | CMO

HotTopics Studio Johan Cruijff Arena

Amsterdam

19 Nov 2026

CIO

The Trust Gap: Why Brittle Data Foundations are the Silent Killer of Agentic AI - Amsterdam

Amsterdam

19 Nov 2026

Technology Leaders Advisory Board Meetup - November 2026

Virtual

24 Nov 2026

CMO

Your customers changed. Did your positioning?

Virtual

26 Nov 2026

CMO

HotTopics Studio BAFTA (B2B Marketing Leaders)

London

1 Dec 2026

CIO | CISO | CDO

HotTopics Studio BAFTA

London

2 Dec 2026

CIO | CISO | CDO

HotTopics Studio BAFTA

London

3 Dec 2026

Marketing Leaders Advisory Board - December

Virtual

9 Dec 2026

CMO

Pipeline today. Demand tomorrow.

Virtual

10 Dec 2026

CIO | CISO | CDO | CMO

HotTopics Studio Carnegie Hall

New York

3 Mar 2027

CMO

HotTopics Studio Abbey Road (B2B Marketing Leaders)

London

27 Apr 2027

CIO | CISO | CDO

HotTopics Studio Abbey Road Studios

London

28 Apr 2027

CIO | CISO | CDO

HotTopics Studio Abbey Road Studios

London

29 Apr 2027

CIO | CISO | CDO

HotTopics Studio Forte Village

Sardinia

22 Jun 2027

CIO | CISO | CDO

HotTopics Studio Sydney Opera House

Sydney

28 Jul 2027

CIO | CISO | CDO

HotTopics Studio BMW Welt

Munich

23 Sep 2027

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.

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