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If you think your current security strategy will hold tomorrow, you’re mistaken. Cyberattacks are not a question of if, but when. And when it happens, it’s all about your ability to adapt. Your new favorite word should be: Cyber resilience. A word that sounds heavy, but means pure action.
Can your business survive an attack tomorrow?
We already have plenty of buzzwords in the IT industry, but resilience is more than just a technique or a process. It represents a shift in how we think about IT security. That’s why it matters. Resilience is about your ability to withstand threats. It’s about the fact that your strength depends on how well you can adapt—so you simply don’t experience downtime. The machine must keep running, even during an attack. And yes, that’s easy to say—but extremely hard to do, says Niels Vejrup Pedersen, Technology Lead at Danoffice IT. Still, there’s a lot to gain from embracing the concept, he adds.
Expect the attack!
For many years, the global IT industry has strived to stand as strong as possible against the growing number of digital threats—primarily focusing on restoring what was damaged after an attack. Another focus in recent years has been Business Continuity. Niels believes we can draw some parallels here, but the concept of resilience goes much deeper and covers more than IT alone.
“Cyber resilience isn’t just about having the ability to bounce back after an attack. It’s about keeping the wheels turning while you’re under attack. And with the threat landscape we all face today, your ability to withstand is defined by how well you can adapt,” says Niels Vejrup Pedersen.
“Backup and recovery remain key to restoring your baseline, but your future security depends on your ability to adapt. Cyber resilience is, among other things, about expecting to be attacked. Your adaptability determines whether you can keep your production and business running despite threats and even during active attacks. If you think you’ll just deal with it when it happens and restore afterward, you’re already behind.”
Another example is the paradox between spending money on repairs rather than prevention. “We see that companies hit by an attack have no problem finding the budget to increase security—but why not choose continuous protection and prevention? I’m convinced the cost is far lower than what you’ll pay when reacting to an attack,” he adds.
If you think the IT department will save you, you’re wrong!
We’re still talking—but not acting enough. “This topic has been written about in many places, yet nothing really happens. At least not enough,” says Niels Vejrup Pedersen.
“We want to free the IT department. It’s simply a mistake that we always take the technical angle. We need to fix this by broadening the approach. It’s the responsibility of management and the board to keep the company secure. They are the ones who know what is critical to the business. They must expect attacks and take responsibility—otherwise, they’re gambling with the company’s survival.
Resilience is about strength before an attack. During an attack. And after an attack,” Niels continues. “All critical elements must be able to run during an attack. It’s not enough to have a contingency plan that just brings you back to zero.”
Embrace Change - Create the Change
If your contingency plan is gathering dust, you’re in the danger zone.
2026 is the year when you either act—or become a victim. It takes courage and intelligence to change the approach to security. “Resilience and adaptability are about maintaining operations while under attack—and then learning from what happened. Why did it happen? How do we eliminate the flaw? If you’re not asking those questions, you could be next on the list.”
Many experienced outages during the recent major Microsoft downtime. “For example, a large customer told us their website went down when Microsoft went down. Sure, it came back later,” he says, emphasizing: “But the website should NOT go down—and that can be avoided by implementing a resilience framework across the entire organization. Especially at the leadership level, where you can map all the weak points—and cover them.”
How to Get Started with Resilience - Five Brutal Truths
Cyber resilience is about Corporate Risk Management.
It is not (only) an IT-problem!
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Create awareness about cyber resilience in the management. Then onboard in the entire organization.
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Continuously assess, evaluate, prioritize which threats are making your operations vulnerable
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Establish and maintain a fundamental security setup in your environment
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Integrate cyber resilience in your business strategy
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Create systems, processes and partnerships on everything critical.
REMEMBER… no two scenarios are the same
“The key is to create awareness and governance around building cyber resilience. We need to move away from talking about IT and start talking about the company’s overall threats. And here, we are all different. For some, the weak point might be Azure Front Door—for others, it’s in the hypervisor layer. For yet another, it could be water supply or logistics.
It’s incredibly complex—we have so many dependencies that make the work far more challenging, and that’s why ‘out-of-the-box’ solutions are simply not enough. It requires specialist expertise and a clear overview. Every area must be covered before, during, and after an attack—across all vulnerabilities,” concludes Niels Vejrup Pedersen, Technology Lead at Danoffice IT.
No more excuses
Cyberattacks are not hypothetical. The question is: Can your business survive when the storm hits?
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