Businesses Urged To Embrace Cyber Resilience Amid Rising Threats
Fady Richmany, Corporate Vice President and General Manager at Commvault.
Businesses have been urged to shift focus from traditional cybersecurity to cyber resilience in order to withstand and recover from escalating digital threats that continue to disrupt operations worldwide.
Cyber resilience, experts say, is an organization’s ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to cyberattacks, ensuring business continuity even when systems are compromised. Unlike conventional cybersecurity, which emphasizes prevention and defence, cyber resilience recognizes that breaches are inevitable and prioritizes swift recovery and operational continuity.
The call to action was made during an event hosted by Commvault, a global provider of cybersecurity and data protection solutions. The company officials emphasized that resilience is becoming indispensable as ransomware, supply chain attacks, insider threats, and AI-driven cybercrime surge across global markets.
“The shift is on. Threats are exponential, AI is only accelerating, and cloud-first is no longer a distant vision, but the reality of every global enterprise,” said Fady Richmany, Corporate Vice President and General Manager at Commvault. “Cyber resilience starts when cybersecurity fails. With the right infrastructure and secondary copies, businesses can bounce back faster, minimizing disruption and loss.”
Eddy Nseir, Commvault’s Regional SE Director for CEE, Africa and Levant, stressed that cybersecurity today is no longer a technical issue alone but a matter of business survival. He urged organizations to adopt a Cybersecurity Detection Model aligned with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which covers five functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.
“This model allows organizations to assess their maturity across five levels—Initial, Develop, Define, Manage, and Optimize—helping them identify gaps and opportunities to strengthen their defenses,” Nseir said. “But resilience goes beyond maturity scoring. It requires strong governance at the board level, regular engagement with the cybersecurity community, and investment in early warning and detection systems.”
The urgency of the shift is underscored by alarming statistics from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), which reported 2.54 billion cyber threat incidents in the first quarter of 2025 alone.
Industry experts warn that the surge in cyber incidents is already straining businesses financially. Companies are facing higher costs to secure systems, potential losses from breaches, and a growing erosion of customer trust.
As Africa’s digital economy continues to expand, the message from experts is clear: prevention is no longer enough. Organizations that prioritize resilience will not only withstand attacks but also maintain customer confidence and secure long-term growth.
