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Readiness Report | May 2026 | Issue #5
Digital Sovereignty Decoded: A Practical Framework for Strategy, Solutions, and Smart Tradeoffs
Selecting a sovereign cloud region is a starting condition, not a strategy. This Readiness Report gives CIOs and CISOs a four-pillar framework for building a posture they can actually defend – to the auditor, and after the incident.
ResOps: The Future of Resilient Business in the Era of AI
Nominate your leaders for the TIME and Commvault CISO of the Year Award
Listen to leaders and executives give their “Bold Takes” on the industry.
Ready. Or Not.
podcast series
Ready. Or Not.
Watch. Learn. Laugh. Comedian Nathan Macintosh cuts through AI hype and cybersecurity complexity with expert guests tackling make-or-break questions on AI agents, cyber resilience, trust, data management and more.
Explore intelligence
Gain strategic insight through curated intelligence-focused thought leadership libraries.
AI Security & Governance
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Cyber Ready
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Digital Sovereignty
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Identity Resilience
View all about Identity Resilience
Trust and Leadership
View all about Trust and Leadership
Resilience Operations (ResOps)
View all about Resilience Operations (ResOps)
Explore how agentic is reshaping resilience.
AI-enhanced attacks compress timelines from days to minutes while systematically dismantling traditional recovery systems. This new reality calls for a cyber resilience approach that goes well beyond recovery.
Download the bookLeadership perspectives
"To achieve AI resilience, you must bring together security, identity, and recovery together.”
Sanjay Mirchandani
CEO, Commvault
"Rather than thinking, you have all the answers. Allow yourself a little bit of flexibility, so that you can be resilient and see where you need to adapt.”
Bill O’Connell
Chief Security Officer, Commvault
Ready in Five
Hear from industry leaders as they share the five strategies they use to stay cyber-ready amid rising threats.
Kayla Williams | Fractional CISO and Principal Security & Privacy Risk Manager, Cybermindz
Five things cyber security organizations need to know about mental health
Jay Cavalcanto shares five critical actions leaders must take to prepare for a major cyber or operational disruption.
Michele Buschman implores businesses to innovate with AI and be prepared to adapt to changing security needs.
Explore more insights from industry professionals on how to “stay ready” against cyber threats.
Readiverse Academy: Certifications
Podcasts
Welcome to STRIVE, where we make sense of what it means to be cyber-ready, one conversation at a time. Get practical insights on building resilience, navigating threats, and making smarter security decisions.
Watch nowabout StriveThe AI era is here – and it won’t slow down. AI is only as good as the data it feeds on. If your data isn’t clean, protected, available, and recoverable, you aren’t ready. Explore what readiness really means.
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Beyond Disaster Recovery
Why you need a different strategy when cyberattacks strike.
Pranay Ahlawat: The Promise Behind the Hype
MCP 2.0 Explained: Securing AI Agents in the Enterprise
Minimum Viable Company: Restoring What Really Matters
The Briefing Room
‘Take a breath’: A CISO’s Claude Mythos advice for CIOs
Anthropic’s model has generated buzz and alarm among CIOs and CISOs, who fear it could expose vulnerabilities and drive unprecedented levels of hacking.
The AI governance imperative you can’t afford to ignore
Organizations that deploy AI agents without observability processes and tools in place are disasters waiting to happen.
As government scales AI, data strategy will define success
The major challenge facing federal agencies is data readiness, rather than model access.
Leading AI models are more vulnerable to malicious prompts than vendors claim
Hackers could subvert frontier models with attacks that their developers overlook, Cisco said.
How CISOs should prep for agentic-ready AI BOMs
Finding ways to document both component and execution attributes for AI bills of materials.
Cyber resilience is the new business continuity plan
The organizations best prepared to face disruption are those that align security, continuity, and risk management around what the business cannot afford to lose.
Gain perspective from your peers
The CxO Exchange
Events, experiences and perspectives curated to engage, inform and provoke discussion.
Cyber Resilience Workshop
The Cyber Resilience Workshop is a 2-hour interactive session led by Commvault data protection experts to help companies prepare for and respond to cyber attacks.
Minutes to Meltdown
Discover the secrets to making critical decisions during an intense cybersecurity crisis, guided by experts who will show you the way.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Commvault Readiverse?
Commvault Readiverse is a cyber resilience learning and intelligence platform created by Commvault. It provides training, certifications, thought leadership, readiness tools, and community resources to help organizations and individuals improve data protection, cyber recovery, and resilience against ransomware and cyber threats.
Who is Commvault Readiverse for?
Commvault Readiverse is designed for customers, partners, IT professionals, security leaders, and executives. Content is tailored by role, including technical practitioners, architects, cyber leaders, and C-suite decision-makers focused on cyber resilience and data protection strategies.
Is Commvault Readiverse free?
Many Readiverse resources—such as insights, readiness tools, articles, and select learning content—are free to access.
Readiverse Academy provides advanced training, role-based learning paths, and certifications which may require a Commvault account or partner access, depending on the content.
Does Commvault Readiverse offer certifications?
Yes. Commvault Readiverse offers certifications and digital badges that validate skills in cyber resilience, data protection, and Commvault technologies. Please explore Readiverse Academy for more information.
Is Commvault Readiverse only for Commvault customers?
No. While some training is customer- or partner-specific, Commvault Readiverse is open to all, including IT professionals, security leaders, and executives seeking cyber resilience education—even if they are not current Commvault customers.
How is Commvault Readiverse different from traditional training portals?
Unlike traditional training portals, Commvault Readiverse combines learning, strategy, readiness, and community in one platform. It goes beyond product training to address real-world cyber resilience challenges, leadership perspectives, and organizational readiness.