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Readiness Report | Issue #7 | October 2026
The Identity Recovery Gap: Why Restoring Access Isn’t Restoring Trust
Most identity strategies focus on preventing unauthorized access – not recovering identity systems after compromise. If identity can’t be restored to a trusted state, neither can the business.
The Ceiling on AI Autonomy Isn’t Intelligence. It’s Recovery.
SINC Report: From AI Adoption to AI Recovery: Staying Clean and Provable
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
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Trust and Leadership
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Resilience Operations (ResOps)
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Meet some of this year’s CISO of the Year finalists.
Explore how ResOps is building resilience for the AI era.
Can your business recover from tomorrow’s cyber crisis? Learn the proven framework for resilience, recovery, and executive confidence.
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
Four tiers. One path.
Start where you are. Build to where you need to be.
Role-based paths for administrators, security specialists, workload owners, and cloud engineers.
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 Strive
The 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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analyst report
Resilience Operations: The Discipline That Makes Readiness Provable
Commvault commissioned IDC to conduct a primary research study to determine the current state of organizational resilience and to describe ResOps in practical, operational terms.
Four Critical Steps for Resiliency in the Frontier AI Era
STRIVE: Digital Sovereignty Explained: Data Control, Cloud Risk, and Cyber Resilience
The Non-Human Identity Crisis
The Briefing Room
CISO burnout isn’t a personal problem – it’s organizational
Commvault’s Chris Bevil visits the Lock It Down podcast to offer advice on making the role more sustainable.
The rise of the threat operator: How AI will redefine security operations and careers
AI will change the skills organizations need, how security professionals develop expertise, and the career paths open to people entering the field.
CIOs rethink roles, skills, training, and talent models for the future
Faced with rapid and radical change, IT leaders are reassessing to align with where they see IT heading.
Risks & rewards: How AI is redefining the CISO’s role
CISOs must help business leaders weigh AI’s pros and cons, and ensure those deploying it own the risks.
Large businesses’ cybersecurity claims are now less frequent but more expensive
AI-powered attacks and hidden supply-chain weaknesses are making insurers’ work more difficult, according to a new report.
The real enterprise AI risks CIOs need to manage
Don’t forget the basics of risk assessment, vendor due diligence, and skilled users.
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.
Minutes to Recovery
Minutes to Recovery is a 3-hour experience that puts you inside a live AI-driven attack — as the attacker, the defender, and the recovery expert. Hands on the keyboard. Making decisions that matter.
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What is Commvault Readiverse?
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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?
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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.