This is not your typical cyber resilience webinar.

Yes, we’ll cover how organisations respond to cyberattacks and disruption. But we’ll also explore resilience through a very different lens  - alongside someone who has spent over a decade operating in some of the most extreme, unpredictable environments on Earth.

In this two-part virtual event, Commvault’s EMEA Field CTO Darren Thomson is joined by Charlie Walker - award-winning British explorer, author and international keynote speaker - to explore what resilience really looks like when plans break down and pressure is real.

Part 1: Cyber Resilience in Practice

Darren Thomson, EMEA Field CTO, Commvault

Cyberattacks, outages and growing complexity across hybrid environments mean disruption is inevitable. The real question is how effectively you can respond - and how quickly you can keep the business running.

In this opening session, Darren Thomson shares frontline insight into how organisations are evolving beyond traditional backup and recovery toward Resilience Operations (ResOps) - a continuous, coordinated approach that unifies security, identity and recovery.

Drawing on real incident experience, Darren will explore:

• What actually breaks first during a cyber event 
• Where traditional recovery approaches fall short 
• How leading organisations reduce response time and decision friction 
• What it takes to maintain operations - not just restore them

Part 2: Resilience at the Extreme

Live Q&A with Explorer Charlie Walker

Then we shift perspective.

Charlie Walker has built his career operating in some of the world’s most remote and hostile regions — from the Siberian wilderness and Arctic tundra to the Congolese jungle and Sahara Desert. In these environments, plans rarely hold, information is incomplete, and decisions must be made under pressure.

In a live Q&A with Darren, Charlie will bring a powerful human perspective on resilience:

• How to operate when certainty disappears
• How to make decisions under pressure with limited information
• How to stabilise, adapt and recover when things go wrong

Across both sessions, one theme is clear: Resilience isn’t built in calm conditions  - it’s proven under pressure.

Whether you’re managing a cyber incident or navigating the extremes, success depends on preparation, decision-making and execution when it matters most.