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Why compliance does not guarantee cyber resilience

The compliance-versus-resilience debate is evergreen, but with NIS2 and DORA demanding operational resilience evidence, European enterprises must close the gap between audit artefacts and tested incident-response capability.

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Cyber security has become one of the most audited and regulated areas of enterprise technology. Yet an organisation can satisfy every requirement on paper and still discover, during a real incident, that its systems, people or processes are not ready for the pressure that follows. Compliance can demonstrate that controls have been put in place; […] The post Why compliance does not guarantee cyber resilience appeared first on IT Security Guru .

Editorial Analysis

Why it matters

As NIS2 and DORA enforcement begins, regulators will look beyond checkbox compliance; organisations that cannot demonstrate tested resilience face both regulatory and operational risk.

What to do

Schedule a resilience-focused tabletop exercise that targets gaps between documented controls and actual incident-response performance.

Board brief

Passing audits is not the same as surviving an attack — upcoming EU regulations will penalise the difference.

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