- 11/20/2025
- Technical contribution
- Cybersecurity
- Management, Awareness and Compliance
It-sa Expo&Congress 2025: How companies can remain operational even in times of crisis
Geopolitical crises increase pressure on companies. Learn how cyber resilience, clear processes, and well-coordinated teams help you remain operational even in an emergency.
Written by Markus Zeischke
How quickly could you respond to a large-scale IT failure?
Total failures are no longer a hypothetical risk; they are real. Speed determines your ability to act. Regular exercises and tested backup strategies ensure the survival of your company in an emergency. You should pay attention to the following points:
- Backup and recovery plans must be tested regularly.
- Crisis simulations increase teams' stress resilience.
- Automation creates efficiency, but it cannot replace human leadership.
These contributions from it-sa Expo&Congress 2025 offer valuable insights:
- Enginsight| Rethinking OT security: Resilience through secure machine configuration
- dacoso| Data Protection by Quantum Resilience
- accompio| Blind trust in the backup? Resilience and business continuity at risk
What lessons were learned from past crisis situations?
Every crisis provides valuable insights when systematically evaluated and implemented. Companies that learn from incidents continuously increase their resilience and turn weaknesses into strengths. This is how learning becomes a factor for success:
- Collaboration with partners increases collective resilience.
- Lessons learned must be documented, evaluated, and integrated.
- Resilience is a continuous improvement process.
Find out more in these articles from it-sa Expo&Congress 2025:
- Myra Security | Digital resilience: How strong partners implement sovereign security solutions
- it-sa Expo&Congress 2025 | From Production Downtime to Reputation Crisis – Designing Defense for the Industrial Layer
- Huawei Technologies Deutschland | Resilience and ICT Networks - A general discussion
- Cohesity | When attacks become commonplace – 5 steps to true cyber resilience
- ImmuniWeb SA | Cybersecurity Law and Incident Response for Cybersecurity Professionals
- HARFANGLAB | The Invisible Cracks: How Endpoint Security Fragmentation Undermines Your SOC
Remaining capable of acting, even in a crisis
The it-sa Expo&Congress 2025 has shown that companies that strategically embed resilience remain confident even in exceptional situations. Draw on these three insights, among others:
- Proactive resilience instead of reactivity: Only those who are prepared can act quickly and correctly in crises.
- People, processes, and technology must work together: Automation alone is not enough—well-coordinated teams are crucial.
- Learning from incidents: Every crisis sharpens strategies, training, and systems—if it is analyzed correctly.
Cyber resilience is not a project, but a strategic capability. Companies that continuously improve their processes, technologies, and teams remain capable of acting—even in times of geopolitical uncertainty.
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