How to Conduct a Cyber-Resilience Assessment
TechTarget, Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
A step-by-step guide to assessing cyber resilience, from risk tolerance and threat lists to business impact and improvement actions.
Paul Kirvan provides guidance for CISOs on periodically reviewing cybersecurity plans to confirm the organization can recover and resume operations after an attack.
The assessment starts with defining risk tolerance, including acceptable downtime, data loss and financial thresholds.
It then lists threats and systems to protect, evaluates vulnerabilities against the current threat landscape and identifies impacts on revenue, operations, safety, compliance and reputation.
The article closes with activities to improve cyber-risk posture based on the findings.