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Cyber Resilience in a Hybrid Cloud World
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22 Sep 2025
by Paul Norton
Cyber Resilience in a Hybrid Cloud World
Guest blog by Paul Norton, Director of pre-sales at Rackspace Technology
The Threat Landscape Has Changed
Cyberattacks are no longer rare events - they're a daily threat. In the UK, 70% of large firms and 74% of medium-sized businesses reported a breach last year. Today's attackers are organised, well-funded and deliberate, often spending weeks inside systems before launching coordinated strikes that disable backups, corrupt identity platforms and disrupt communications.
Why Traditional Recovery Fails
Most disaster recovery (DR) plans were built for predictable outages - not targeted sabotage. When attackers compromise identity systems, encrypt backups and take down communication platforms, recovery becomes chaotic, slow or even impossible. Without access to documentation or tools, IT teams are left scrambling.
A Strategic Framework for Resilience
True cyber resilience requires a shift from reactive recovery to proactive strategy. It's built on four key pillars:
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA): Identify critical processes and quantify the cost of downtime.
- Isolated Recovery Environments (IREs): Enable clean restoration in secure, air-gapped zones.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate recovery with speed, consistency and confidence.
- Cyber-integrated Business Continuity Planning (BCP): Ensure operational continuity across the organisation.
These pillars work together to create a recovery model that's fast, reliable and secure - even under pressure.
The Role of War Games
War game exercises are essential. These realistic simulations expose blind spots, test decision-making under stress and build muscle memory across teams. Organisations that run regular war games report stronger coordination, faster recovery and fewer surprises during real incidents.
Regulatory Pressure Is Rising
With frameworks like NIS2, DORA and SEC disclosure rules tightening, resilience is now a board-level priority. Organisations with structured recovery strategies report 51% shorter downtimes and 63% lower recovery costs. Resilience isn't just about survival - it's a competitive advantage.
Explore more in the full white paper to learn how to build a tested, automated and accountable recovery strategy that protects your operations, reputation and future https://www.rackspace.com/resources/cyber-resilience-hybrid-cloud-world.
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techUK brings together key players across the cyber security sector to promote leading-edge UK capabilities, build networks and grow the sector. techUK members have the opportunity to network, share ideas and collaborate, enabling the industry as a whole to address common challenges and opportunities together. Visit the programme page here.
Operational Technology Security Conference
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The Cyber Strategy Roundtable: Securing Tomorrow's Infrastructure
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Meet the team
Jill Broom
Head of Cyber Resilience, techUK
Jill leads the techUK Cyber Resilience programme, having originally joined techUK in October 2020 as a Programme Manager for the Cyber and Central Government programmes. She is responsible for managing techUK's work across the cyber security ecosystem, bringing industry together with key stakeholders across the public and private sectors. Jill also provides the industry secretariat for the Cyber Growth Partnership, the industry and government conduit for supporting the growth of the sector. A key focus of her work is to strengthen the public-private partnership across cyber to support further development of UK cyber security and resilience policy.
Before joining techUK, Jill worked as a Senior Caseworker for an MP, advocating for local communities, businesses and individuals, so she is particularly committed to techUK's vision of harnessing the power of technology to improve people's lives. Jill is also an experienced editorial professional and has delivered copyediting and writing services for public-body and SME clients as well as publishers. Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.techuk.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-broom-19aa824
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Annie Collings
Programme Manager, Cyber Resilience, techUK
Annie is the Programme Manager for Cyber Resilience at techUK. She first joined as the Programme Manager for Cyber Security and Central Government in September 2023.
In her role, Annie supports the Cyber Security SME Forum, engaging regularly with key government and industry stakeholders to advance the growth and development of SMEs in the cyber sector. Annie also coordinates events, engages with policy makers and represents techUK at a number of cyber security events. Before joining techUK, Annie was an Account Manager at a specialist healthcare agency, where she provided public affairs support to a wide range of medical technology clients. She also gained experience as an intern in both an MP's constituency office and with the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed. Annie holds a degree in International Relations from Nottingham Trent University. Email: [email protected] Twitter: anniecollings24 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-collings-270150158/
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Olivia Staples
Junior Programme Manager - Cyber Resilience, techUK
Olivia Staples joined techUK in May 2025 as a Junior Programme Manager in the Cyber Resilience team.
She supports the programs mission to promote cyber resilience by engaging key commercial and government stakeholders to shape the cyber resilience policy towards increased security and industry growth. Olivia assists in member engagement, event facilitation and communications support.
Before joining techUK, Olivia gained experience in research, advocacy, and strategic communications across several international organisations. At the Munich Security Conference, she supported stakeholder engagement and contributed to strategic communications. She also worked closely with local and national government stakeholders in Spain and Italy, where she was involved in policy monitoring and advocacy for both public and private sector clients.
Olivia holds an MSc in Political Science (Comparative Politics and Conflict Studies) from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a BA in Spanish and Latin American Studies from University College London (UCL).
Outside of tech, Olivia enjoys volunteering with local charities and learning Norwegian.
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Francesca Richiusa
Programme Team Assistant for Public Sector Markets, techUK
Fran serves as the Programme Team Assistant within techUK's Public Sector Market Programmes, where she is responsible for delivering comprehensive team support, managing administrative functions, and fostering strong relationships with members.
Prior to joining techUK in May 2025, Fran built a meaningful career in the charitable and local government sectors. She worked extensively with both victims and perpetrators of crime, and notably led the coordination of Domestic Homicide Reviews across Surrey-an initiative aimed at identifying lessons and preventing future incidents of domestic abuse. Outside of work, Fran is an avid traveller and a proud cat mum who enjoys unwinding with her feline companions. Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.techuk.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-richiusa/
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Authors
Paul Norton
Director of pre-sales, Rackspace Technology
Paul Norton is Director of Pre-Sales at Rackspace Technology, where he leads strategic solution development across hybrid cloud and cyber resilience. With over 20 years of experience in IT services and infrastructure, Paul works closely with enterprise clients to design secure, scalable and recovery-ready environments. He specialises in aligning technical innovation with business outcomes, and is a regular contributor to thought leadership on cloud strategy, cyber recovery and operational resilience.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldnorton
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