Webinar: Turning data protection into a business advantage

Living with risk is an everyday part of business, but managing it well is a complex process.

In an era where data fuels nearly every business function, even small lapses can have outsized consequences. From ransomware to rogue insiders, data loss remains one of the most expensive and preventable business failures. The financial impact is only part of the story: reputational damage, customer attrition, regulatory penalties and operational downtime can cripple even mature organisations.

Yet according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, over 67% of breaches in the past year were caused by human error or system misconfiguration, not sophisticated attackers. This underscores a critical truth: most breaches are not the result of advanced cybercrime but of everyday oversights such as weak passwords, improper access permissions, unsecured cloud storage or poor change-control practices.

Although effective risk management requires more than technology alone, even then the reality is that you can’t control every threat — but you can control your recovery.

For this reason, backup is no longer a safety net, but a strategic tool for risk reduction. When systems go down, the businesses that bounce back fastest aren’t the ones with the biggest budgets — they’re the ones with the strongest recovery posture.

On Wednesday 26 November, Technology Decisions in partnership with Kaseya will be hosting an exclusive WF Media webinar. Cybersecurity expert Chirag Joshi, founder and CISO at 7 Rules Cyber, along with Craig Allen, CTO and GM at Kaseya, will unpack how organisations can build a practical, risk-aware framework — one that ties together prevention, detection, and recovery.

The speakers will discuss why data backup and continuity planning sit at the heart of every resilient enterprise, and how technology, leadership, and culture converge to keep risk in check.

The speakers will cover:

• Rethinking risk: Why resilience, not avoidance, is the real competitive edge
• Backup as strategy: How modern backup and recovery form the backbone of a measurable risk-management plan
• The human equation: How awareness, accountability, and clear ownership reduce operational exposure
• Metrics that matter: Turning risk into data-driven insights: from RTO/RPO to board-level reporting
• Going beyond compliance: Building a culture of cyber accountability that protects trust and business continuity
   

Whether a CIO, IT manager, security leader, or risk and compliance professional, the Calculated Risk: Turning Data Protection into a Business Advantage webinar session will help attendees move from risk anxiety to risk confidence — with actionable insights to strengthen an organisation’s backup strategy, data-protection posture, and governance maturity.

Speakers

Chirag Joshi, Founder & CISO, 7 Rules Cyber

Chirag Joshi is a globally recognised cyber security leader, author, and the founder and CISO of 7 Rules Cyber, a strategic advisory firm focused on enabling defensible and efficient cyber outcomes across industry and government.

Craig Allen, CTO and GM, Kaseya Asia Pacific

Craig is responsible for overseeing the development and dissemination of technology for clients to help improve and increase business goals. He is responsible for identifying long- and short-term IT needs, overseeing system designs, changes and leading technical teams in everyday operations.

When and how to register

The Calculated Risk: Turning Data Protection into a Business Advantage webinar will be held on 26 November from 11 am to 12 pm.

To register for the webinar, click here.

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