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Cyber Resilience Must Assume the Breach Is Coming
Financial institutions should assume cyber defenses will eventually be breached and put recovery, inventories and continuous testing at the center of resilience. Risk leaders warn that AI is accelerating threats while cloud concentration, third-party dependencies, outdated reviews and misplaced confidence in supplier assurance are creating increasingly complex vulnerabilities.
Sep 10, 2026
Center for Financial Professionals ,
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Cyber
The views and opinions expressed in this content are those of the thought leader as an individual and are not attributed to CeFPro or any other organization
- Financial
institutions should assume cyber defenses will eventually be breached
- Recovery is becoming
as important as prevention and detection
- AI gives attackers
speed while regulated firms face governance constraints
- Annual third-party
reviews cannot keep pace with rapidly changing threats
- Data, system,
supplier, cloud and AI inventories are critical
- Scenario testing must
become more frequent and realistic
- Cloud concentration
complicates supplier exit strategies
- Supplier
questionnaires and certifications can create false confidence
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