Compliance may demonstrate that security requirements have been addressed. Cyber resilience demonstrates that governance, people, processes, and technology can continue to operate under real pressure.
This special webinar edition of The InfoSec Control Room presents the complete audio recording of my latest iExperts session: BUILDING CYBER RESILIENCE BEYOND COMPLIANCE.
During this session, I examine why organizations can remain operationally fragile despite having policies, certifications, risk registers, control frameworks, and extensive compliance documentation.
The webinar explores how organizations can move beyond checkbox compliance and connect leadership accountability, cybersecurity governance, enterprise risk management, GRC, SOC and CSIRT operations, incident response, crisis management, business continuity, recovery, and continuous improvement within one coherent cyber-resilience model.
KEY TOPICS:
• The real difference between cybersecurity compliance and cyber resilience
• Why apparently compliant organizations may still fail during serious incidents
• Moving from documented controls to operational capability
• Executive accountability and cyber-risk ownership
• Transforming standards and frameworks into practical operating models
• Connecting GRC with SOC, CSIRT, and incident-response operations
• Business continuity, crisis management, recovery, and lessons learned
• Testing controls through simulations, exercises, and realistic scenarios
• Common cyber-resilience failure patterns
• Indicators and metrics that demonstrate genuine resilience
• A practical operating model and improvement roadmap
• Priority actions organizations can initiate during their first 30 days
EPISODE TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Webinar Opening and Host Introduction
01:45 About Taher Amine ELHOUARI
03:36 Why Cyber Resilience Matters
06:55 The Compliance Trap
12:13 Compliance Mindset vs Resilience Mindset
16:01 What Cyber Resilience Really Means
19:59 Governance and Executive Accountability
23:28 Risk Management and Framework Operationalization
30:17 Incident Response, SOC, CSIRT, and GRC
36:42 Continuity, Recovery, Crisis Management, and Testing
41:35 Failure Patterns and the Resilience Maturity Curve
48:47 Practical Resilience Operating Model and Roadmap
52:03 Priority Actions for the First 30 Days
55:35 Key Takeaways
58:10 Audience Questions and Answers
65:19 Closing Remarks
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Taher Amine ELHOUARI is a Global Cyber Leader, Senior Advisor, Accredited Auditor, Certified Trainer, and holds over 300 certifications. He serves as CISO and Head of Advisory & CSIRT at UNIDEES, with expertise spanning cybersecurity governance, GRC, risk management, auditing, advisory, security operations, incident response, SOC and CSIRT development, business continuity, operational resilience, and professional training.
ORIGINAL WEBINAR:
The session was originally hosted and publicly presented by iExperts on 29 July 2026.
Watch the complete video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtqgWRv_qUI
Learn more about the speaker:
https://www.taheramine.org
THE INFOSEC CONTROL ROOM
The InfoSec Control Room explores cybersecurity governance, accountability, risk decisions, control effectiveness, resilience, leadership, and the operational realities behind information-security programs.
My sincere appreciation goes to the entire iExperts team for hosting the webinar and to every professional who attended, contributed questions, and enriched the discussion.
