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Critical Actions CIOs Must Take to Prepare for Cyber Crises

Commvault
02/28/2026
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My name is Jake Havacano. I'm the CIO of Constellation Energy. And here's five things I think you need to do to get ready for your bad day. There's no way you're going to be able to access or even engage your OT systems without your IT systems. So think about them as a single unit. Cyber threats do not know org charts. Identity, network, DNS. Without these things, you're never going to be able to access your applications. So make sure you get them first. You do not want to be doing this for the first time during a crisis. In the generation area, in the nuclear space, we always talk about being prepared. We talk about practicing. No different here. You cannot do this for the first time in a crisis. Data is passed between these systems. All systems are required to make your business run, whether it's in the cloud, whether it's SaaS, whether it's on-prem. Do not think about them in isolation. We have this in mass over in the generation and trading area. And with AI coming, this is only going to get more complex. Make sure you understand your data, you understand which pieces of data need to be recovered first and what pieces of data are actually outputs and then inputs for other things.

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  • IT and OT systems must be treated as a single integrated unit because cyber threats do not respect organizational boundaries and OT systems cannot be accessed without underlying IT infrastructure.
  • Foundational services like identity management, network connectivity, and DNS must be prioritized first in any recovery scenario since applications remain inaccessible without these core capabilities.
  • Organizations must practice recovery procedures before a crisis occurs, drawing on lessons from nuclear generation environments where preparation and rehearsal are standard operational requirements for high-stakes scenarios.

Summary

Jay Cavalcanto, CIO of Constellation Energy, delivers a concise executive briefing on cyber crisis preparedness drawn from his experience in highly regulated critical infrastructure environments including nuclear generation. He outlines five essential actions for IT leadership: treating IT and operational technology as a unified system since cyber threats ignore organizational boundaries, prioritizing foundational infrastructure like identity management and network connectivity as prerequisites for application access, practicing recovery procedures before an actual crisis occurs, avoiding siloed thinking about cloud, SaaS, and on-premises systems, and deeply understanding data dependencies and recovery sequencing. Cavalcanto emphasizes that the increasing complexity introduced by AI and distributed architectures makes systematic preparation and data flow understanding non-negotiable for business continuity. His framework reflects lessons from environments where operational failure carries catastrophic consequences, positioning cyber resilience as a business survival imperative rather than a purely technical concern.

Chapters

0:00 - Introduction and Framework Overview
0:12 - IT and OT Convergence
0:27 - Foundational Infrastructure Priorities
0:38 - Practice and Preparation Requirements
0:58 - System Integration and Data Dependencies

Key Quotes

0:12 "There's no way you're going to be able to access or even engage your OT systems without your IT systems. So think about them as a single unit."
0:21 "Cyber threats do not know org charts."
0:38 "You do not want to be doing this for the first time during a crisis."
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