Minutes to Meltdown: Cyber Recovery When It Counts with Chris Bevil

About this episode

Chris Bevil discusses the critical differences between cyber recovery and disaster recovery, emphasizing the importance of preparation and clean data after a breach.

Most organizations are prepping for disaster recovery when they should be building for cyber recovery, and those are not the same thing. Recorded live at RSAC Conference 2026, Ron sat down with Chris Bevil, Principal Security AI Strategist at Commvault, to break down what actually happens after a breach hits and why most teams are caught flat-footed. Chris walks us through Commvault's Minutes to Meltdown tabletop exercise, why isolated recovery environments matter, and how clean data determines whether you get your company back in hours or in 200+ days. This episode will tell you what separates a team that recovers from a team that unravels. Impactful Moments01:16 - Live at RSAC 2026 with Chris Bevil, Principal, Security AI Strategist at Commvault01:40 - Minutes to Meltdown origin story03:00 - What goes into a Meltdown? 04:48 - What happens in the first 30 minutes of chaos07:00 - What Commvault actually does08:21 - What is IRE? Isolated recovery environment breakdown10:40 - What is Disaster Recovery in 2026? 13:00 - How cyber recovery differs from disaster recovery 14:20 - Where attackers go in the first 30 minutes15:40 - The 3-2-1 rule and where teams fail21:45 - What successful…

People in this episode

Host: Ron

Guest: Chris Bevil

Topics covered

• cyber recovery
• disaster recovery
• data management
• security strategy

Keywords

• RSAC Conference 2026
• Commvault
• Minutes to Meltdown
• isolated recovery environments

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Commvault

Books & works: Minutes to Meltdown

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