Resilience Is the New Compliance
A unified operating model for cybersecurity, risk, and operational resilience.
Why Resilience Now
Enterprises now operate in an era defined by volatility. Technology ecosystems have become vast, deeply interdependent, and rapidly evolving. Identity-driven architectures change faster than traditional control models can track. Cloud concentration risk, third-party dependencies, and geopolitical shifts introduce new forms of systemic fragility.
Regulators across the U.S., U.K., E.U., Australia, Canada, and Singapore now expect organizations to demonstrate — not assert — that critical services can remain within tolerance during severe but plausible disruption.
Compliance is no longer enough to establish trust.
Evidence of performance under stress is becoming the new standard.
This shift has created a structural gap: organizations have robust documentation, but limited visibility into real-world resilience. The Resilience Operating Model (ROM) is designed to close that gap.
What the ROM Is
The ROM is a unified management system for operational resilience. It integrates governance, risk, cybersecurity, continuity, testing, architecture, and assurance into a single operating rhythm.
It does not replace existing frameworks; it organizes them into a coherent, measurable discipline.
ROM Diagram
The Six Pillars
1. Governance
Executive ownership, decision rights, and board oversight. Governance ensures that resilience becomes a shared fiduciary responsibility across the COO, CRO, CIO, and CISO.
2. Impact Tolerances
Clear, measurable thresholds that define what must be protected — and to what extent — before, during, and after disruption.
3. Mapping
Visibility into critical services, dependencies, processes, vendors, and data pathways. Mapping replaces complexity with clarity.
4. Testing
From tabletop scenarios to severe-but-plausible simulations. Testing validates real-world resilience, not theoretical preparedness.
5. Recovery
Capabilities that restore critical services at speed and scale. Recovery defines how organizations perform when it matters most.
6. Measurement
Metrics, telemetry, and evidence that provide continuous assurance — not annual reports. Measurement is the foundation of modern supervision.
Executive Brief
Your introduction to the ROM and the thesis behind “Resilience Is the New Compliance.”
White Paper 2026
Comprehensive reference architecture that defines the ROM in full detail.
ROM Practice Notes
How organizations operationalize ROM pillars across teams, tools, and systems.
Industry Deep Dives
Sector-specific applications across financial services, critical infrastructure, and technology.
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I meet with boards, regulators, supervisors, and executive teams to discuss resilience architecture, supervisory expectations, and the ROM’s implications for operating models.