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Your Tabletop Exercise Might Be Lying to You

Most execs leave tabletop exercises feeling like they’re “covered.” Until the real event proves otherwise. iluminr Vendor Outage – System Down Microsimulation Scenario Video  The Dangerous Comfort of a Clean Tabletop If your last tabletop exercise wrapped up with everyone nodding in agreement, sticking to the script, and finishing early – you might have a...

Gamechangers in Resilience: Change isn’t Linear

Some leaders run toward disruption – not for the adrenaline, but for the opportunity to make things better. Ashley Goosman is one of those leaders. With frontline experience from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina and a strategic role at Allstate today, she brings a rare blend of crisis-tested instinct and enterprise foresight. In this edition of...

Gamechangers in Resilience: Do Your Homework

In the realm of resilience, some leaders don’t just weather storms – they redefine how we prepare for them. Alice Kaltenmark is one of those leaders. A respected voice in business continuity and disaster recovery, Alice blends deep technical expertise with an unwavering focus on people and purpose. As a recently-named board member for the...

10 Hidden Gaps in Cyber Incident Readiness

Security leaders have no shortage of frameworks, tools, and dashboards. But 2025’s Gartner research points to a deeper problem – execution isn’t keeping up with complexity. At the surface, organizations look prepared. Policies are documented. Controls are mapped. Exercises are logged. But beneath that, something’s missing:practice, behavior, coordination, speed. Here are 10 of the most...

The 6 Failure Modes of CPS 230 Implementation

(And How to Fix Them Before They Become Headlines) Most organisations won’t fail because they didn’t write a policy.They’ll fail because they didn’t know it wouldn’t work…until it didn’t. That’s the uncomfortable truth beneath Australia’s CPS 230: compliance on paper isn’t enough. The standard demands that organisations prove they can operate through disruption. The problem?...

Communication That Finds Its Target

We’re excited to announce a significant update to the iluminr Communications module, designed to solve two critical challenges: ensuring activation messages reach the right people quickly, and delivering urgent information when text messages aren’t enough. What’s New Communications Dashboard Refresh The communications dashboard has received a complete visual uplift with: Clearer labels for faster navigation...

iluminr Appoints Paula Fontana to Board of Directors, Signals Bold Vision for Adaptive Intelligence

Fontana to remain Chief Marketing Officer while helping expand iluminr’s impact across human-AI capability, systemic resilience, digital and real-world adaptive intelligence.  SYDNEY AND DENVER, CO — May 14, 2025 — iluminr, the capability engine for critical response, today announced the appointment of Paula Fontana to its Board of Directors, coinciding with a key moment in...

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