From Outage to Operations – Jill Macmurchy & Ameen Uddin | Cloud Summit

In this partner spotlight session from SHIFT Cloud Summit Bangalore, Jill Macmurchy, Chief Customer Officer - APAC at Commvault, and Ameen Uddin, Partner CTO for India and South Asia at Microsoft, explore how organizations must evolve their security and recovery strategy for a zero-perimeter world. With cloud adoption, AI, and SaaS usage accelerating at breakneck speed, the old model of focusing only on perimeter defense is no longer enough. This session breaks down why organizations need to move from prevention to resilience, how identity has become the next major attack surface, and why minimum viable company thinking is now essential for cyber recovery. The discussion also highlights the value of ecosystem partnerships in helping customers defend, recover, and operate with confidence. From immutable backups and clean recovery to identity protection and cloud-native controls, the panel explains what it takes to build resilience that can hold up under real-world attack conditions. Key Takeaways * Why perimeter defense alone is no longer enough * How identity has become a critical attack surface * What “minimum viable company” means in recovery planning * Why clean, immutable backups are foundational to resilience * How Microsoft and Commvault help customers defend and recover * The role of partnerships in modern cyber resilience * Why testing recovery is as important as having backups Chapters 00:00 Cyber Resilience: The Shift from Prevention to Preparedness 07:56 The Importance of Identity in Cybersecurity 14:32 Establishing a Minimum Viable Company 20:04 Testing Recovery: The Role of Clean Rooms 25:45 Building Strong Partnerships for Resilience TL;DR Cyber resilience now requires more than defense at the perimeter. This panel shows why identity, immutable backups, clean recovery, and strong partnerships are essential to restoring operations in a zero-perimeter world. Who Is This Video For? * CIOs and CTOs * CISOs and Security Leaders * Cloud and Infrastructure Teams * Identity and Access Management Leaders * IT Operations and Recovery Teams * Enterprise organizations operating in hybrid and multi-cloud environments Why This Matters Now As cyber threats become more sophisticated and digital environments grow more distributed, organizations need a new operating model for resilience. This session explains why the shift from prevention to recovery, and from isolated tools to integrated partnerships, is now a business imperative. FAQ Q: Why is perimeter defense no longer enough? A: Because modern attacks often target identity, cloud services, and internal systems rather than just the network edge. Q: What is a minimum viable company? A: It is the smallest set of systems, identities, and applications an organization needs to restore first in order to resume business operations. Q: Why are partnerships important in cyber resilience? A: No organization can solve resilience alone. Ecosystem partnerships help combine security, backup, and recovery capabilities into a stronger overall response. Q: What role does identity play in recovery? A: Identity is the first foundational service that must be restored. If users and systems cannot authenticate securely, the business remains offline. #CloudSummit #CyberResilience #DataSecurity #IdentitySecurity #ZeroTrust #CloudRecovery #Commvault #Microsoft #HybridCloud