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

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 Moments
01:16 - Live at RSAC 2026 with Chris Bevil, Principal, Security AI Strategist at Commvault
01:40 - Minutes to Meltdown origin story
03:00 - What goes into a Meltdown? 
04:48 - What happens in the first 30 minutes of chaos
07:00 - What Commvault actually does
08:21 - What is IRE? Isolated recovery environment breakdown
10:40 - What is Disaster Recovery in 2026? 
13:00 - How cyber recovery differs from disaster recovery 
14:20 - Where attackers go in the first 30 minutes
15:40 - The 3-2-1 rule and where teams fail
21:45 - What successful recovery looks like
25:14 - AI strategy at Commvault

Links
Connect with our guest, Chris Bevil, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-b-211998a/

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