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#03Operational resiliencePublished

Failure.

What if the main ICT risk is not the attacker?

ThenewB drawing #03, “Failure”. An operational incident. The cyberattack hypothesis is crossed out. Then system failure and business stops. Note: only 10% of major ICT incidents are cybersecurity-related.

In ten seconds

According to the EBA’s 2026 Risk Assessment Report, only 10% of major ICT incidents are cybersecurity-related.

Signal

According to the EBA’s 2026 Risk Assessment Report, only 10% of major ICT incidents are cybersecurity-related.

Paradox

Sometimes nobody attacks. The system simply fails.

Implication

Resilience plans built around cyberattacks overlook outages, poorly managed changes and supplier dependencies. For a subsidiary, one more question arises: who fixes it when the incident comes from a group tool?

Sources

  • EBA, Risk Assessment Report 2026

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