Before reading on, I invite you to watch this short video where I explain why we’ve introduced High Velocity CEM, and how it helps organizations navigate today’s expanding Risk Zone.
The world has changed – and faster than many realize. Critical events, once seen as rare disruptions, have become a constant. Cyberattacks, climate-driven disasters, digital outages, and geopolitical instability no longer occur in isolation. They overlap, compound, and challenge organizations every single day.
Despite this shift, too many organizations still rely on outdated, reactive incident management – only responding after a disruption occurs.
This creates a dangerous pattern we call the expanding Risk Zone – a cycle of disruption, downtime, and lost trust. And it’s not just the volume of threats that’s growing. The surface area of risk has expanded dramatically. Organizations today operate across more third-party vendors, more cloud environments, and more distributed teams than ever before. That connectivity drives efficiency – but also creates more ways for disruptions to spread, faster and farther.
Business resilience today demands more. Leaders must move from reactive playbooks to proactive strategies that help their teams anticipate, act, and improve continuously.
Why we’ve introduced High Velocity CEM
This is not just another technology update. High Velocity CEM is an evolution in how organizations build resilience – powered by patented purpose-built AI, decision-ready risk intelligence, and full-lifecycle automation. It’s designed to help organizations escape the expanding Risk Zone and operate with confidence.
With High Velocity CEM, organizations can:
- Predict and Prevent: Use AI-powered analytics to surface hidden threats and take action early.
- Accelerate Response: Automate decision-making and workflows to reduce downtime when every second counts.
- Continuously Improve: Learn from every disruption to enhance performance over time.
At Everbridge, we pioneered Critical Event Management, and now we’re taking it to the next level. High Velocity CEM isn’t just about sending faster alerts – it’s about orchestrating end-to-end resilience with intelligence and speed.
This shift is already underway across industries. Our 2025 Global Enterprise Resilience Report shows that 75% of organizations are increasing investments in resilience programs – a 22% increase year-over-year. Leaders everywhere are recognizing that business continuity is no longer a side initiative – it must become a core competency, and we believe High Velocity CEM is the fastest way to get there.
Watch my full message on why now is the moment for organizations to move beyond fragmented crisis management and embrace AI-powered resilience with High Velocity CEM: