Cobalt continues to disrupt the competitive landscape with its modern approach to business continuity, incident response and disaster recovery program management. This time picking up the CIR’s award for the Most Innovative Solution of the Year for their Disaster Recovery Planning module.

The CIR Business Continuity Awards recognise those business continuity, security, resilience and risk professionals whose innovative strategies and approach to the industry make them stand out.

“We’re really pleased to have been recognised by the CIR and it’s industry leading judging panel. This award recognises the hard work of our team in positioning Cobalt at the forefront of sector" said Jean-Francois Plante, Cobalt’s CEO.

The award of Most Innovative Product of the Year recognises Cobalt DRP as an essential tool for disaster recovery professionals to centralise documents and update IT assets, disaster recovery plans and procedures. Cobalt DRP allows practitioners of business continuity and IT disaster recovery to work cohesively and conduct a gap analysis directly and dynamically into the tool according to best practices, with the objective to improve operational readiness, effectiveness and reduce the impact of system disruptions.

Jean-Francois continues: “throughout our submission, we wanted to evidence the great lengths we have gone to, to create new possibilities in disaster recovery planning. This award highlights the effectiveness of this strategy and how we’ve used it to gain a unique perspective on how to innovate in the fields of resilience and incident response"

Cobalt’s technology was further recognised during the ceremony with a shortlisting for “Best Business Continuity Planning Solution", and the growth and approach of the company led it to be recognised as a “Specialist Company of the Year", further demonstrating the impact Cobalt is having on the industry.