Incident Response January 19, 2023

People, Process and Technology: The Incident Response Trifecta

4 min read - Let’s say you are the CISO or IT security lead of your organization, and your incident response program needs an uplift. After making a compelling business case to management for investment, your budget has been approved and expanded. With your…

Incident Response December 30, 2022

Outrageous Stories From Three Cyber Incident Responders

4 min read - Working in cyber incident response can certainly make life interesting. Experiences typically run the gamut from exciting, dull, fun, repetitive and challenging. IBM Security commissioned a study from Morning Consult that surveyed over 1,100 cybersecurity incident responders across ten countries.…

Incident Response November 16, 2022

How to Start a Career in Cyber Incident Response

4 min read - Cyber incident response is one of cybersecurity’s most interesting and rewarding careers. It’s an in-demand role, and it pays well. But how do you get started? First, let’s start with the basics. What is Cyber Incident Response? Cyber incident response…

Incident Response October 25, 2022

A Day in the Life: Working in Cyber Incident Response

4 min read - As a cybersecurity incident responder, your life can go from zero to 100 in a heartbeat. One moment you are sipping a beverage reading the latest threat intelligence or getting the kids ready for bed; the next, you may be…

Incident Response October 24, 2022

What Drives Incident Responders: Key Findings from the 2022 Incident Responder Study

4 min read - Cyberattacks seldom happen when it’s convenient. In fact, it’s relatively common for them to occur on weekends or holidays — threat actors capitalize on the fact that there is fewer staff on site, and those who are there are focused…

CISO October 3, 2022

To Cybersecurity Incident Responders Holding the Digital Front Line, We Salute You

3 min read - Over the course of two decades, I’ve seen Incident Response (IR) take on many forms. Cybercrime’s evolution has pulled the nature of IR along with it — shifts in cybercriminals’ tactics and motives have been constant. Even the cybercriminal psyche…

CISO August 24, 2022

The Ransomware Playbook Mistakes That Can Cost You Millions

8 min read - If there is one type of cyberattack that can drain the color from any security leader’s face, it’s ransomware. A crippling, disruptive, and expensive attack to recover from, with final costs rarely being easy to foretell. Already a prevalent threat,…

Incident Response December 8, 2021

What to Do When a Ransomware Group Disappears

4 min read - It’s your company’s worst nightmare: attackers managed to sneak ransomware onto your servers. Now, you’re locked out of every file unless you agree to pay whatever price they’re asking. As if the situation couldn’t get any worse, the attackers disappear…

Data Protection December 3, 2021

Technical Problem or Cyber Crime? How to Tell the Difference

4 min read - As soon as the Oct. 4 Facebook mega outage took place, questions about the cause ran rampant. Was it a cyber crime or a technical glitch?? Who was at fault? The outage reportedly resulted in the loss of some $60…

Incident Response July 16, 2020

Deciphering Between Incident Management and Crisis Management

4 min read - Cyber threats come in many forms and can severely impact business operations, brand reputation, financial standing and even lead to a lawsuit. Organizations must prepare to respond and manage cyber events at different organizational levels to limit their damage and…