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Part 2: The Ransomware Negotiator Who Sold Out His Clients and Bought a Boat

Part 1 of this series covered Angelo Martino: the DigitalMint negotiator who sold five ransomware victims' negotiating positions to the crew holding them hostage. If you haven't read it, start there. This half is about what the case means to ...

Part 1: The Ransomware Negotiator Who Sold Out His Clients and Bought a Boat

Inside The Scheme That Turned The Most Trusted Seat In Incident Response Into A Weapon You get the call on a Tuesday, or a Sunday, or at two in the morning, and it doesn't matter which, because from that moment ...

Part 2: Incident Response: Panic Is Not a Phase, It’s a Symptom

Turning Incidents Into Improvement Instead of Repetition When an incident finally ends, most organizations do the same thing: they exhale. Systems are back online. Alerts stop firing. Customers stop calling. Leadership announces that things are “under control.” Usually right before ...

Part 1: Incident Response: Panic is Not a Phase, It's a Symptom

Why Incident Response Fails Before the Incident Starts Most organizations think they’re “doing incident response” because they bought a tool. Or three. Maybe they even survived an incident once or twice, so clearly they’re fine now. That’s not incident response. ...

Why Every CEO Needs a Cyber Incident Response Playbook

Why This Problem Lands on Your Desk When a cyber incident hits your company, the first call usually goes to IT. But very quickly, the responsibility shifts to you and your leadership team. Regulators, insurers, customers, and even the media ...

The Keys to Your Digital Kingdom Are Already Stolen

Let me tell you a scary story. Imagine you go on vacation. You lock the doors, set the alarm, and feel pretty good about your security. A week later, you come home—and there’s a stranger on your couch, eating your ...

Disaster-Proofing Your Business: Start with Incident Response

Why You Must Think Like Emergency Planners Imagine it’s 1:00 a.m. The rain’s been steady, but you’re asleep. Somewhere upstream, the ...

When the Fire Hits, You Better Have a Map

You lock your office. You set the alarm. Maybe you even have a camera watching the front door. You’re not careless—you take reasonable steps to protect your business. But here’s the part no one tells you: when the fire starts—when ...

Your Data Is Missing, Your Clients Are Calling, and You Have No Plan

You have data. Some of it keeps hackers up at night. The rest just keeps your business running.  Either way, it all matters when the breach hits—and if you don’t know where it lives, how to prioritize it, or how ...

Think Your IT Team Has You Covered? Let’s Find Out.

Are your IT people taking the right steps to protect your business? Here’s a simple test. One question. No tech degree required: When’s the last time you reviewed an Incident Response Plan they wrote for you? If your answer is ...

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