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6 posts on incident response.

July 24, 2026

Business email compromise: the scam built for 15-person companies

No malware, no hacking tools, just email and patience. How BEC actually unfolds at small businesses and the 4 controls that stop it.

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July 2, 2026

The cybersecurity tabletop exercise that produces decisions, not a filed PDF

How to run a cybersecurity tabletop exercise that surfaces real gaps and ends with named owners and dates, instead of a 3-hour meeting that produces a PDF for the auditor and nothing else.

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April 20, 2026

Post-incident review, what to document, what to change

A practical format for the post-incident review that produces operational improvements instead of blame, scar-tissue over-correction or a forgotten document nobody reads again.

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April 20, 2026

Incident response when you don't have an in-house team

How small and mid-market firms actually respond to cybersecurity incidents without a dedicated security team, from MDR coverage to IR-firm retainers to executive decision-making during the first 4 hours.

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April 20, 2026

Your first ransomware tabletop, a sample script

A working sample script for a mid-market firm's first ransomware tabletop exercise, including agenda, scenario, injects, decision points and the artifacts it should produce.

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April 19, 2026

What a ransomware incident actually costs

The real cost categories of a modern ransomware incident, why the ransom is usually the smallest line item and how mid-market CFOs should frame the exposure.

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