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Before the Breach: Why You Need an IR Retainer Like a Golfer Needs a Caddie

An incident response retainer isn’t just a contract, it’s a relationship. It sets expectations, defines access methods, outlines pricing, and ensures your team and your IR partner are already speaking the same language.

How Retrospective Analysis Powers Faster Incident Response

Cyber attackers hide in enterprise networks for 277 days on average before anyone spots them. Once organizations catch these intrusions, quick incident response hinges on understanding the full attack story. Retrospective analysis flips this challenge into an advantage by digging through historical data to speed up future incident response and strengthen incident management capabilities.

How Can You Master the Incident Response Lifecycle with an XDR Solution?

Today’s advanced threats move faster and cost more—average data breach costs exceed $3.8 million—while defenders struggle under a deluge of siloed alerts and high false-positive rates. This fragmented visibility means breaches often go undetected for months, giving attackers ample time to exfiltrate data, escalate privileges, and inflict major damage.

The Importance of Triage in Incident Response

Gamers of a certain age likely remember the video game Asteroids. You played as a little triangular spacecraft shooting at big space rocks that started traveling towards you slowly at first, then gained speed. As you revolved around trying to protect yourself by shooting them, you inevitably had to make some rapid decisions about which asteroids would harm your ship the most and which ones you could potentially ignore.

Old Data: Are You Keeping Too Much? Incident Response Risks! #appsec #cybersecurity

Mend.io, formerly known as Whitesource, has over a decade of experience helping global organizations build world-class AppSec programs that reduce risk and accelerate development -– using tools built into the technologies that software and security teams already love. Our automated technology protects organizations from supply chain and malicious package attacks, vulnerabilities in open source and custom code, and open-source license risks.

Strengthening Cybersecurity Incident Response Part 2: From Detection to Recovery

Cyber incidents are always going to be present. Regardless of whether you’re working for a startup or a corporation, malicious software can target you and your business. This is why it’s important to work closely with cybersecurity incident response teams and have such protocols in place. The lifecycle of a cybersecurity incident starts way before it happens with good preparation. However, the right actions should be taken if such a problem unfolds.

EP 6 - Incident Response POV: 2025 Emerging Threats

In this episode of Security Matters, host David Puner, dives into the world of evolving cyberthreats with Bryan Murphy, Senior Director of CyberArk's Incident Response Team. Imagine a scenario where an attacker uses AI-generated deepfakes to impersonate your company's VP of finance, gaining unauthorized access to your environment. Bryan Murphy shares insights on how these sophisticated attacks are turning identity into the attack surface and why your first line of defense might be as simple as a video call.