The eye of the storm: dealing with a cyber crisis

2025-01-23

What happens when a cyber attack hits? What is it like to be in the eye of the storm, and how can security teams prepare? A cyber attack is inevitably a highly stressful situation for everyone involved. But planning and exercising goes a long way to at least manage that stress. Our guest for this episode is Dan Potter, senior director for resilience and cyber drills at Immersive Labs. He also has over 15 years' experience working in resilience in the financial services sector. As he says, no...

What happens when a cyber attack hits? What is it like to be in the eye of the storm, and how can security teams prepare?

A cyber attack is inevitably a highly stressful situation for everyone involved. But planning and exercising goes a long way to at least manage that stress.

Our guest for this episode is Dan Potter, senior director for resilience and cyber drills at Immersive Labs. He also has over 15 years' experience working in resilience in the financial services sector.

As he says, no playbook or incident response plan will be fully effective, unless the business takes the time to test it - and learn the lessons from the exercises they run.

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