Hacking the Cyber Incident Response: How Using Words Will Help You Suck Less

Presented at ShmooCon 2022 Rescheduled, March 26, 2022, 11:30 a.m. (30 minutes).

You will be hacked: it’s not if, it’s when. And when it happens, it will cost your company time, money, and reputation. This isn’t just a hack of your data, it’s an intrusion into the minds of your customers, your leadership, and your stakeholders. Despite in-your-face events we see in everyday media, organizations still seem surprised by a cyber event–and haven’t planned to holistically mitigate both a damaging security and reputation incident. Communication planning has to be inseparable from incident response, or the breach may become a breach of trust. In this talk, we equip attendees with useful tools that allow them to build their own crisis cyber response plans. Using a case study to roadmap a comprehensive playbook, we highlight ways to minimize future damage and expedite response efforts when every second matters. Companies can’t treat cybersecurity and communications as an after-thought if they want to keep their money, our data, and their reputation–in this talk, we help bridge corporate propaganda machines to technical keyboard monkeys, all to enable a better-prepared capitalistic society.


Presenters:

  • Katrina Cheesman
    Katrina Cheesman is a communication tactician with ten years of experience, with [too many degrees like] a Masters in English Rhetoric and Digital Media Studies from Northern Arizona University, and a Masters in Strategic Communication from George Mason University.
  • Rock Stevens
    Rock Stevens (@ada95ftw) is a security researcher and cybersecurity advisor. He holds a Masters in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.

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