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The Cyber Emergency Room: CPR for Your Incident Management Process

When Digital Patients Flatline: An Introduction to Incident Management CPR Let me tell you about the time I tried explaining my job to my grandmother at Christmas dinner. “I’m like an emergency room doctor,” I said, “but for computers.” She nodded wisely before asking if I wore one of those “fancy stethoscopes” to listen for viruses. If only it were that simple, Nana. The truth is, incident management really is remarkably similar to emergency medicine.

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Next-Gen Security Audits: How to Stop Dying Inside During Documentation Reviews

The Audit Automation Revolution (Or: How I Learned to Sleep Again) Ever tried explaining to non-technical executives why their “industry-leading security posture” actually resembles a scarecrow with missing limbs? That was me a month ago, watching faces fall as I revealed their documentation had more holes than my attempts at knitting (current hole-to-scarf ratio: approximately 3:1). Unfortunately, in this article, I won’t be sharing code samples of what I’ve done. Instead, I’ll refer to some of the data models I’ve been using, and you can figure it out yourself or connect with me on LinkedIn.

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