Ransomware response has been a standard component of incident response planning for nearly a decade. Most organizations with a mature security program have a ransomware playbook — escalation paths, isolation procedures, backup recovery processes, and a decision framework around payment. The problem is that the environment those playbooks were written for has changed significantly, and…
An interview is a two-way street. While the company is evaluating your technical skills to see if you can protect their network, you must evaluate their culture to see if you can protect your sanity. Security burnout is real. It is rarely caused by “too much work”; it is almost always caused by poor management,…