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…
The conflict between the United States and Iran that began on February 28, 2026 moved into the cyber domain almost immediately. If you’ve been watching it as a geopolitical story and not a security operations story, it’s time to adjust your perspective. This isn’t abstract nation-state activity happening at the edges of critical infrastructure. On…