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CYGNVS Launches AI Incident Command Center to Manage AI-Driven Operational Crises

Incident Response: Lessons from the front lines of Fortune 500 cyber attacks

Key Perspectives to Minimize Disruption and Accelerate Recovery.

When Fortune 500 companies suffer a cyberattack resulting in a data breach, they go down hard. “For organizations to recover is like rightsizing the Titanic,” says Nick Essner, head of cyber solutions at CYGNVS. Essner has seen the damage up close, time and again, as an incident response leader for 15 years at companies like Accenture and Mandiant. In this webcast, Essner will share war stories and how the lessons he learned culminated in the creation of the CYGNVS platform.

Discussion will include:

  • How ransomware turned incident response into a board-level priority (a business problem, no longer an IT security problem)
  • The face of the enemy: cyber mules conducting state-sponsored attacks
  • Outcomes from working with law enforcement
  • Four key takeaways every organization needs to prepare for
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