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Why a Cisco Talos Incident Response Retainer Matters

🔒 A Cisco Talos Incident Response (IR) Retainer provides organizations with prioritized access to Talos' global threat intelligence and incident response specialists, combining proactive preparedness with rapid 24/7 mobilization. The retainer includes tailored IR plans, playbooks, readiness assessments, and tabletop exercises, plus proactive threat hunting using the PEAK Framework. Clients receive vendor-agnostic integration guidance, optional Cisco technology deployment, coordinated legal and PR support, and detailed post-incident reviews to reduce downtime and reputational harm.

Ten Security Leadership Missteps That Damage Careers

🔒 Security leaders must avoid career-limiting behaviors that erode trust and effectiveness. The article outlines 10 common missteps — from failing to align security with business priorities and remaining purely technical to drawing inflexible red lines and mishandling AI — that stall advancement. It stresses practical shifts: become a business partner, balance risk with speed, improve asset visibility, foster relationships, and rehearse incident response to maintain credibility.

Automotive Industry Raises Alarm Over Cyberattack Risks

🚗 A recent survey of 200 German automotive cybersecurity experts and IT decision-makers shows 75% of companies rate the threat from cyberattacks as high or very high. Respondents identified cloud security gaps (19.5%) and ransomware/malware (19%) as the leading concerns, while data breaches (16.5%), AI-based attack scenarios (14.5%) and connected-vehicle vulnerabilities (14%) followed. Fewer than half of firms (47%) express confidence in their defenses, and many plan investments in threat detection, AI-driven analytics and security training.

Prepared for Cyberattacks: Crisis Communication by Plan

🛡️ Corporate communications must be an integral part of cyber incident preparedness, working closely with the CISO to develop and execute a crisis communication plan. Preventive measures include a crisis manual, continuous internet monitoring, and established relationships with opinion leaders to preserve reputation. The article advises joint leadership by communications and IT of a compact emergency team, creation of an independently accessible emergency infrastructure (including an darksite), staged statements and prebuilt templates, and secure off-network contact lists.

Seven Signs Your Organization Needs an MSSP Immediately

🔒 Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) deliver continuous monitoring, expert incident response, and threat intelligence to reduce internal workload and close skills gaps. This article outlines seven clear signals—ranging from insufficient protection and crushing alert volumes to no after-hours coverage and burdensome reporting—that indicate an urgent need to engage an MSSP. It stresses evaluating providers on experience, transparency, SLAs, and integration readiness, while noting MSSPs cannot fix weak internal security culture or insider threats.

ENISA to Run €36m EU Cybersecurity Incident Reserve

🛡️ ENISA has been allocated €36m to operate the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, a virtual pool of pre‑vetted private incident response providers established under the EU Cyber Solidarity Act. The funding, delivered through the Digital Europe Programme over three years, will be used to procure responders and to evaluate and fulfil support requests from member states, CSIRTs or CERT‑EU. Unused pre‑committed services can be repurposed for prevention and preparedness. ENISA will also lead a European certification scheme for managed security services, initially focusing on incident response.

Google Named a Leader in IDC Incident Response 2025

🔒 Google has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Incident Response 2025, recognizing Mandiant—now integrated into Google Cloud Security—for its decades of incident response expertise. The report praises Mandiant’s "team of teams" model, rapid crisis communications capability, and integration with Google's SecOps platform. Proprietary tools like FACT and Monocle and combined threat intelligence with VirusTotal enhance enterprise-scale investigations.

Palo Alto Networks Named Leader in IDC IR Services

🔒 Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 has been named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Incident Response Services. Published 2025-08-26 by Sam Rubin, the announcement highlights Unit 42's threat-informed, tech-driven methodology combining telemetry from over 70,000 customers, tracking of more than 200 threat groups, and 150+ intel partnerships. Deep integration with Palo Alto Networks platforms, notably Cortex, plus AI and automation, is credited with faster detection, containment, and reduced dwell time. Unit 42 emphasizes post-incident transformation mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and NIST to help organizations not only recover but emerge more resilient.