Cisco Talos Blog

November 30, 2021 09:20

Case Study: Catching threats ahead of time with a penetration test from the Cisco Talos Incident Response Red Team

By Brad Garnett, Miguel Alvarez Esmoris, Terryn Valikodath and Bob Doyle. As we mentioned in a previous case study, relationships are tried and tested during incident response. So, when a customer came to Cisco Talos Incident Response with concerns about their public-facing webs

November 4, 2021 09:51

The features all Incident Response Plans need to have

Having a policy that defines how an organization can respond to cybersecurity incidents, and a plan on how to deal with those incidents can play a major role in resolving them with minimal cost and downtime.

May 17, 2021 08:00

Case Study: Incident Response is a relationship-driven business

Proof that incident response is "the ultimate team sport" By Brad Garnett. Introduction As a seasoned incident responder, and now IR business leader here at Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR), I have always said that incident response is the ultimate team sport

February 26, 2021 10:57

Talos Takes Ep. #42: Seriously folks, save your logs

The latest episode of Talos Takes is available now. Download this episode and subscribe to Talos Takes using the buttons below, or visit the Talos Takes page. When Pierre Cadieux steps into a Cisco Talos Incident Response engagement, the first thing he wants to do is check out t

April 22, 2020 09:40

Talos Incident Response announces new, lower price through July 25

Today’s world looks very different than three months ago. More people work remotely than ever before. IT teams work around the clock to expand capacity and new software and services are being deployed to handle the load. Within this new remote environment, we have seen new malwar

March 3, 2020 08:38

Video: What defenders can learn from past ransomware attacks

The Cisco Talos Incident Response "Stories from the Field" video series returns with another entry from Matt Aubert. This time, Matt discusses ransomware infections he's seen in real-time, and shares what defenders can learn from others' mistakes and recovery.

February 19, 2020 08:42

Cisco Talos Incident Response "Stories from the Field" #2: When do lawyers get involved?

The second video in our "Stories in the Field" series from Cisco Talos Incident Response is here, with Matt Aubert talking about lawyers. While getting a general counsel involved may seem like an arduous process for many incident response teams, Matt Aubert argues in t

February 10, 2020 11:23

Introducing Cisco Talos Incident Response: Stories from the Field

By Jon Munshaw. As another way of bringing our boots-on-the-ground intelligence to defenders, customers and users, we are introducing a new video series called "Cisco Talos Incident Response: Stories from the Field." In each entry, a CTIR team member will cover one