What 22,000 breaches teach us about incident preparedness

▤ Summary

This article argues that patching alone cannot prevent modern breaches and that incident response readiness matters more than ever. It highlights DBIR findings showing rising vulnerability exploitation, long remediation times, and widespread ransomware impact. It also emphasizes the growing risk from third-party breaches and the need to practice vendor coordination, transparency, and crisis communications. The piece closes by urging organizations to run realistic technical and tabletop exercises before a real incident exposes gaps.

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