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During a breach investigation last year, I watched a small business owner stare blankly at the incident report. "What's lateral movement? What's a C2 server? What does exfiltration even mean?" He wasn't unintelligent — he just didn't speak the language. And
When the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down fuel distribution across the U.S. East Coast in May 2021, millions of people suddenly needed to understand words like "ransomware," "threat actor," and "critical infrastructure." But most glossaries online read like they were written by
A hospital employee clicked a link in what looked like a routine password reset email. Within 72 hours, CommonSpirit Health — one of the largest U.S. health systems — was battling a ransomware attack that disrupted operations at over 140 facilities. The investigation report cited "lack of basic security awareness&
During the 2020 SolarWinds breach investigation, I watched a boardroom full of executives stare blankly when an incident responder mentioned "lateral movement" and "supply chain compromise." They had no idea what was happening to their own network — not because they were negligent, but because nobody had
