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Cyber Incident Reporting

How to Report a Cyber Incident: A Step-by-Step Guide

The Breach That Nobody Reported for 72 Days In 2023, the SEC charged SolarWinds' CISO with fraud partly because the company allegedly downplayed the severity of a cyber incident and failed to disclose material risks. That case sent shockwaves through every boardroom in America. It proved something I'

Carl B. Johnson Jun 14, 2025 7 min read
Cyber Incident Reporting

How to Report a Cyber Incident: A Step-by-Step Guide

The Colonial Pipeline Attack Changed Incident Reporting Forever In May 2021, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down fuel distribution across the U.S. East Coast. The company paid a $4.4 million ransom. But here's what most people missed: Colonial Pipeline reported the incident to the FBI

Carl B. Johnson Jan 18, 2022 7 min read
Cyber Incident Reporting

How to Report a Cyber Incident: A Step-by-Step Guide

In July 2020, Twitter suffered one of the most visible cyber incidents of the year — a coordinated social engineering attack that compromised high-profile accounts including Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and Apple. The attackers walked away with over $100,000 in Bitcoin. But what stood out to me wasn't

Carl B. Johnson Dec 20, 2020 7 min read