Cyber incidents are surging to unprecedented levels and incident response firms are forced to turn away victims because they don’t have capacity.

There’s plenty to say about AI-enriched attacks, but today I’m thinking about my former incident response colleagues. Forensics, recovery engineers, project managers, legal teams; the whole community.

IR is grueling work even in normal times. Tensions are high, hours are unforgiving, and everyone you meet is having the worst day of their career. Finding balance in that unseen field is never easy, and surges like this are tough on practitioners and their families (especially as we head into the holidays).

Thanks for everything you all do. As we used to say at Mandiant: Find Evil, Solve Crime.