72 Hours: Lifting the lid on the first days of a cyber incident response

Prepare Your Leadership Team for the Next Cyber Crisis

Is your organisation ready to respond when every minute counts?
The first 72 hours after a cyber incident can determine your business’s future. This executive whitepaper, authored by Jay Banerji, DFIR Director - Thales Cybersecurity Services, reveals what really happens in those critical first days and how decisive leadership, clear communication, and a well-prepared response team can make all the difference.

What You’ll Learn:

• The evolving threat landscape: Why incidents are more frequent, more damaging, and harder to contain than ever before.
• Day-by-day breakdown: What to expect and how to lead through uncertainty, from initial detection to containment, communication, and recovery.
• Build resilience: Use expert insights to strengthen your organisation’s preparedness and response capabilities.
• Key priorities for executives:
  • Making decisions with incomplete information
  • Managing crisis communications and stakeholder trust
  • Supporting your team’s wellbeing under pressure
  • Aligning technical response with business continuity
• Actionable frameworks:
  • A practical table summarising the top questions, priorities, and considerations for each of the first three days.
  • Lessons learned from real-world incident response, including the importance of simulations and post-incident reviews.

Why Download?

• Be ready, not reactive: Learn how to activate your crisis management team and incident response plan before the pressure hits.
• Protect your reputation: Discover how transparent communication and rapid decision-making can minimise business and reputational damage.
• Build resilience: Use expert insights to strengthen your organisation’s preparedness and response capabilities.