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Threat Update #10

An alert notifies you that something suspicious is going on. Minutes matter, so you call the Varonis Incident Response team to help. Security investigators must act fast, but where do...
Kilian Englert
1 min read
Last updated January 17, 2023

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    An alert notifies you that something suspicious is going on. Minutes matter, so you call the Varonis Incident Response team to help. Security investigators must act fast, but where do they even start?

    Click to watch Kilian Englert talk with Ryan O’Boyle from our Incident Response team as they discuss what happens behind-the-scenes at the start of an investigation. You’ll hear about the methodology the team uses and the role of investigation trees — and how they build them out to surface hidden connections between users, data, computers, and more.

    Do you need to shore up your security stack to defend against ransomware infections like Emotet, or concerned you may already be infected?

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    Kilian Englert
    Kilian Englert Kilian has a background in enterprise security engineering, as well as security solution selling. Kilian is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and creates internal and public content on topics related to cybersecurity and technology best practices.

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