So You Wanna Be an Incident Commander? Meet Alex Ryan

So You Wanna Be an Incident Commander? Meet Alex Ryan

July 31, 2025 · 52 min

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with incident commander Alex Ryan about leading during cybersecurity incidents.

We welcome new Talos teammate and incident commander Alex Ryan to the pod this week. Bill, Joe and Hazel chat with Alex about what it really takes to lead through the chaos of a cybersecurity incident, from coordinating stressed-out teams, fielding exec questions, and making sure people eat. Much to Bill's dismay, we have something resembling a "format" for this episode, and we start by breaking down the week's security news, including: The SharePoint zero-day exploit (“ToolShell”) and what d...

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