You Can’t Stop Every Attack. You Can Control What Happens Next.
The strategic approach to assuming compromise is not panic. It is a controlled response to elevate controls, communicate appropriately, and prioritize the most critical assets.
Parts 1 and 2 of this series confirmed that Iranian-affiliated cyber adversaries are actively operating inside U.S. critical infrastructure and walked through exactly how that progression unfolds. Part 3 closes the series with the question every leader in this sector is now asking: what do we actually do?
This piece takes a two-sided approach. What organizations should be doing right now, and what needs to be in place before an incident becomes a crisis. Throughout, the decisions are framed the way a risk professional would approach them. Not as a checklist, but as a way of thinking about consequence, prioritization, and governance in environments where budget and operational constraints are real.
