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Helping security & privacy teams build influence, political capital, & credibility with business leaders through strategic communications.
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open source packages got compromised.
engineers are getting questions on social media.
volunteer maintainers found out from hacker news.
enterprise customers are furious they weren’t notified first.
This week’s focus: community expectations, rapid disclosure, & coordinating external maintainers.
engineers are getting questions on social media.
volunteer maintainers found out from hacker news.
enterprise customers are furious they weren’t notified first.
This week’s focus: community expectations, rapid disclosure, & coordinating external maintainers.
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
open source packages got compromised.
engineers are getting questions on social media.
volunteer maintainers found out from hacker news.
enterprise customers are furious they weren’t notified first.
This week’s focus: community expectations, rapid disclosure, & coordinating external maintainers.
engineers are getting questions on social media.
volunteer maintainers found out from hacker news.
enterprise customers are furious they weren’t notified first.
This week’s focus: community expectations, rapid disclosure, & coordinating external maintainers.
Debrief from most recent security communications drill, "Operation Harassment: When Ransomware Groups Target Your Executives," based on the Salesloft/Drift ransomware incident.
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When Ransomware Groups Target Executives: Lessons from Our Latest Discernible Drill — Discernible Inc
This Discernible Drill showed participants that transparency and industry coordination reduce business risk by providing customers actionable information and security teams complete threat intelligenc...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Debrief from most recent security communications drill, "Operation Harassment: When Ransomware Groups Target Your Executives," based on the Salesloft/Drift ransomware incident.
discernibleinc.com/blog/when-ra...
discernibleinc.com/blog/when-ra...
In this week’s Discernible Drill, we’ll help you practice:
✅ Identifying technical evidence that helps skeptical reporters understand complex security topics.
✅ Spotting gaps in your PR team's security knowledge that could lead to miscommunication.
#SecurityComms #IncidentResponse
✅ Identifying technical evidence that helps skeptical reporters understand complex security topics.
✅ Spotting gaps in your PR team's security knowledge that could lead to miscommunication.
#SecurityComms #IncidentResponse
September 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In this week’s Discernible Drill, we’ll help you practice:
✅ Identifying technical evidence that helps skeptical reporters understand complex security topics.
✅ Spotting gaps in your PR team's security knowledge that could lead to miscommunication.
#SecurityComms #IncidentResponse
✅ Identifying technical evidence that helps skeptical reporters understand complex security topics.
✅ Spotting gaps in your PR team's security knowledge that could lead to miscommunication.
#SecurityComms #IncidentResponse
Privacy incidents extend far beyond data breaches -- they're often about cross-functional misalignment on privacy expectations.
How can security professionals bridge departments to prevent privacy missteps before they damage user trust?
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How can security professionals bridge departments to prevent privacy missteps before they damage user trust?
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Mastering Cross-Functional Privacy Communications — Discernible Inc
Privacy incidents aren't just about breaches -- they're often about cross-functional misalignment on privacy expectations. Our recent privacy communications drill revealed how to bridge departmental l...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Privacy incidents extend far beyond data breaches -- they're often about cross-functional misalignment on privacy expectations.
How can security professionals bridge departments to prevent privacy missteps before they damage user trust?
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discernibleinc.com/blog/privacy...
How can security professionals bridge departments to prevent privacy missteps before they damage user trust?
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discernibleinc.com/blog/privacy...
Stop treating security incidents like damage control exercises. They’re inflection points in building influence.
We published a new book with some of our Discernible Drills scenarios + frameworks that turn incidents into opportunities.
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We published a new book with some of our Discernible Drills scenarios + frameworks that turn incidents into opportunities.
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eBook: Security Incident Communication Playbook -- Vol. 1 — Discernible Inc
This book debunks five dangerous myths that undermine incident response effectiveness. You'll discover why transparency alone isn't enough, how to balance legal concerns with human connection, and why...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Stop treating security incidents like damage control exercises. They’re inflection points in building influence.
We published a new book with some of our Discernible Drills scenarios + frameworks that turn incidents into opportunities.
discernibleinc.com/store/p/secu...
We published a new book with some of our Discernible Drills scenarios + frameworks that turn incidents into opportunities.
discernibleinc.com/store/p/secu...
Our latest drill simulates an AI agent data breach where third-party services inadvertently expose customer conversations -- sound familiar?
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September 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our latest drill simulates an AI agent data breach where third-party services inadvertently expose customer conversations -- sound familiar?
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Subscribe to join our weekly drills at: discernibleinc.com/drills
We seen this trend growing among security vendors as well in the race to the bottom for content marketing.
A study identifies the footprint of entities cooperating to produce scientific fraud at scale, including paper mills and brokers. The number of fraudulent publications is growing far faster than legitimate publications. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We seen this trend growing among security vendors as well in the race to the bottom for content marketing.
This week's **brand new** Discernible Drill focuses on the critical but often overlooked communication bridge between security engineering and customer support because the best technical fix means nothing if your customers don't understand what's happening.
#IncidentResponse #SecurityCommunications
#IncidentResponse #SecurityCommunications
August 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This week's **brand new** Discernible Drill focuses on the critical but often overlooked communication bridge between security engineering and customer support because the best technical fix means nothing if your customers don't understand what's happening.
#IncidentResponse #SecurityCommunications
#IncidentResponse #SecurityCommunications
🚨 New 60-minute Discernible Drill: “Data Double Agent”
Practice the hardest part of insider threat response — stakeholder communication when trust breaks down.
Perfect for security teams who need to manage competing priorities during incidents.
Practice the hardest part of insider threat response — stakeholder communication when trust breaks down.
Perfect for security teams who need to manage competing priorities during incidents.
August 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨 New 60-minute Discernible Drill: “Data Double Agent”
Practice the hardest part of insider threat response — stakeholder communication when trust breaks down.
Perfect for security teams who need to manage competing priorities during incidents.
Practice the hardest part of insider threat response — stakeholder communication when trust breaks down.
Perfect for security teams who need to manage competing priorities during incidents.
"What's the best approach for sharing vulnerability findings with developers to avoid inciting defensiveness?"
Find out how we answered this reader's question in the blog post below. 👇
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Find out how we answered this reader's question in the blog post below. 👇
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📬 Mailbag: What's the best approach for sharing vulnerability findings with developers to avoid inciting defensiveness? — Discernible Inc
Effectively communicating security vulnerabilities to development teams requires understanding emotional dynamics and reframing findings as opportunities rather than criticisms. By applying proven com...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"What's the best approach for sharing vulnerability findings with developers to avoid inciting defensiveness?"
Find out how we answered this reader's question in the blog post below. 👇
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Find out how we answered this reader's question in the blog post below. 👇
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We’re taking a break this week since many folks are traveling to Vegas for conferences & events.
Next week’s drill will focus on insider threats.
Next week’s drill will focus on insider threats.
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We’re taking a break this week since many folks are traveling to Vegas for conferences & events.
Next week’s drill will focus on insider threats.
Next week’s drill will focus on insider threats.
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Use promo code FREEMONTH at checkout.
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August 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Subscribe now & get your first month of Discernible Drills free!
Join today → DiscernibleInc.com/drills
Use promo code FREEMONTH at checkout.
Join today → DiscernibleInc.com/drills
Use promo code FREEMONTH at checkout.
Treating security comms as crisis PR focused only on press statements = trying to make major withdrawals from a trust account you never bothered to fund.
Ongoing stakeholder comms make security incidents manageable rather than catastrophic.
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Ongoing stakeholder comms make security incidents manageable rather than catastrophic.
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How Organizations Sabotage Media Relations by Misunderstanding Security Communications — Discernible Inc
Organizations that treat security communications as crisis media relations sabotage their own credibility. Effective security communications require comprehensive internal messaging and stakeholder tr...
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July 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Treating security comms as crisis PR focused only on press statements = trying to make major withdrawals from a trust account you never bothered to fund.
Ongoing stakeholder comms make security incidents manageable rather than catastrophic.
discernibleinc.com/blog/sabotag...
Ongoing stakeholder comms make security incidents manageable rather than catastrophic.
discernibleinc.com/blog/sabotag...
🔥 New Discernible Drill alert:
In this week’s simulation you’ll practice balancing company values with rapid open source incident response, coordinating communication across distributed teams, and managing client relationships.
Subscribe to join our weekly drills at DiscernibleInc.com/drills
In this week’s simulation you’ll practice balancing company values with rapid open source incident response, coordinating communication across distributed teams, and managing client relationships.
Subscribe to join our weekly drills at DiscernibleInc.com/drills
July 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🔥 New Discernible Drill alert:
In this week’s simulation you’ll practice balancing company values with rapid open source incident response, coordinating communication across distributed teams, and managing client relationships.
Subscribe to join our weekly drills at DiscernibleInc.com/drills
In this week’s simulation you’ll practice balancing company values with rapid open source incident response, coordinating communication across distributed teams, and managing client relationships.
Subscribe to join our weekly drills at DiscernibleInc.com/drills
🔥New Discernible Drill!
Inspired by McDonalds, our new drill covers more than technical remediation - you’ll navigate:
🛣️ Multiple disclosure paths (coordinated, immediate, regulatory)
🤝 Complex researcher relationships
🫣 Uncooperative vendors who resist transparency
DiscernibleInc.com/Drills
Inspired by McDonalds, our new drill covers more than technical remediation - you’ll navigate:
🛣️ Multiple disclosure paths (coordinated, immediate, regulatory)
🤝 Complex researcher relationships
🫣 Uncooperative vendors who resist transparency
DiscernibleInc.com/Drills
July 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🔥New Discernible Drill!
Inspired by McDonalds, our new drill covers more than technical remediation - you’ll navigate:
🛣️ Multiple disclosure paths (coordinated, immediate, regulatory)
🤝 Complex researcher relationships
🫣 Uncooperative vendors who resist transparency
DiscernibleInc.com/Drills
Inspired by McDonalds, our new drill covers more than technical remediation - you’ll navigate:
🛣️ Multiple disclosure paths (coordinated, immediate, regulatory)
🤝 Complex researcher relationships
🫣 Uncooperative vendors who resist transparency
DiscernibleInc.com/Drills
Security communications != crisis PR
Journalists covering incidents draw on months/years of context about how you communicate with stakeholders during normal operations.
Companies that handle incidents well build credibility long before they need it.
discernibleinc.com/blog/sabotag...
Journalists covering incidents draw on months/years of context about how you communicate with stakeholders during normal operations.
Companies that handle incidents well build credibility long before they need it.
discernibleinc.com/blog/sabotag...
How Organizations Sabotage Media Relations by Misunderstanding Security Communications — Discernible Inc
Organizations that treat security communications as crisis media relations sabotage their own credibility. Effective security communications require comprehensive internal messaging and stakeholder tr...
discernibleinc.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Security communications != crisis PR
Journalists covering incidents draw on months/years of context about how you communicate with stakeholders during normal operations.
Companies that handle incidents well build credibility long before they need it.
discernibleinc.com/blog/sabotag...
Journalists covering incidents draw on months/years of context about how you communicate with stakeholders during normal operations.
Companies that handle incidents well build credibility long before they need it.
discernibleinc.com/blog/sabotag...
Our monthly newsletter includes:
• Research-backed strategies for driving security/privacy adoption
• Psychology insights that explain why tech rollouts fail (& how to fix them)
• Tools for educating execs & boards
+ we don’t add you to sales/marketing lists!
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• Research-backed strategies for driving security/privacy adoption
• Psychology insights that explain why tech rollouts fail (& how to fix them)
• Tools for educating execs & boards
+ we don’t add you to sales/marketing lists!
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Sign up for our monthly newsletter — Discernible Inc
Effective communicators secure more resources, gain greater influence, and deliver more business value.
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June 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our monthly newsletter includes:
• Research-backed strategies for driving security/privacy adoption
• Psychology insights that explain why tech rollouts fail (& how to fix them)
• Tools for educating execs & boards
+ we don’t add you to sales/marketing lists!
discernibleinc.com/newsletter-s...
• Research-backed strategies for driving security/privacy adoption
• Psychology insights that explain why tech rollouts fail (& how to fix them)
• Tools for educating execs & boards
+ we don’t add you to sales/marketing lists!
discernibleinc.com/newsletter-s...
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Goodbye Redwood Forest -- The blue areas are what EO 14225 has marked for deforestation. These are old growth forests, protected by law.
May 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Goodbye Redwood Forest -- The blue areas are what EO 14225 has marked for deforestation. These are old growth forests, protected by law.
Most IR drills ask "what could go wrong?" But what if we ask "what could go RIGHT?"
Join us this week!
✅ Turn incident comms into competitive advantage
✅ Strengthen stakeholder relationships
✅ Convert IR into business value
#IncidentResponse #CyberSecurity #SecurityCommunications
Join us this week!
✅ Turn incident comms into competitive advantage
✅ Strengthen stakeholder relationships
✅ Convert IR into business value
#IncidentResponse #CyberSecurity #SecurityCommunications
May 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Most IR drills ask "what could go wrong?" But what if we ask "what could go RIGHT?"
Join us this week!
✅ Turn incident comms into competitive advantage
✅ Strengthen stakeholder relationships
✅ Convert IR into business value
#IncidentResponse #CyberSecurity #SecurityCommunications
Join us this week!
✅ Turn incident comms into competitive advantage
✅ Strengthen stakeholder relationships
✅ Convert IR into business value
#IncidentResponse #CyberSecurity #SecurityCommunications
🎉 OUR 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED & NOTIFIED! 🎉
Thank you to everyone who participated!
We were blown away by your thoughtful comments, so we included a few of our favorites in the comments below.👇
Thanks for being part of our journey over these 5 years. 💙
Thank you to everyone who participated!
We were blown away by your thoughtful comments, so we included a few of our favorites in the comments below.👇
Thanks for being part of our journey over these 5 years. 💙
May 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🎉 OUR 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY WINNERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED & NOTIFIED! 🎉
Thank you to everyone who participated!
We were blown away by your thoughtful comments, so we included a few of our favorites in the comments below.👇
Thanks for being part of our journey over these 5 years. 💙
Thank you to everyone who participated!
We were blown away by your thoughtful comments, so we included a few of our favorites in the comments below.👇
Thanks for being part of our journey over these 5 years. 💙
🏁FINAL DAY OF OUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY 🏁
Last chance to enter: Comment with a blog post from our team that impacted your security practices, and tell us why it mattered.
Every comment increases your chances! Winners notified by end of day.
#InfoSec #IncidentResponse #SecurityComms
Last chance to enter: Comment with a blog post from our team that impacted your security practices, and tell us why it mattered.
Every comment increases your chances! Winners notified by end of day.
#InfoSec #IncidentResponse #SecurityComms
May 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🏁FINAL DAY OF OUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY 🏁
Last chance to enter: Comment with a blog post from our team that impacted your security practices, and tell us why it mattered.
Every comment increases your chances! Winners notified by end of day.
#InfoSec #IncidentResponse #SecurityComms
Last chance to enter: Comment with a blog post from our team that impacted your security practices, and tell us why it mattered.
Every comment increases your chances! Winners notified by end of day.
#InfoSec #IncidentResponse #SecurityComms
🚨 Get your entries in before tomorrow’s deadline!
Tomorrow we’ll select winners for free subscriptions to our weekly IR comms drills!
Comment & tell us which of our blog posts you liked most.
Each comment = new entry
More participation = better chances!
#SecurityComms #PrivacyComms
Tomorrow we’ll select winners for free subscriptions to our weekly IR comms drills!
Comment & tell us which of our blog posts you liked most.
Each comment = new entry
More participation = better chances!
#SecurityComms #PrivacyComms
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🚨 Get your entries in before tomorrow’s deadline!
Tomorrow we’ll select winners for free subscriptions to our weekly IR comms drills!
Comment & tell us which of our blog posts you liked most.
Each comment = new entry
More participation = better chances!
#SecurityComms #PrivacyComms
Tomorrow we’ll select winners for free subscriptions to our weekly IR comms drills!
Comment & tell us which of our blog posts you liked most.
Each comment = new entry
More participation = better chances!
#SecurityComms #PrivacyComms
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#ICA25 ICA CAT panel: MIAO-nipulating Cognition: AI Offloading, Expertise, and Relationships - 14-Jun-25, 12:00 PM in Centennial G (Regency 3).
May 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#ICA25 ICA CAT panel: MIAO-nipulating Cognition: AI Offloading, Expertise, and Relationships - 14-Jun-25, 12:00 PM in Centennial G (Regency 3).
Our 5-year anniversary giveaway continues with 5 subscriptions to Discernible Drills Pro up for grabs. ($1,200 value!)
Share which of our blog posts taught you something valuable!
Each post = 1 entry.
Multiple entries encouraged!
Winners selected Friday.
#SecurityComms #IncidentResponse
Share which of our blog posts taught you something valuable!
Each post = 1 entry.
Multiple entries encouraged!
Winners selected Friday.
#SecurityComms #IncidentResponse
May 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our 5-year anniversary giveaway continues with 5 subscriptions to Discernible Drills Pro up for grabs. ($1,200 value!)
Share which of our blog posts taught you something valuable!
Each post = 1 entry.
Multiple entries encouraged!
Winners selected Friday.
#SecurityComms #IncidentResponse
Share which of our blog posts taught you something valuable!
Each post = 1 entry.
Multiple entries encouraged!
Winners selected Friday.
#SecurityComms #IncidentResponse