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Judgment & ambiguity · When to escalate

During a routine engagement at a client, your team notices what looks like unauthorized access in the client's logs — possibly an active breach, possibly a false positive from a misconfigured tool. It's their environment, not yours to remediate. What's your move?

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During a routine engagement at a client, your team notices what looks like unauthorized access in the client's logs — possibly an active breach, possibly a false positive from a misconfigured tool. It's their environment, not yours to remediate. What's your move?

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