You lead security at your company. A journalist emails at 6pm Friday with a detailed, accurate story about a red-team finding your company hasn’t publicly disclosed. They’re publishing Monday morning. Your head of comms is on PTO. You report to the CTO. What do you do tonight?

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Stay specific. One example, told well, beats three told fast. Make your decisions visible — what you chose between. End on what changed, for whom.

You lead security at your company. A journalist emails at 6pm Friday with a detailed, accurate story about a red-team finding your company hasn’t publicly disclosed. They’re publishing Monday morning. Your head of comms is on PTO. You report to the CTO. What do you do tonight?

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