Hi, I'm Ran Levy. Welcome back to Malicious Life in collaboration with Cyber Reason.

Quick note before we begin, this episode, as well as a part one episode on how to defend the bank, are based on an article written by our senior producer,

nape Nelson for the website e-techly.com. In part one of our episodes on how to defend a bank I introduced some of the reasons why it's so difficult for us on the outside to make

sense of just how complicated it is to protect a financial institution in today's world.

My name is Sam Curry, I am Chief Security Officer for Cyber Reason.

Sam used to work in this field, which is why he's again helping us in this second episode.

One of my first principles in security is that much as we can, you know,

imagine what it's like to be a defender in a cyber conflict.

We don't know what it is, even if we've been through it somewhere else,

unless we're in the shoes at the time of it happening.

Connor Jones was working in the Human Resources Department at Bainen-Ox, a Fortune 100 Financial Services Company when he received an ominous call.

In an article for IT Pro, he wrote, quote,

The first call came through loudly and abruptly.

Out of the six teams tasked with protecting the firm, we had to take the first car. We had to set the example.

My teammate Jeremy and I looked at each other with dread.

Neither of us wanted to take the car. We just stared at each other, both saying nothing,

but our facial expressions were communicating just fine.

You'll take it. No, you take it.

We both said silently.

The phone rang longer than a phone usually rings.

End quote.

Jones and his colleagues were responsible for gathering and disseminating information to other departments and teams in the company.

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