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Financial Technology
Rapid Response to Active Breach
Incident ResponseForensicsAWS SecurityFintech
2 hours
Time to containment
$0
Data breach notification required (no PII exposed)
10 days
Full investigation and remediation
Closed
Series B funding round completed on schedule
The Crisis
A fintech startup discovered suspicious activity in their AWS environment during a funding round. Needed immediate incident response and forensic investigation without derailing the raise.
- •Active threat detected during Series B due diligence
- •Investors questioning security practices
- •Unknown scope of compromise
- •Critical customer data potentially at risk
- •Funding timeline at stake
Our Response
Emergency incident response engagement. Contained the threat within 2 hours, conducted full forensic investigation, implemented remediation measures, and provided board-ready report.
- Immediate triage and containment within 2 hours
- Full forensic investigation of AWS environment
- Root cause analysis identifying initial access vector
- Confirmed no PII or customer data exfiltration
- Implemented immediate security hardening measures
- Provided investor-ready incident report
- Established ongoing security monitoring
Response Timeline
Hour 0
Initial alert received, triage begins
Hour 1
Threat identified, containment strategy defined
Hour 2
Full containment achieved, attacker access revoked
Day 2-5
Forensic investigation and root cause analysis
Day 6-8
Remediation and security hardening
Day 10
Final report delivered, investor briefing
"When we found the intrusion, we panicked. ReLoIT had it contained in hours and gave our investors confidence that we take security seriously."
— CEO
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