Sadia Mirza, leader of Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team, was quoted in the August 9, 2024 PCMag article, “Just the Hacks: How Journalists Work With Hackers to Break News.”

Also on the Black Hat panel was Sadia Mirza, a partner at Troutman Pepper, who was tasked with giving the point of view of a corporate public relations representative who is tasked with providing information to shareholders and protecting the company’s image. Mirza lamented that journalists move “too fast” when reporting about cyber incidents. She explained that corporate incident response teams aren’t always able to produce instant answers about complex incidents that may require investigation or, in some cases, litigation.

Mirza responded, saying that slow corporate responses aren’t always indicative of obfuscation. Instead, people should want companies to take time to investigate an incident so they can make the most accurate statements about what occurred and present a firm path for customers to take to recover, if needed. “There are a lot of complexities that people just don’t appreciate,” she noted.

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