What really determines whether a company survives a cyberattack, the sophistication of the attacker or how well the organization prepared before the breach ever happened?

In this episode of Business of Cybersecurity, I sat down with Andrew Carr, Managing Director at Booz Allen Hamilton and leader of the firm’s Commercial Threat Detection and Response practice. Andrew has spent nearly two decades working in digital forensics, ransomware response, and incident investigations across both government and enterprise environments. During our conversation, he shared lessons drawn from hundreds of cyber incidents and explained why preparation, clarity, and coordination often matter far more than the tools organizations deploy.

One of the most striking themes in this conversation was the importance of the first seventy-two hours during a cyber  ...