When the breach happens, the next forty hours decide everything.
24/7 incident response, digital forensics, and breach recovery aligned with the NIST 800-61 framework. Containment, investigation, and restoration for organizations under active attack, delivered by responders with military intelligence and Big 4 consulting heritage.
From first alert to business-as-usual.
A typical ransomware operator logs in with a stolen credential, moves laterally inside the network for thirty to forty hours, then encrypts every workstation and server they can reach. By the time the IT team identifies the deployment, the attacker has been resident for days and the recovery clock is already running. The difference between a contained event and an operational crisis is usually measured in hours of response time.
Armour Cybersecurity's Incident Response service exists to compress that timeline. The team activates within hours, deploys monitoring across the affected environment, contains the threat, conducts forensic investigation to identify root cause and potential data exfiltration, and oversees restoration alongside the internal IT team. Every action is documented to insurance-grade and litigation-grade evidentiary standards.
The methodology follows NIST 800-61. Investigation is informed by the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK. Coordination with breach counsel and the cyber insurance carrier begins in the first hour. The engagement ends only when the organization is back to business-as-usual, with a documented post-incident review and an updated Incident Response Plan in place.
Improvised response vs. disciplined execution.
Cyber incidents do not wait for procurement cycles, board approvals, or business hours. The difference between organizations that recover quickly and those that suffer prolonged disruption is whether a disciplined response capability exists before the incident starts.
Improvised response, lost evidence, prolonged disruption.
The incident is detected hours or days after the attacker entered. The IT team isolates devices without forensic imaging, destroying evidence. Stakeholders are notified inconsistently. Cyber insurance is engaged late. Legal counsel is brought in after critical decisions have already been made. Containment is partial, restoration is rushed, and the same vulnerability that enabled the attack remains exploitable when the environment comes back online.
A trained team, a documented plan, and evidence preserved from hour one.
The response team activates on a defined service level. Forensic imaging precedes containment. Chain of custody is maintained from the first device touched. Breach counsel and the cyber insurance carrier are engaged in the first hour. Communications follow pre-built templates approved by legal. Root cause is identified before restoration, so the same vulnerability cannot be re-exploited. The organization returns to business-as-usual on the evidence, not on a guess.
What the team delivers in an incident.
Nine response domains, exercised across forensics, containment, communication, and recovery. Every domain is documented to insurance-grade evidentiary standards.
Disk, Memory & Mobile Forensics
Forensic imaging of workstations, servers, mobile devices, and system memory. Recovery of deleted and hidden data, malware reverse engineering, and analysis of attacker tooling left in the environment.
Log & Network Traffic Analysis
Review of system, application, identity, firewall, and endpoint logs to trace attacker movement. Network traffic analysis to detect lateral movement, data exfiltration, and command and control activity.
Containment & Quarantine
Isolation of compromised systems with forensic preservation, deployment of monitoring across the environment, and quarantine timed in coordination with investigators to prevent attacker adaptation.
Eradication & Remediation
Removal of malware, attacker tooling, persistence mechanisms, and unauthorized accounts. Secure rebuild of compromised systems using documented playbooks with business owner involvement.
Recovery & Restoration Oversight
Oversight of restoration activities, validation that recovered systems are clean, and coordination with business owners on the sequence and timing of return-to-operations decisions.
Threat Actor & Kill Chain Mapping
Attribution of attacker behavior to known threat actor profiles and TTPs, mapped against the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK to inform containment priorities and disclosure positioning.
Stakeholder & Regulatory Communications
Support for internal communications, executive briefings, regulatory notifications, and customer-facing messaging, coordinated with breach counsel and aligned with disclosure obligations.
Cyber Insurance Coordination
Coordination with the cyber insurance carrier from the first hour, including notification protocols, claim documentation, and alignment with panel counsel and approved-vendor requirements.
IR Plan, Retainer & Tabletops
Pre-incident readiness: Incident Response Plan development, retainer onboarding, tabletop exercises, and IR readiness assessments so the team understands the environment before an event occurs.
Who this engagement serves.
Built for organizations that need disciplined response capability either pre-positioned through a retainer or activated under emergency conditions during an active incident.
Organizations Under Active Attack
Teams in the middle of a ransomware event, business email compromise, data breach, or targeted intrusion who need experienced responders engaged within hours, not days.
Regulated & High-Stakes Industries
Financial services, healthcare, legal, and government organizations subject to mandatory breach notification timelines where every hour of delay carries regulatory consequence.
Mid-Market & Growth-Stage Companies
Organizations without an internal incident response team who need a retainer to pre-position capability, guarantee response time, and pre-negotiate rates before an event occurs.
Cyber Insurance Policyholders
Organizations whose cyber insurance policy requires use of an approved-vendor responder, or who want to ensure their response partner can document evidence to claim-eligible standards.
A disciplined methodology across six phases.
The engagement follows the NIST 800-61 lifecycle, structured into six execution phases. The same phases are exercised in tabletops before an incident, so the response runs on muscle memory when a real event occurs.
Preparation & Readiness
Incident Response Plan development, retainer onboarding, tabletop exercises, communication templates, and pre-positioning with breach counsel and the cyber insurance carrier so response capability exists before it is needed.
Detection & Analysis
Activation of the response team. Scope determination, severity classification, and initial forensic triage. Engagement of stakeholders, breach counsel, and the cyber insurance carrier within the first hour.
Containment
Deployment of monitoring across the environment, forensic imaging of affected systems, quarantine of compromised devices timed to prevent attacker adaptation, and disruption of command and control infrastructure.
Eradication & Investigation
Removal of malware, attacker tooling, and persistence. Parallel forensic investigation of root cause, attacker movement, data exfiltration indicators, and attribution to known threat actor profiles.
Recovery & Return to BAU
Secure rebuild and restoration with business owner involvement. Validation that recovered systems are clean. Coordinated return to business-as-usual with continued monitoring through the stabilization period.
Post-Incident Review
Lessons-learned review, root cause documentation, communication-effectiveness assessment, and updates to the Incident Response Plan. Training and simulations to incorporate findings into ongoing readiness.
What the organization walks away with.
Nine integrated deliverables across the lifecycle, built to insurance-grade and litigation-grade evidentiary standards. Every artifact is designed to survive regulator, auditor, and counsel scrutiny.
24/7 Emergency Response Activation
On-demand activation of the response team to a defined service level for retainer clients and emergency engagement for organizations under active attack.
Incident Response Plan (IRP)
Documented IRP aligned with NIST 800-61, including playbooks for ransomware, data breach, and phishing scenarios, communication templates, and cyber insurance contact protocol.
Digital Forensics Investigation Report
Comprehensive forensic report covering disk, memory, mobile, log, and malware analysis. Documents attacker methods, tooling, and the security weaknesses that enabled the event.
Incident Timeline Reconstruction
Hour-by-hour reconstruction of the attack, from initial compromise through containment, mapped to the Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK to inform disclosure and remediation.
Root Cause Analysis
Documented analysis of the vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, or process gaps the attacker exploited, with prioritized remediation recommendations to prevent recurrence.
Chain of Custody Documentation
Forensically sound chain of custody for every piece of evidence collected, with documented handlers, transfers, and storage, ready to support insurance claims and legal proceedings.
Regulatory & Stakeholder Communications Support
Drafts and review of regulatory notifications, executive briefings, and customer-facing communications, coordinated with breach counsel and aligned with disclosure obligations.
Tabletop Exercise Facilitation
Facilitated tabletop exercises that pressure-test the IRP, exercise the response team, and identify gaps before a real incident exposes them. Documented findings feed plan updates.
Lessons Learned & IRP Update
Post-incident review covering communication effectiveness, response time, vendor coordination, and investigation gaps, with corresponding updates to the IRP and follow-up training.
The numbers behind the work.
Founded by military intelligence veterans with senior advisors from PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, EY, and Mandiant. The track record reflects the discipline.
Clients Served
Organizations across finance, healthcare, technology, energy, legal, and government trust Armour Cybersecurity to protect what matters.
Client Retention Rate
Long-term engagements built on consistent quality, predictable delivery, and consulting relationships that compound in value over time.
Industries · Worldwide Reach
Cross-sector experience spanning every major regulated industry, with operations supporting clients across North America, Latin America, and beyond.
Cybersecurity Technology Solutions
A vetted catalogue of technology partnerships and proprietary methods deployed in support of containment, forensics, and breach recovery operations.
Under attack right now? Every hour matters.
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Activate ResponseFrequently asked questions.
Common questions from CISOs, General Counsel, and risk leaders evaluating an Incident Response engagement or retainer.
What is the difference between incident response and threat hunting?
How quickly can Armour Cybersecurity respond to an active incident?
Which framework does the methodology follow?
What does an incident response retainer include?
Does the engagement support cyber insurance claims?
What types of incidents does the team handle?
How does the engagement work with legal counsel and the cyber insurance carrier?
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