Structured incident response and ongoing security advisory from experienced practitioners.
Rapid Response
Structured Approach
Experienced Practitioners
5D Cyber provides both reactive incident response support and proactive advisory services to help organizations prepare, respond, and improve.
Security incidents demand clear thinking, structured workflows, and calm leadership. Our incident response and advisory services deliver experienced guidance during active events and help organizations build readiness before incidents occur. Whether responding to an active breach or advising on security strategy, we work alongside your team to ensure decisions are sound, documented, and defensible.
Investigation, containment guidance, and coordination during active security events.
Ongoing strategic guidance, program development, and readiness planning.
Development of documented response procedures, escalation paths, and decision frameworks tailored to your organization. Playbooks ensure teams know what to do, who to contact, and how to document actions during an incident.
Structured investigation methodology to determine scope, root cause, and impact. Containment recommendations focus on stopping attacker progression while minimizing business disruption and preserving forensic evidence.
Direct support during active incidents—coordinating technical response, guiding stakeholder communication, and ensuring proper documentation. We work alongside your internal teams and leadership to maintain control and decision-making authority.
Structured review of incident timeline, response effectiveness, and root cause. Recommendations for improving detection, response procedures, and controls to prevent recurrence. Documentation suitable for leadership and compliance reporting.
Fractional security leadership providing strategic guidance, program oversight, and executive counsel. Support includes security strategy development, risk assessments, vendor evaluations, board reporting, and ongoing advisory as your organization's security posture evolves.
Collaborative support that respects your organization's structure and decision-making authority.
Support is delivered alongside your internal teams and leadership, ensuring decisions are informed, documented, and defensible.
We don't take over. We don't push decisions without context. During incidents, we provide investigation expertise, containment recommendations, and coordination support—while your organization retains control and accountability. For advisory engagements, we work with your leadership to develop strategies, assess risk, and guide program development in ways that align with business objectives and operational realities.
We guide, recommend, and advise—your team makes the final decisions.
All recommendations, decisions, and actions are documented for accountability.
Response procedures follow proven methodologies without unnecessary urgency.
Technical details and executive summaries tailored to each audience.
Guidance from professionals who have managed real incidents and programs.
Independent advice aligned with your interests, not vendor incentives.
The relationship is built on trust, transparency, and a shared commitment to security outcomes. We succeed when you're prepared, resilient, and confident in your security program—not when we sell more products or services.
Effective incident response and security advisory deliver measurable improvements in resilience and confidence.
Structured incident response procedures reduce confusion, prevent hasty decisions, and ensure containment actions are deliberate and effective. Organizations respond faster because they know what to do.
Well-coordinated incident response minimizes downtime, limits collateral damage, and allows business operations to continue where safe. Recovery is faster when response is disciplined.
Post-incident reviews and proactive advisory improve detection capabilities, response procedures, and control effectiveness. Each engagement strengthens organizational resilience for future events.
Security incidents test organizational discipline and decision-making. Organizations with structured response procedures, documented playbooks, and access to experienced advisors handle incidents with confidence—making sound decisions under pressure, maintaining stakeholder trust, and emerging stronger. The goal is not to prevent all incidents—it's to respond effectively when they occur and continuously improve resilience.
Don't wait for a crisis to establish response procedures. Build readiness now with structured planning and experienced guidance.
Experienced incident responders. Calm guidance. No pressure.