During the course of 2003, Mr. Kevin Mandia responded to over 20 computer security incidents at some of America’s largest organizations. Mr. Mandia was on the front lines assisting these organizations in responding to international computer intrusions, theft of Intellectual Property, electronic discovery issues, and widespread compromise of sensitive data. During his efforts to resolve these incidents, many similar challenges and issues confronted each organization. During this presentation, Mr. Mandia re-enacts some of the incidents, provides examples of how these incidents impacted organizations, and discusses the challenges that each organization faced. He demonstrates the “State-of-the-Art” methods being used to perform Incident Response, and how these methods have not really evolved since 1988. He outlines the need for new technologies to address these challenges, and what these technologies would offer. He concludes the presentation by discussing emerging trends and technologies that offer strategic approaches to minimize the risks an organization faces from the liabilities the information age has brought.