Boston Marathon Bombing Lessons for Incident Response and Business Continuity
Summary
Drawing on real-world lessons from the Boston Marathon Bombing, Magna5 highlights how organizations can strengthen incident response, crisis decision-making, and post-incident adaptation based on practical experience in high‑pressure events. The discussion also emphasizes business continuity planning to support employees and operations when people, facilities, or public infrastructure are disrupted.
In this webinar, John Petrozzelli, Director of Cyber Security at Magna5, discussed preparation for incident response, crisis response during an incident, and post incident response through the lens of his experience as an FBI analyst and investigator during the Boston Marathon Bombing. He discussed the steps a company can take to prepare for incidents, respond from them, and adapt for the future. He also discussed business continuity preparation for companies impacted by loss of employees, facilities, or public infrastructure using lessons learned from impacts to employees and companies during the bombings.

Watch this entire webinar on the ICMC video page, HERE.