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Crisis Management in Tech

Survive the outage. Master Incident Command, public communications, status pages, and post-mortems for security breaches and downtime.

When the site goes down or data leaks, leadership is tested. This course teaches Crisis Management. You will learn the Incident Command System (ICS) to manage internal chaos. Master external communication: writing Status Page updates, PR statements, and handling social media backlash. We cover the Blameless Post-Mortem process to learn from failure and legal considerations during security breaches. Essential for Engineering leaders and Comms teams.

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Complete Course Syllabus

  • 1
    Incident Command
    Roles: Commander, Scribe, Comms, and Subject Matter Experts.
  • 2
    Public Comms
    The art of the Status Page update and apology.
  • 3
    Security Breaches
    Specific protocols for hacks and data leaks.
  • 4
    Post-Mortems
    Root Cause Analysis (5 Whys) without blame.
  • 5
    War Games
    Simulating crises to train the team.

Estimated completion time: 21 lessons • Self-paced learning • Lifetime access

Career Outlook

Estimated Salary
N/A

Career Paths

Head of Comms $150k-$220k
Incident Commander $140k-$190k
Trust & Safety Lead $130k-$180k

What You Will Learn

Lead critical incidents using the Incident Command System
Draft clear, empathetic external communications during crises
Conduct blameless post-mortems to prevent recurrence
Manage stakeholder anxiety and executive reporting
Navigate legal and PR risks during data breaches

Skills You Will Gain

Crisis Comms Incident Command Risk Mgmt Public Relations Post-Mortems

Who Is This For

CTOs
VP Eng
Comms Directors

Prerequisites

Leadership Exp

Crisis Management in Tech FAQs

PR focus?

Mix of Engineering Ops and PR strategy.

Scary?

Yes, but preparation reduces panic.

For devs?

Senior devs often serve as Incident Commanders.

Legal?

We touch on liability, but focus on ops.

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