Breach: An Enterprise in Four Drinks

A short cyber-security tragedy in four acts.

Act I — Budget & Bourbon

(A CISO, a Head of SecOps, and an Engagement Manager walk into a bar.)

(It’s late. Neon from a few monitors spills across half-empty glasses.)

Bartender: Same as last quarter? Denial, panic, and whiskey?

CISO: Something cheap — our budget just got cut.

Head of SecOps: Make it strong — we just had another incident.

Engagement Manager: Put it all on the client’s bill. 🍸

(Lights fade. The sound of typing and alerts echo faintly.)

Act II — The War Room

(The same bar, a few hours later. The CEO and Legal Counsel enter, still on their phones.)

Bartender: Table for five — or a war room?

CEO: War room.

Legal Counsel: Off the record.

CISO: (takes a slow sip) Too late — the logs never lie. 🥃

Act III — Damage Control

(Even later, HR and PR walk into the same bar.)

(The monitors are dimmer, the drinks stronger.)

Bartender: Drinking or damage control?

PR: No, press prep.

HR: And terminations.

CISO: (raises glass) Cheers to lessons never learned. 🥂

Act IV — Public Statements

(The next morning. The same bar, now empty except for coffee cups and press badges.)

(The CEO and Legal Counsel prepare for the cameras.)

CEO: We take security very seriously.

CISO: (stares at his empty cup) ☕️

Epilogue — The Bartender

(That evening. The bar lights are low again; the morning’s headlines lie crumpled on the counter.)

(Only the bartender remains, polishing a glass in the green glow.)

Bartender: They always say it won’t happen again.

I just keep their usuals on standby.

(Fade out. The faint sound of another alert.)