Employers don't just want to know if you understand security tools—they want to see how you think under pressure during a crisis. This capstone gives you practical experience applying global incident response frameworks and digital forensic methodologies to major historic breaches. You will dissect how organizations handled containment, how evidence was gathered, and where compliance failures occurred. This case-study-driven approach provides you with the exact technical narrative and vocabulary needed to confidently answer scenario-based interview questions.

You will execute a comprehensive, independent analysis of a real-world data breach using a professional engineering template. Your project requires you to investigate a major security failure from start to finish: uncovering the root cause, auditing the technical vulnerabilities, evaluating the organization's active response strategy, and mapping out a compliance remediation plan. You will graduate with a portfolio-worthy breach management report that proves to hiring managers you can deliver actionable security recommendations to corporate stakeholders.

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