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Story behind Enduir
When the surge of ransomware began over 5 years ago, the Enduir approach to response was born out of necessity. The traditional siloed and serial process of legal engagement followed by forensics response often got in the way of the primary objective - resuming business operations.
In the early days, when calls came in, our team would walk business leaders through the process, what to expect and provide recommendations on forensics vendors and breach coaches who could support them. In every case, the result was the same. Inevitably, a week later, we would get a follow-up call - "we engaged the breach coach and forensics vendor - but our business is still down. We need someone to help us!"
Early on, we developed the role of Incident Command to coordinate activities focusing on recovery while the Forensics teams directed collection requests. We quickly combined this with infrastructure support to expand our Client’s internal IT team's capabilities.
Over the years, we have built a blended team that includes not only some of the best Cybersecurity minds in the business, but specialists in IT infrastructure, applications, digital forensics and legal while developing a reputation for getting the job done. Leveraging this unparalleled approach, we launched Enduir to serve the growing needs of our clients.
Leadership
Sean Curran
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Sean is an accomplished Cybersecurity professional with almost 30 years of experience leading Cybersecurity teams for Global consulting firms in the United States and Australia. Early on, he recognized the impact of ransomware and began helping the industry to acknowledge the importance of focusing on recovering business operations – not just determining the who and how.
A technologist with deep expertise in infrastructure and application security, Sean has designed, implemented and defended complex environments across most industries. He has also provided forensic analysis on complex breaches for both corporate and government agencies. In addition, he has developed a business acumen that stems from advising Private Equity firms on hundreds of complex mergers and acquisitions transactions in particular Cybersecurity firms and products.
This blend of skills has put Sean in the board room, supporting dozens of large organizations in the midst of a ransomware attack, and advising executives as they navigate their organization to recovery.
Michael Picton
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Michael recognizes that an effective response requires an integrated approach with blended skillsets across the incident command, forensics, containment, recovery, and remediation work-streams. He has almost 25 years of technology and cybersecurity experience in both industry & global consulting.
After spending many years building and leading programs to defend GE’s intellectual property against advanced threats, he co-founded managed detection and response (MDR) firm Morphick, which was recognized by Gartner as a “pioneer” in the MDR services market and ranked among the top firms to hold the NSA CIRA accreditation for incident response services.
Following the acquisition of Morphick by Booz Allen Hamilton, Michael led cybersecurity practices for global consulting firms, advising clients on cybersecurity strategy, incident response, and M&A transactions.
Mike Chada
Co-Founder & Partner
By advising hundreds of clients through complex cybersecurity incidents and time-sensitive M&A transactions, Mike has developed a balanced approach to Incident Response that prioritizes business needs while understanding technical dependencies.
Mike began his career as part of West Monroe’s Cybersecurity practice where he focused on assisting clients with infrastructure transformations during M&A transactions. As ransomware became more prevalent, Mike dove into the Incident Response world as West Monroe’s first Incident Commander, where he helped define the importance of infrastructure recovery during breaches. More recently, Mike was a part of KPMG’s Deal Advisory and Strategy team, where he evaluated cybersecurity organizations on behalf of global Private Equity firms.
As a Co-Founder and Partner at Enduir, Mike focuses on engaging with clients during their time of need as well as driving meaningful change in proactive strategic infrastructure security engagements.
Paul Cotter
Partner
Paul has played an active role in the Cybersecurity industry for over 25 years, at companies ranging from small consultancies to global Fortune 100 companies in pharmaceuticals, technology, and social media. In that time, he has shipped and secured products at global scale, advised on over 400 M&A deals, and helped define and deliver solutions across a broad swath of the cybersecurity industry.
Prior to joining Enduir’s leadership team, Paul provided cybersecurity leadership and expertise for Meta’s product engineering and M&A teams, as well as leading West Monroe’s application security M&A teams.
Paul's role at Enduir focuses on delivering value to our clients and empowering our analysts by driving Enduir’s industry-leading technology and innovation platforms.
Badr Khudeira
Director, PE Advisory
Badr is a seasoned IT executive with over 20 years of IT infrastructure and Cybersecurity experience across multiple industries including consumer packaged goods, data analytics, manufacturing, and environmental services focusing on business transformation and technology innovation.
By advising Private Equity clients in over 200 acquisitions, Badr has an in-depth understanding of the intricacies of deal-making as well as how cyber security risk impacts deal theses.
As a Director of the Private Equity Portfolio Resilience (PEPR) Program, Badr uses his technical and M&A skills to support PE clients in building a resilient portfolio and helping navigate the evolving threat landscape.
Lisa Beasley
Director, Accounting & HR
Lisa’s involvement in Operations for organizations of all sizes has shaped her ability to establish scalable and efficient Accounting, Finance, and Human Resource departments. Lisa began her career in public accounting then moved to building and administrating benefit plans for large life sciences organizations. Leveraging her knowledge as a CPA, Lisa was able to effectively administer key financial benefits such as 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and various insurance coverage.
After 15 years of experience in various large organizations, Lisa took the leap into the start-up world by joining Morphick in its first month of business. At Morphick, an MDR company, Lisa established and led Accounting, Benefits and Human Resources operations. In 2017, Morphick was acquired by Booz Allen Hamilton and after four years of various integration, benefits, and financial support, Lisa was thrilled to start growing a new company, Enduir.
Lisa’s experience building, growing, and involvement in transactions has shaped the way Enduir’s Operations are built. With scale, simplicity, and end user experience in mind, Lisa’s influence on the Operations is clear.