How Birmingham Consulting Stopped a Cyber Nightmare in 25 Minutes With Cork
A swift response and powerful partnership prevented a catastrophic cyber incident, with Cork Protection offering insights and financial safeguards.
When it comes to offering managed services it’s critical to have a success framework as you grow and scale. For Scott Birmingham of Birmingham Consulting, it’s about trust—trust that’s built by delivering proactive protection to his clients. His team spends 25% of their time stress-testing security tools, ensuring their clients always have the best safeguards in place. Promising security in a high-threat world is hard, especially with business email compromise attacks increasing 38% a year. His secret weapon? Cork Protection.
Client-centric Approach
Critical Partnership
Birmingham Consulting’s alliance with Cork relies on the cyber risk insight platform which continuously monitors endpoints and flags vulnerabilities before they escalate. But the partnership doesn’t stop there—Cork backs its insights with a $500k cyber warranty, offering clients financial security post attack.
Business Email Compromise - 150,000 per day in North America
The principal lawyer at Groves Law received an email from what appeared to be a familiar source. The email led to a SharePoint site that requested login information. Thanks to Cork’s cyber risk insight platform, Scott’s team had already flagged unusual activity in the principal’s account, noticing suspicious logins and Duo push notifications from unfamiliar locations. Within 25 minutes of the incident, Birmingham Consulting had locked down the compromised account and secured the environment. Early warning combined with strong cyber expertise and security tools resulted in a high-performance save for the client.
Birmingham Consulting’s Advantage
Move Fast, Spend Resources Decisively
Cork didn’t just alert the attack, it provided Birmingham the confidence to move fast and spend resources decisively. “It’s invaluable that we were able to preserve business continuity thanks to Birmingham Consulting’s quick response and expertise. And we were able to avoid immediate recovery expenses with our cyber warranty with Cork. We couldn’t have asked for more reliable partners in the protection of our data.” Amanda Groves, CEO of Groves Law
Quick Solutions Backed By Cork
With Cork’s cyber warranty in place, Groves Law’s financial exposure was immediately covered and extended to support the insurance claim. The e-credit card Cork issued, covering incident response and advisory services, even covered pizza for the Birmingham team. The focus was on keeping operations running smoothly, without disruptions when securing the client environment.
This powerful mix of cyber risk insight monitoring and financial peace of mind turned a potentially devastating incident into a minor hiccup. Groves Law didn’t spend a dime. Scott didn’t lose a client. In fact, the relationship only strengthened.
“It’s invaluable that we were able to preserve business continuity thanks to Birmingham Consulting’s quick response and expertise. And we were able to avoid immediate recovery expenses with our cyber warranty with Cork. We couldn’t have asked for more reliable partners in the protection of our data.”
Partnerships Matter
313 business email accounts have been compromised since you started reading this… (1.74 attacks per second). The law firm’s incident isn’t unique, but the performance of Birmingham plus Cork is. Scott understands that in the modern world, it’s not just about the tech stack, it’s about partnerships. “Our client loves the coverage provided by Cork. Their cyber insurance policy excluded our remediation services; so they would have been out-of-pocket for our services without Cork.” Scott Birmingham, CEO, Birmingham Consulting
With Cork cyber risk insight monitoring, $500k warranty, and resellable services, Scott has the kind of partnership that turns potential catastrophe into a showcase of excellence. This added value makes Cork more than just a tool; it’s an affordable asset that creates financial growth opportunities for Birmingham Consulting and helps them secure customers for life.