Client: Cisco Security
Authors: Joey Muniz and Moses Frost
Art Direction: Brian McGee and Santos W. Vega III
Sequential Art and Colors: Tariq Hassan
Storyboarding: Brian McGee and Santos W. Vega III
Lettering and Design: Santos W. Vega III
Editing: Angela Cannon and Brian McGee
Our team was approached to create a very unique marketing piece to accompany a new program aimed at providing first-hand knowledge on cyber attack and defense concepts, including ransomware, phishing, hacking tools, breach detection, incident response, and the latest defense technologies. Scenarios are designed as modules that can stand alone or flow as part of the user experience you want to create to explore the world of cyber protection. How are environments compromised? How are security breaches detected? How can you respond quickly and effectively?
We decided to adapt a scenario in graphic novel format, allowing us to visually illustrate a high stakes scenario in a more engaging and immersive medium.
The first book is available online for download here: Read Volume 1.
Meet Mr. Black and his team as they plan to exploit the vulnerabilities of the HackMDs hospital. The story line follows modules in the Cyber Defense Clinic.
In the follow up, we decided to approach the story from a different perspective, in where we personified the security products on display in the narrative, and illustrate the software activity during an attack, as well as the malware being deployed, in a world inspired by the 1982 classic, Iron.
The first book is available online for download here: Read Volume 2.
Mr. Black wants revenge against the CEO who fired him. Can the HackMDs SOC stop him from gaining access to healthcare equipment while the CEO is treated?
To help understand why cyber attacks occur and demonstrate common attack scenarios, we created a series of comic books. The technology and security concepts in these comics are real, and most are covered in Cyber Defense Clinic labs. For more information, visit: Cyber Resilience Bootcamp
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