The alert fired at 2:47 PM, right in the middle of a strategy meeting James had waited three weeks to attend.
His phone buzzed against the conference table, then again, then continuously: the pattern that meant critical.
Around the table, the Head of Operations was presenting a proposal to expand into Tanzania. The CFO was nodding along, asking questions about regulatory requirements and market entry costs. The CEO was leaning forward, engaged in a way James rarely saw in meetings about security.
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