[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":179},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-launch/press-announcement":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":159,"date":160,"dateModified":160,"description":161,"draft":162,"extension":163,"faq":164,"featured":162,"headerVariant":165,"image":164,"keywords":164,"meta":166,"navigation":167,"ogDescription":168,"ogTitle":169,"path":170,"readTime":164,"schemaOrg":171,"schemaType":172,"seo":173,"sitemap":174,"stem":175,"tags":176,"twitterCard":177,"__hash__":178},"blog/blog/launch/press-announcement.md","Press Announcement Security Checklist: 14 Items Before Media Coverage",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":153},"minimark",[9,19,22,48,71,91,113,118,121,124],[10,11,12,16],"tldr",{},[13,14,15],"p",{},"TL;DR",[13,17,18],{},"Press coverage brings traffic spikes and security researchers. Before your announcement goes live, ensure infrastructure can scale, security basics are solid, you have an incident response plan, and someone is monitoring for issues. 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