How to Create an Incident Response Plan From the Ground Up
Security 101: In the wake of an incident, it s important to cover all your bases and treat your IR plan as a constantly evolving work in progress.
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Every organization that monitors for security threats must have a plan for handling a threat once it s discovered. Avoiding cyberthreats entirely would be ideal, but that is not reality. An incident response (IR) plan is designed to document your organization s plans for what you should do if a serious security incident happens.
Some organizations build IR plans because they are told to do so by regulatory agencies. Others do so because they know efficiency in responding to an incident is a major factor in reducing its impact. Security incidents will happen, and the point of an IR plan is to reduce negative impact on the organization in the inevitable event of a cyberattack.