Incident response plans are an important part of any security team’s repertoire, but figuring out where to start can be difficult. Unfortunately, it’s not a matter of if an incident happens but when.

For many security decision-makers, the real challenge is communicating the ongoing IR process to their management. Every security professional knows it’s only a matter of time before their ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week the release of new and updated planning tools designed to ...

K12 Security Information Exchange today released a free Cyber Incident Response Runbook for U.S. public schools, a fill-in-the-blank style guide created specifically to help K–12 school leaders build ...

Quick, find a copy of your agency’s cybersecurity incident response plan. Pull that binder off the shelf or call up an electronic copy. OK, now that you have it, let me ask you a few questions. How ...

Many security teams are operating with incident response plans that haven’t been updated — or even looked at — in months or years. That’s a big mistake. While revising documentation is nobody’s idea ...

Reported incidents of data breaches have reached record levels over the last two years. 1 Given this reality, a data security incident response plan is no longer a luxury; it is a vital tool in every ...

Leadership so they understand the plan and its alignment with other university processes Staff who may become aware of incidents System administrators with direct involvement in the identification and ...

What is an Incident? It could be a cybercriminal or any malware taking over your computer. You should not ignore IR because it can happen to anyone. If you think you won’t be affected, you may be ...