An effective incident response plan goes beyond just a technical exercise. It must reflect the larger business objectives, operational needs, and risk appetite of the organization. Byintegrating strategic and o
A summary of the broad actions or course of action for achieving the incident response objectives.SMARTgoals are best suited that encompass all elements of the incident response plan including training, testing, communication and technical aspects such asautomation initiatives. Leadership approval Top man...
Planning: The planning section provides the necessary information to the command center to develop the action plan to accomplish the objectives. This section also collects and evaluates information as it is made available. ● Logistics: The logistics section provides personnel, equipment, and support ...
The bulk of active incident response takes place in this phase. The primary objectives are to contain the threat, eradicate it, and recover affected systems to resume normal operations.Containment strategiesare defined based on the type of attack and the potential damage. Incident response teams wor...
Plan requires senior officials from multiple levels of government to come together at a single location to establish a common set of objectives and a single incident plan. This group, referred to as the “Unified Command,” provides for and enablesjointdecisions on objectives, strategies, plans, ...
At an operational level, Entrust has instituted a Security Incident Response Plan to oversee data security events identified or detected by the various technologies used to monitor and alert based on specific thresholds or circumstances. The objectives of the Security Incident Response Plan are to ...
a collection of one type of resources with common communications. Strike Teams are under the direct supervision of a Strike Team Leader. Examples might include collections of three to five like resources, such as engines or crews, assigned to one geographic area to accomplish common objectives. ...
Evaluating Collected Data– Prioritize business functions and define recovery objectives. Creating the BIA Report– Summarize findings, provide detailed recovery strategies, and develop an action plan. Implementing & Reviewing– Align recommendations with business continuity plans and schedule regular updates....
Service Level Objectives (SLO) An agreement within an SLA about a specific metric like uptime. Severity (SEV) levels The degree to which a service is affected by an incident. Typically, teams use a 3- to 5-tiered SEV level structure with 1 being the highest severity and 3 to 5 indicatin...
Actions on Objectives: Only now, after progressing through the first six phases, can intruders take actions to achieve their original objectives. Typically this objective is data exfiltration which involves collecting, encrypting and extracting information from the victim environment. Alternatively, the int...