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.

When a cyber incident occurs, quickly discovering it — and shutting it down — is crucial. Having an incident response plan in place can help position state and local governments to swiftly react and ...

With cyber attacks on the rise, creating a solid security plan for your business is more important than ever. An incident response plan can help you identify a breach or security issue and then stop, ...

Cyberattacks are inevitable in the interconnected digital world. This unsettling truth has been propelled by the exponential growth of the cybercrime-as-a-service model, which lowers the barrier to ...

Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at ThycoticCentrify, offers a 7-step practical IR checklist for ensuring a swift recovery from a cyberattack. In a startling discovery, a recent report found ...

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 ...

In K–12, cybercrime is a constant threat. Every day, school IT teams face and work to defend against cyber breaches. This makes cybersecurity critical. “We see thousands of attacks of all kinds yearly ...

An incident response plan is a structured framework designed to help organizations effectively manage and mitigate security incidents such as cyberattacks, data breaches, and system compromises. It ...

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 ...

Part of the challenge is demonstrated in the question here. Our legacy thinking may lead us into thinking about incident response in a perimeter-focused way; preparing for an attack does not take into ...

The primary step towards a robust incident response plan is to get testing. It’s crucial not to wait until you’re faced with an issue to test all elements of the plan, especially around critical ...

Invest and practice: Grant Oviatt, director of incident-response engagements at Red Canary, lays out the key building blocks for effective IR. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pressing need ...