Incident Response Plan: Key Components, Logging, and Improvement

This presentation provides a comprehensive overview of the incident response plan (IRP), crucial for managing and mitigating the impact of cyber attacks. It defines incident response as an organized approach to handle the aftermath of cyber incidents, aiming to restrict damage, minimize costs, and reduce downtime. The IRP is described as a set of instructions that guides IT staff in detecting, responding to, and recovering from security incidents, addressing issues such as data loss and cybercrime. Key components of an IRP, including escalation procedures, severity assessment, internal and external communication strategies, steps of response, team member roles, and required retrospective analysis, are discussed. The presentation also covers incident logging, categorization, prioritization, and closing processes, highlighting the importance of accurate record-keeping and efficient incident management. Furthermore, it addresses the reopening of incidents and strategies for improving the IR plan, such as identifying security gaps, evaluating program efficacy, minimizing downtime, and maintaining public trust. The presentation concludes by emphasizing the importance of having a well-defined incident response plan to effectively address security breaches and protect organizational assets, referencing several sources for further reading.

INCIDENT RESPONSE
PLAN
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INTRODUCTION
The presentation deals with the incident
response plan and the various elements
of incident response plan. The
presentation also deals with the
improvement of the incident response
plan.

INCIDENT RESPONSE
 It is an organized approach and manage
the after affect of cyber attack
 It is also known as IT incident
 It restricts the damage and minimizes
cost and time

INCIDENT RESPONSE
PLAN
 It is a set of instructions
 It helps the It staff to detect, respond
and recover incidents of security
 These plans addresses various issues
like loss of data, cyber crime and many
more.

CONTENTS IN INCIDENT
RESPONSE PLAN
 Escalation
 Severity
 Internal issues
 Compromised communications
 Steps of response
 Team members
 External resources
 Required retrospective

INCIDENT LOGGING
 These are the incidents reported to the
service desk
 The incidents must be logged with date
and time
 It is the second stage in the
management procedure of incident

INCIDENT
CATEGORIZATION
 It is an important step in the
management procedure of incident
 It includes allocating a category to the
incident
 It permits the service desk to model and
sort incidents
 It is based on categories and sub-
categories

INCIDENT PRIORITIZATION
 It can be determined by taking into
account two things
 First, is the urgency of incident
 Second, level of impact
 The indication of impact is the number
of users being affected

INCIDENT CLOSING
 It is performed at the service desk
 It is the final stage of procedure of
incident management
 Incident closing is the last step.
 It follows incident recovery and incident
resolution

REOPENING INCIDENTS
 Sometimes the incident is re-opened by
an user
 The last reopened by and last re-opened
at fields are populated automatically
 It is populated with the name of person
 It also shows the when the incident is
re-opened.

IMPROVEMENT OF IR
PLAN
 Identification of the security gaps
 It enables business to develop
 It evaluates the efficacy of programs
 It minimizes the downtime
 Maintains the public trust

CONCLUSION
The presentation deals with the incident
response plan. Incident response plan is
important for a company and they
should have an incident response plan
for any kind of security breach. The
presentation deals with the various
aspects of the incident response plan.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Thompson, E. C. (2018). Incident response
frameworks. In Cybersecurity incident
response (pp. 17-46). Apress, Berkeley, CA.
 Thompson, E. C. (2018). The Incident Response
Strategy. In Cybersecurity Incident Response (pp.
65-70). Apress, Berkeley, CA.
 Wertheim, S. (2019). How to Create an Incident
Response Plan. The CPA Journal, 89(11), 70-71.
 Wong, S. C. (2019). Cybersecurity Incident
Response in Canada (Doctoral dissertation, Utica
College).
 Wood, T. (2020). If I Can Do It on an Ambulance,
You Can Do It in an Office: Scalable Incident
Response Using {ICS}.