So, what is an incident response process?Īt the end of the day, it’s a business process. In fact, it may even help you keep your sanity. How many times do you have to hear that data breaches are inevitable in a single day? Especially at an RSA conference, not to mention your LinkedIn news feed or the front page of USA Today.Ĭonsider this chapter your resource guide for building your own incident response process, from an insider who’s realized - the hard way - that putting incident response checklists together and telling other people about them can honestly make your life easier.
Yawn, right?īut, at the same time, it’s a necessary evil these days. When most of us hear terms like “incident response process and procedures” our eyes tend to wander, and our attention starts to drift.