You would never want an incident to occur in your organization causing tremendous damage to image down. Incident response is a structured approach to handle and mitigate cybersecurity incidents and breaches. It encompasses a series of actions that include detecting, analyzing, containing, and remediating security threats to minimize their impact on the organization’s operations and assets. A well-defined incident response plan is crucial, detailing the procedures for addressing various types of cyberattacks and outlining the roles and responsibilities of the incident response team. This team, equipped with the necessary tools and technologies, works to quickly identify real security incidents, control the situation, limit the damage, and reduce the recovery time and costs associated with such events.

Incident response management typically includes formal documentation describing incident response procedures. These procedures should cover the entire incident response process, including preparation, detection, analysis, containment, and post-incident cleanup. By following these procedures, organizations can limit damage, prevent further losses, and comply with applicable compliance regulations.

The phases include Detection, Analysis, Containment, Eradication and Recovery.