It doesn't matter how large your organization is, you are at risk and sooner or later cyber criminals will try to attack you. It’s not a matter of whether your organization will face a security ...

It’s time to update your incident response policies. Typically, an incident response plan lays out a process of identification, containment, investigation, attribution, remediation and communication.

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 ...

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 ...

Explore best practices for assembling a skilled IR team, leveraging tools and frameworks, and incorporating external ...

Every organization that monitors for security threats must have a plan for handling a threat once it's discovered. Avoiding cyberthreats entirely would be ideal, but that is not reality. An incident ...

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 ...

CEO of IT GOAT, responsible for streamlining IT Operations for our clients by providing outsourced IT Services delivered by IT GOAT. In simple terms, an incident response plan, or IR plan, is the ...

Cyber security incidents have transitioned from potential risks to operational certainties. The constant noise of attempted cyber intrusions, security lapses and IT service events requires all ...

It's human nature to procrastinate, especially when people aren't quite sure of the right way to approach a task. But when it comes to an incident response (IR) plan, the time to develop one is before ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. 2020 was a recording-breaking year for ...

Karen Scarfone is the principal consultant for Scarfone Cybersecurity. She provides cybersecurity publication consulting services to organizations and was formerly a senior computer scientist for the ...