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Incident Response and the Responsibility of Your Organization for Protecting Data

As the recent Ivanti security breaches indicate, the existence of a strong and effective incident response isn’t an option but a necessity. An incident response plan (IRP) is essential to prepare an organization to respond to any security incident effectively and on time. This plan spells out processes that an organization should undergo in case of a cybersecurity incident while reducing damage and time for recovery.

The IRP is at the heart of effective cybersecurity and effective compliance management. This article will cover the basics of these plans and IR best practices. 

 

Planning and Preparing for Incident Response

An incident response plan is the policies, resources, and procedures an organization has “on the books” to help it navigate the likely occurrence of a security incident such as a data breach, insider threat, or ransomware. 

Some broad and often necessary best practices for incident response include:

Containment and Recovery

After the incident has been contained, the next step should be removing the threat from the system. This involves the deletion of malicious files and the stopping of unauthorized processes. The application of patches to the vulnerable systems should also be affected.

 

Review and Monitoring

Post-incident review should underline the areas that went well and those that went awry. The review should encompass the entry point, detection capabilities, response efficacy, and recovery process.

 

Maintaining Knowledge of the Modern Threat Landscape

Staying current on threat intelligence is essential for any organization since it informs the organization about new types of attacks. The organization can anticipate attacks and defend against them when they come in new ways against new targets. 

Threat intelligence sources include industry reports, security forums, government advisories, and threat intelligence platforms. It can also include working with a strong security partner well-versed in these threats. 

 

Understanding the Threat Landscape

We’ve beat this drum for a while. Still, the reality is that the increasing volume and sophistication of modern threats means that any data-driven business must have more extensive security support than they’ve ever had before. Understanding the current threat landscape is the initial step toward outlining incident response strategies that would be effective.

Some of the most common and damaging threats include:

 

Make Sure Your Incident Response Is on Point with Continuum GRC

Continuum GRC is a cloud platform that can take something as routine and necessary as regular vulnerability scanning and reporting under FedRAMP and make it an easy and timely part of business in the public sector. We provide risk management and compliance support for every major regulation and compliance framework on the market, including:

We are the only FedRAMP and StateRAMP-authorized compliance and risk management solution worldwide.

Continuum GRC is a proactive cyber security® and the only FedRAMP and StateRAMP-authorized cybersecurity audit platform worldwide. Call 1-888-896-6207 to discuss your organization’s cybersecurity needs and find out how we can help your organization protect its systems and ensure compliance.

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