Incident Respone Planning - How Prepared Are You?

BUILD A TAILORED, GO-TO GUIDE FOR HANDLING AN INCIDENT

Abiding Solutions helps organizations document steps that analysts and investigators will perform during the hands-on Incident Response process.

Organizations often respond to the same types of incidents over and over again. From malware to phishing to ransomware, oftentimes the attack scenarios are the same. Because of this, analysts and responders tend to perform the same tasks when responding to these events. However, most organizations find that these tasks are based on ad hoc knowledge, not performed consistently, and not documented. The solution to best protect against these types of issues is to create Incident Response Playbooks.

The creation and utilization of Incident Response Playbooks allows analysts to respond to an incident consistently, ensures that correct procedures are followed, and provides an organization with a roadmap to determine where processes can be automated and enhanced to improve critical response time.

A PROVEN PROCESS TO EXCEL AT A CRITICAL MOMENT

With their years of experience, Abiding Solutions' Incident Response team is able to provide a unique insight into attacks and assist in creating Incident Response Playbooks. This process includes:

Determining what common incidents an organization is seeing and reviewing industry research;

Interviewing appropriate personnel to find the tools used in current procedures or processes; and

Documenting the methods critical for success prescribed with the organization’s input.

REALISTIC INTENT SCENARIOS TO TEST YOUR TEAM

Information Security breaches continue to afflict companies of all sizes and the need to be prepared for a potential cybersecurity incident is more important than ever.

One of the most effective ways to test and maintain an Incident Response program is by using Tabletop Exercises.

Tabletop Exercises present an organization with a realistic incident scenario to which they respond. Participants describe how they would react during the incident, what tools they would use, and what procedures would be followed.

TAbiding Solutions has years of experience running Tabletop Exercises, having worked with many organizations to help design and run the exercises in order to test Incident Response plans and policies and ensure they are working as expected. As part of the exercise, Abiding Solutions will:

Design relevant scenarios for the organization

Act as the facilitator and moderator during the scenario

Record all actions that occur during the exercise

Evaluate the tools, procedures, and processes used to ensure they align with industry best practices

At the end of the exercise, the organization will be able to determine where the positive areas in their Incident Response plans and policies are, which areas have room for improvement, and how they can improve moving forward.