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Risk-Driven Incident Response Planning
Incident response (IR) is a critical component of cybersecurity risk management. It involves a structured approach to detecting, responding to, and recovering from security incidents. Effective incident response begins with planning and preparation to ensure organizations can act quickly when an attack or breach occurs.
A risk-driven approach ensures that incident response is aligned with the organization’s risk profile. The planning phase includes:
- Identifying the most likely and high-impact incidents based on risk assessments.
- Defining roles and responsibilities for incident response team members.
- Creating incident detection and escalation procedures that are based on identified risks.
- Developing and testing response strategies tailored to the organization’s critical assets and systems.
Risk-driven planning prioritizes incidents that would have the greatest impact on the organization, enabling a faster and more effective response to high-priority risks.