How to Create an Incident Response Plan

Description Having an incident response plan and war gaming with employees ensures everyone knows how to respond to a cybersecurity breach. Learn how to create an incident response plan and put it into practice from David Landsberger, Telecom Brokerage Inc. director of training and events. As part of CompTIA’s security awareness training series, this video covers what to include in your incident response plan, who the key actors are and how to train employees on how to use it.

To help everyone from entry-level employees to executives understand what they need to do if a breach happens, you should walk them through an exercise known as war gaming. This video explains how to conduct a war game to demonstrate the severity of a cybersecurity breach and reinforce everyone’s role in incident response.

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