Creating an Incident Response Plan (3 Step Guide).

Let’s face it, we hope we never have to be in a position for an incident response plan to be needed, but it’s absolutely necessary to have it in place.

It’s a critical component in IT, OT and IOT networks to ensure that your business, systems and personnel are well prepared to act swiftly and efficiently. It also enables you to create solutions and get back to business as quickly and safely as possible.

In this video, we’ll take a look at the 3 key steps you need to take to create an incident response plan. They include:

1 – Gathering an accurate inventory – We say this a lot for many aspects of network security, but you can’t protect what you don’t know you have.

2 – Identifying stakeholders and departmental roles – It might surprise you just how much everyone has a role to play here.

3 – Testing – Find gaps, discover flaws, patch and retest. Get your plan water-tight!

In order to have a thorough incident response plan, you need to prepare for all scenarios and possible outcomes. Sound like a big job? Don’t let it worry you. Just watch our video, and browse the full collection of incident response videos on our channel to learn more and begin mapping out our plan professionally and comprehensively.