Digital Forensics and Incident Response

Escalation procedures

A critical component of the incident response plan is the escalation procedures. Escalation procedures outline who is responsible from moving an event or series of events from just anomalies in the information system to an incident. The CSIRT will become burned out if they are sent to investigate too many false positives. The escalation procedures ensure that the CSIRT is effectively utilized and that personnel are only contacted if their particular expertise is required.

The procedures start with the parties who are most likely to observe anomalies or events in the system that may be indicative of a larger incident. For example, the help desk may receive a number of calls that indicate a potential malware infection. ...