Chapter 8: Building an Incident Response Capability

Security incidents occur when you least expect them. In a moment, the operation of the business is interrupted, or news about the leak of company information is on social networks and the internet and goes viral. These are times of great uncertainty, and you need to respond quickly and appropriately.

It is a crucial moment, and the clock is ticking fast; there is no time for improvisation, and the only way to succeed is to have a plan and sufficient resources to deal with the security breach. Any organization must have the infrastructure, tools, and staff with the knowledge and skills to respond to and investigate security breaches.

There are several frameworks, such as the National Institute ...

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