Security+ Training Guide

Incident Response

Understand the basic security concepts of intrusion detection methodologies.

Regardless of how strict security policies and procedures are, incidents do happen from time to time in most organizations. It is important to realize that proper incident response is just as vital as security itself, and its presence (or absence) can make the difference between improving security and customer relations and running the business into the ground. A company that does not learn from its mistakes, no matter how costly, is tantamount to species that do not adapt to changing environments—both will eventually become extinct. By the same token, customers who might have been affected by intrusion have the right to know what exactly happened, ...