4 Preparing for an Incident1
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
—Alexander Graham Bell
4.1 Introduction
It has been said, “If you don’t prepare the garden in the spring it won’t be ready to harvest in July.” Preparing does not just include turning the ground over and planting the seeds; it also includes putting up a fence and using deterrents for those pesky deer and rabbits trying to eat everything. If we apply that sentiment to security incidents, the information security professional obviously needs much more than a firewall to deter those pesky hackers from our critical data and systems as was outlined in the previous chapter. In addition, the digital forensics professional also needs ...
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