3.9 Baseline for Security – Incident Response Plan

Needed capacities or functions - Incident Response Plan

  1. Have an Incident Response Plan that defines, once an organization becomes aware of a security incident, an immediate response, the roles and responsibilities of staff, reporting requirements, communication strategies, etc. 

  2. Conduct incident response testing, which can be done with internal resources to ensure the effectiveness of the documented plan, at least once every year with simulated incidents to ensure that the plan remains effective and up to date. 

Important Considerations and Best Practices 

Incident response planning is primarily focused on the detection, containment, and recovery of a specific security incident or breach. In contrast, disaster recovery planning is a broader plan that covers the whole business enterprise during a range of disruptive events.  

One of the critical benefits of incident response planning is that it can improve an organization's ability to identify security breaches quickly and accurately. The plan typically includes procedures for detecting and analyzing different types of security incidents as well as the systems and data that may have been compromised. 

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