Threat actor: "I failed, let's go home" (Week 9)

 

The incident response lifecycle is more than just following a list, it helps to reduce impacts on organizations via attacks/threats. While it may seem like another box to check off as you run through the motions, it helps by minimizing damage that was caused or could be caused by threats or attacks, which can also directly impact the financial cost. Not only that, but if a company deals with high-risk data, the incident response lifecycle can help by protecting it, while also allowing an organization to learn from it and do things better in the future.

A simplified overview of what the process entails is: prepare, detect, contain the threat, post incident activity. Essentially, an organization needs to be prepared to handle a threat. This means creating a plan, outlining everyone’s roles in the event a threat happens, ensure security measures are in place, and practically practice your plan. Once a threat has been detected, it’s time to move into containment; stopping the spread or even doing a system recovery. From there it’s following post procedure protocols, whether it’s analyzing the data, coming up with ways to improve, or even coming up with a new incident response plan.

Having a process in place can benefit organizations by allowing them to be prepared and ensure that they can act quickly. Threat actors don’t stop, if they fail, they will more then likely try again. This is why it’s important for organizations to have a process and stay ready!

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