README.md

Incident response

Incident response is a set of steps that are used to handle the aftermath of a data breach or cyberattack

Steps

Preparation

This step determines how the origination will respond in case a data breach or cyberattack occurs (It's established before the incident)

• List of assets (Risk assessment)
• Communication
• Documentation
• Training
• IR plan

Identification

Determinate whether a data breach or cyberattack happened or not

Containment

Once an incident is identified, then affected assets are isolated

• Short-term
• Long-Term

Eradication

Eliminate the cause of the data breach or cyberattack

Recovery

Bring the affected assets back to production and monitor them to ensure everything is back to normal

Lessons Learned

Finish up documentation and answer some follow-up questions regarding how to improve the current process

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References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security_incident_management
• https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/specialpublications/nist.sp.800-61r2.pdf
• https://www.cisa.gov/cyber-incident-response