The DePauw University Data Incident Response Plan outlines the University’s actions following a data breach or other type of data related incident in order to ensure timeliness of response, compliance ...

Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist at ThycoticCentrify, offers a 7-step practical IR checklist for ensuring a swift recovery from a cyberattack. In a startling discovery, a recent report found ...

When a cyber incident occurs, quickly discovering it — and shutting it down — is crucial. Having an incident response plan in place can help position state and local governments to swiftly react and ...

It’s time to update your incident response policies. Typically, an incident response plan lays out a process of identification, containment, investigation, attribution, remediation and communication.

Planning for the seemingly unlikely event of a severe cybersecurity incident seems unwieldy and time-consuming for many organizations. But consider this: According to the Ponemon Institute, 90% of ...

The inevitable finally happened at Howard University on Sept. 3, 2021. Just two weeks into the fall semester, the Washington, D.C., institution was forced to suspend classes in the wake of a ...

Cyber security incidents have transitioned from potential risks to operational certainties. The constant noise of attempted cyber intrusions, security lapses and IT service events requires all ...

Every organization that monitors for security threats must have a plan for handling a threat once it's discovered. Avoiding cyberthreats entirely would be ideal, but that is not reality. An incident ...

Many security teams are operating with incident response plans that haven’t been updated — or even looked at — in months or years. That’s a big mistake. While revising documentation is nobody’s idea ...

Quick, find a copy of your agency’s cybersecurity incident response plan. Pull that binder off the shelf or call up an electronic copy. OK, now that you have it, let me ask you a few questions. How ...

It's human nature to procrastinate, especially when people aren't quite sure of the right way to approach a task. But when it comes to an incident response (IR) plan, the time to develop one is before ...

To ensure minimal business disruption, CISOs must have the right incident recovery strategies, roles, and processes in place. Security experts share tips on assembling your playbook. When a company ...