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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s almost a no-brainer that all organizations, regardless of their size, need some form of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity not only means that you protect your digital assets against a cyberattack, but ...

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 ...

Invest and practice: Grant Oviatt, director of incident-response engagements at Red Canary, lays out the key building blocks for effective IR. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pressing need ...

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 ...

Like all CIOs, Darryl Lemecha worries about viruses and hackers, data center problems and technology meltdowns. But what separates his worried mind from many others is a detailed incident response ...