Incident Response

Incident response (IR) is the organized approach to detecting, containing, eradicating, and recovering from cybersecurity incidents. The NIST IR lifecycle has four phases: Preparation, Detection & Analysis, Containment & Eradication, and Post-Incident Activity. A well-documented IR plan reduces breach impact and is required by SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA. Tabletop exercises and red team/blue team drills help organizations practice their IR procedures.

Why it matters for your website

• 1Reduces mean time to respond (MTTR) and limits breach impact
• 2Required by SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and most enterprise frameworks
• 3Organizations without IR plans face higher regulatory fines and recovery costs