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Cyber Incident Response Plans – Turning Words into Action

Bernstein Crisis Management

Yet surprisingly few have meaningful and up-to-date incident response plans (IRPs) in place to manage and mitigate this threat. Such plans, if properly designed and updated, can spell the difference between strong mitigation and recovery from an incident and prolonged, crisis-driven recovery or no recovery at all.

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The Crucial Role of Data Forensics in Post-cyberattack Recovery

Pure Storage

Work with legal counsel to create an incident response plan that aligns with applicable laws. Make post-incident analysis a mandatory step in your response plan. Stay informed about changes in regulations to ensure ongoing compliance.

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Testing your Response Plans: What Would Confucius Say?

On Solve

With the help of Confucius, Dr. Steve Goldman discusses the importance of testing your business resiliency and related response plans. A BR/CM/CC/DR plan exercise validates the plan and procedures, tests/trains responders in simulated real conditions and provides feedback to the plan developers and responders.

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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

These are the most common weak points cyber extortionists use: Outdated software and systems: Unpatched operating systems, applications, or hardware often have known vulnerabilities that attackers exploit. Activate the incident response plan (IRP) Having a pre-established incident response plan is critical.

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Conducting effective tabletop exercises for emergency preparedness

everbridge

Tabletop exercises are structured, scenario-driven discussions designed to test and evaluate the effectiveness of an organizations emergency response plans. Purpose of tabletop exercises The primary objective of these exercises is to: Assess the efficiency of response plans. Test team coordination and communication.

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Ransomware Attackers Find Fresh Targets in Cultural Institutions

Pure Storage

This includes having visibility into your IT estate and staying on top of the security of operating systems, applications, and firmware —and applying critical patches as needed. Create and test your incident response plan. Along with creating an incident response plan , consider the infrastructure necessary to support it.

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How Keeping Track of Microsoft’s Product Plans Can Keep Your Network Secure

LAN Infotech

How Keeping Track of Microsoft’s Product Plans Can Keep Your Network Secure. Key Points in This Article: CIOs and IT administrators must ensure that their networks remain free and clear of outdated software applications, which can pose a tremendous security risk. Why You Need to Retire Outdated Software Applications.

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