What is incident response planning?

Incident response planning is a preparation for an inevitable cybersecurity breach. It is a step-by-step plan to follow when your company is faced with a hack, virus, leak, or data kidnapping. The result is that employees are prepared and know what is expected of them. With a plan, your team responds like a well-oiled machine.

Staying Calm With A Plan

Everyone knows the form you fill out in a car accident. At the time of the accident, you are emotional, shocked, and confused. That is the worst possible moment to get a form in front of you. The same thing happens with a security breach. Everyone has experienced a security incident. But in full panic, it is difficult to make the right decisions. Incident response planning helps you prepare as much as possible in advance so that you remain calm during any crisis.

The Benefits

• You are at ease because your emergency plan is ready.
• You respond faster and more effectively in the event of an incident.
• You create a culture of shared responsibility within the company.
• Everyone always knows what to do.
• You avoid panic reactions and finger-pointing.

What’s in the plan?

An incident response plan consists of flowcharts that help you navigate through an incident. Each type of breach has its own information sheet. Each sheet contains who to notify, what information to gather, and what steps to take to get the situation under control as quickly as possible. With the help of escalation flows, incident checklists, and emergency numbers, it is easy to do the right thing immediately. This way, you are prepared for everything.

How does it work?

This is how we proceed in creating an incident response plan

• Inventory

  First, we sit down with your IT team and map out all possible incidents.

• Document

  Then, we write down who needs to be notified and what actions need to be taken for each incident.

• Specify

  Finally, we create a clear step-by-step plan so that all employees know their roles and responsibilities.

• Evaluate

  If desired, we organize exercises and simulations to evaluate and adjust the plan.

Addition: Table Top Exercises

In addition to creating an incident response plan, we can also provide additional exercises. A table-top exercise is a crisis situation that you play out. With this role-play, you see how your team reacts in a particular situation. You do this exercise at the beginning of an improvement process to get an idea of the current situation. Or you do it at the end of the project to measure the improved response speed of team members.

Also available as training

On this page, you will find information about having an incident response plan created by one of our experts. Would you like to create the plan yourself and learn how to do it? Then follow our incident response planning training.

Why us?

At BlackLynx, we specialize not only in cybersecurity, but we also understand the specific challenges of the business world. With our help, you turn theory into concrete results. Moreover, we are known for our discretion, professional approach, and high ethical standards.