It’s Almost 2025 — Why It’s Time to Ditch Old School Call Trees
Incident response processes are crucial to ensure business continuity and minimize any downtime throughout the organization. However, relying on a manual crisis management plan, such as a binder and paperwork, can increase the timeframe between the incident and resolution. Relying on phone calls, faxes, and call trees can significantly hinder communications when they’re needed most. […]
What Should Your Incident Response Playbooks Look Like?
Incident response playbooks have become critical for any industry as we face an evolving risk landscape. Incident response plans guide so that response teams don’t need to decide every step during an active incident. Your incident response playbook should contain blueprints for responding to a wide range of scenarios, focusing on risks that impact operations […]
10 Tips To Optimize Business Resilience Practices
Building a resilient business is mission-critical in the face of an evolving risk landscape composed of natural disasters, cyber attacks, and supply chain disruptions. Additionally, non-compliance can impose significant fines and penalties that threaten business continuity. So, how can businesses become more resilient as the threats to business continuity continue to grow? Organizations need to […]
Essential Guide to Managing an Active Incident Effectively
7 Practical Tips to Improve Your Active Incident Cybersecurity Response Cyber attacks have become increasingly common and costly. In the first quarter of 2024, there were 9,478 publicly disclosed incidents — more than 100 per day. At the same time, an IBM study found that the average cost of a data breach in 2024 is […]
Incident Readiness vs. Incident Response: Key Differences
The potential for a security breach looms large over businesses of all sizes and industries, from sophisticated state-sponsored attacks to opportunistic cybercriminals. Organizations must adopt a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity that goes beyond traditional preventive measures as the frequency and complexity of these threats continue to escalate, making preparedness for any cyber incident crucial. Incorporating […]
Mastering IT Resilience Management: Strategies for Effective Solutions
What is IT Resilience Management? IT resilience management is essential to modern business operations, ensuring that organizations can continue functioning effectively in the face of disruptions. This practice combines principles from business continuity planning and IT disaster recovery to create a comprehensive strategy to maintain critical systems and data availability. Today, we’ll explore the concept […]
Top Incident Response Best Practices for Effective Security Management
Incident Response Best Practices: How to Apply NIST Recommendations Organizations of all sizes face a new world of evolving threats and business-impacting scenarios. A strong incident response plan is critical for businesses to thrive, as it enables them to minimize and recover from a successful cyber attack or system failure. The National Institute of Standards […]
Essential Guide to Building an Incident Response Team Effectively
Building an Incident Response Team: How to Build Your Business’s Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) Responding effectively to critical incidents is essential for organizations of all sizes. A dedicated Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) can differentiate between a minor disruption and a major crisis, from cyber attacks to natural disasters — and then get to […]
Emergency Management: 8 Tips to Prepare for Any Disaster Scenario
Modern enterprises must be prepared for various disaster scenarios that must be prepared for, ranging from cyber attacks to IT systems failure to natural disasters. Preparing for these disaster scenarios is critical to keeping the business operational and minimizing or mitigating potential damage. Preparing for a wide variety of possibilities may involve some upfront investments, […]
5 Steps to Optimize Business Continuity Planning
5 Steps to Optimize Business Continuity Planning: Insights for Crisis and Continuity Management Organizations face an array of potential disruptions ranging from cyberattacks to natural disasters. An effective business continuity plan is essential to ensure critical operations can continue during a crisis and rapidly recover afterward. Business continuity planning involves identifying potential risks and threats, assessing their […]