Incident Handling and Response for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide

Author: Nick Mitropoulos, Global Security Manager, Alvarez and Marsal

Computer security incident response systems have not just become a backbone of IT enterprises. Cybersecurity-related problems can result in losses that number in the billions, with the risk of companies being forced to shut down. Sometimes it’s too late to notice the damages done and fix their extent. An incident response and handling framework is therefore necessary for minimizing loss of data and theft, as well as for mitigating future attacks by hackers.