Incident Response & Breach Management
Build proactive strategies to minimize the impact of a security incident or breach, restore operations, and prevent reoccurrence.
The frequency and severity of incidents such as data breaches and ransomware attacks are increasing making an incident response and breach management program a business priority.
An effective incident response and breach management program serves as a framework to:
Quickly and efficiently address and manage the aftermath of an incident;
Promptly communicate to appropriate authorities and impacted data subjects; and
Comply with a number of security and privacy laws, including HIPAA and GDPR.
An incident response and breach management program is dynamic and should be reviewed at least annually to ensure it addresses what the organization and its stakeholders care about.
A comprehensive incident response and breach management program includes four key functions:
Program Governance
This function sets the foundation of the program and guides the incident response and breach reporting efforts by ensuring the program activities and resources are in alignment with organizational goals and strategic direction.
Plan Development
The main goal of this function is to help the organization quickly and efficiently manage the aftermath of an incident, including communications with appropriate stakeholders.
Testing and Exercises
This functions allows for validation and continuous improvement of defined strategies and plans.
Training and Awareness
This function ensures that incident response teams, as well as general workforce members are aware of incident response strategies and are ready to support incident response initiatives.
Need help developing an Incident Response and Breach Management Program?
At Secliance, we help organizations:
Develop a comprehensive program to manage incidents;
Implement practices that help identify, contain, and eradicate threats;
Design a communication plan to ensure timely communications with stakeholders and other relevant parties, such as the legal and regulatory bodies; and
Comply with various regulatory requirements.