Part of the challenge is demonstrated in the question here. Our legacy thinking may lead us into thinking about incident response in a perimeter-focused way; preparing for an attack does not take into ...

Cyberattacks are inevitable in the interconnected digital world. This unsettling truth has been propelled by the exponential growth of the cybercrime-as-a-service model, which lowers the barrier to ...

An incident response plan is a structured framework designed to help organizations effectively manage and mitigate security incidents such as cyberattacks, data breaches, and system compromises. It ...

The primary step towards a robust incident response plan is to get testing. It’s crucial not to wait until you’re faced with an issue to test all elements of the plan, especially around critical ...

NEW YORK, August 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Despite being focused on post-breach activities, cyber incident response planning has emerged as a key cybersecurity control in reducing an organization’s ...

FGS Global's Kirsti Hastings says CISOs must strengthen communications skills to be resilient to the next cyber event ...

Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. How does a school district securely track the status, location and ownership of its ...

Prevention is a crucial element of cybersecurity strategy, but even the most prepared and well-guarded organization can fall prey to a data breach. It is equally important to have a response plan in ...

In the hours following a breach, CISOs should be prepared to navigate the storm of disclosures and regulatory notifications that result from a cyberattack.

Zeus Kerravala is the founder of and principal analyst at ZK Research. Follow him on Twitter @zkerravala. Partnering with an outside organization on these exercises can offer additional benefits.