Abstract— In business, disasters can happen anytime if information security is compromised at some point. In most of the disaster caused by humans, small incidents happened before can be prevented with some careful planning. Proper incident response should be integral part of overall security policy and risk mitigation strategy. This paper provides steps forming and operating Incident Response Plan.
Keywords—IRP; impact; disaster; likelihood; plan
INTRODUCTION
There are chances of disaster at every instance in business, sometime intentionally and sometimes naturally. That’s why every organization prepares for contingency plan to recover as much as possible. IRP is the indispensable part of Contingency Plan. Incident in terms of security
To properly address and prepare for incidents within the organization, an incident response team should be formed. The team will be responsible for analyzing security issues and taking necessary responsive measures. An IR team should be made up of: Incident Response Manager (supervises and prioritizes actions during the detection, analysis and containment of an incident, also responsible for conveying the special requirements of severity incidents to all of the company); Security Analysts (work
The entire company will benefit from the incident response plan. However, those who are directly involved in the incident process will find this document to be the most helpful. This incident response plan will be a primary resource to the Chief Information Security Officer, all those who are a part of the Incident Response Team, and anyone else deemed necessary to complete the many facets of this plan. In order to lead a successful recovery process, it is the responsibility of all those involved to fully understand the importance of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Zara’s assets, especially this document. While the preparation components to this plan should be established prior to an incident, the plan will not fully come into effect until the Chief Information Security Officer declares a disaster has occurred. The steps
The “Critical infrastructure, or CI, is a subcategory of infrastructure that includes those assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, which are so vital that their failure or destruction would have a debilitating impact on security, governance, public health and safety, public confidence, commerce, or other societal factors” (Bullock, Haddow, Coppola, 2016). According to the 2013 US National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) there are 16 of these sectors and throughout this paper we will discuss a cyber attack on the water supply sector. The best way to discuss the above will be through the evaluation of the impact that a cyber-attack could have on our water supply, and the probable third and fourth order effects from
People who have lost everything and potential risk going hungry while grieving would need their basic needs meet first. For someone who has a home one day and then has nothing would need to have a stable place to lay their head down and keep their family safe. A community who has suffered a huge loss will need support getting back on track which would take time. This could increase ones emotional reactivity because they do not know what they are going to do in the time begin about their basic need. When someone’s basic needs are not met then their emotional suffering like PTSD, anxiety and depression can last longer. Once a person basic needs are met then they are start to work on their mental health concerns. One article pointed out that we need to take in account a
First, Incident Response (IR) plan “is a detailed set of processes and procedures that anticipate, detect, and mitigate the effects of an unexpected event that might compromise information resources and assets.” (Whitman, 2013, p. 85). Consequently, Incident response planning (IRP) is the planning for an incident, which occurs when an attack affects information systems causing disruptions. On the other hand, Disaster Recovery (DR) plan “entails the preparation for and recovery from a disaster, whether natural or human-made.” (Whitman, 2013, p. 97). For instance, events categorized as disasters include fire, flood, storm or earthquake. Thus, the differences between an Incident Response (IR) plan and a Disaster Recovery (DR)
Incident information disclosure is an important, circuitous concern that requires acceptable centralized procedures in place to facilitate incident response processes and do not cause more harm for the organization and its audiences. Keeping information and operations secured, appropriately is of basic importance for any organization, which becomes the assignment of cyber
Security planning for any data system should always include an incident response plan. “An incident response (IR) plan is a detailed set of processes and procedures that anticipate, detect, and mitigate the effects of an unexpected event that might compromise information resources and assets” (Whitman, 2006, pg. 92). The institution of such a plan will hopefully reduce down time should any incidents occur.
In the school setting, open communication would work by having the staff members equipped with radios, walkie talkies, and or headsets, so contacting people on site and outside by making it easier for someone to get help faster and much quicker. Also a part of the communication response would be special signals or codes, this is another important tool that can be used in crisis response plans. By the school staff utilizing this technique the chain of command would let the staff and students know that everything is fine and they could go back to work as
The emergency operations plan will assign specific city agencies within the jurisdiction orders and responsibilities they must take on during an emergency. Each of their tasks will be clearly explained and will be assigned to that specific department or agency so they will have the capability to perform them accordingly. As well as the type of assistance will be needed from the state, North Carolina, surrounding countries, federal government, and private entities. The emergency operations plan will include and prepare the cities agencies and departments that will be needed in an emergency crisis. Homeland Security, law enforcement agencies, the fire department, emergency medical services agencies, and hospitals will be the main agencies and departments on scene, each
An effective emergency operation plan (EOP) is a key component of an emergency management program which establishes the overall authority, role, and functions performed during an incident response (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2013). During an EOP, it can be used as a baseline for numerous actions that can be effective during an emergency situation by looking at methods to better protect people and property while be flexible enough to be utilized during any and all emergencies that may be encountered. The development of an EOP also dictates the functions of personnel by establishing actions that will be taken by proper authority and developing organizational relationships so operations during such an emergency can be accomplished
After the business continuity plan is completed Incident Response (IR) planning and incident response plan should be performed and established. An incident response plan is “a detailed set of processes and procedures that anticipate, detect, and mitigate the effects of an unexpected event that might compromise information resources and assets.” (Whitman) This is done by first forming an IR committee, establishing an IR policy that integrates the business impact analysis into the incident response plan.
This protection plan will address any security incidents such as security breach or emergency in the organization. The focus will be a coordination mechanisms which will be required to attain the vision and goals of the business prepared and instructed in an incident report. During the critical infrastructure protection plan there will be the need to review and revise any changes and prioritize to respond to changes in threat, technology, environment, business continuity, and other
The risks that face an organization are going to always be present. However, an incident response plan outlines procedures for handling security incidents that occur within the organization and for correcting and documenting the security issue in a timely manner. The incident response team is trained to effectively implement the incident response plan. By containing an attack, and limiting the amount of time that an attack is allowed to continue, further risks to the organization can be mitigated.
Every business and organization can experience a serious incident which can prevent it from continuing normal operations. This can happen any day at any time. The potential causes are many and varied: flood, explosion, computer malfunction, accident, grievous act... the list is endless.
Disasters have become an inevitable part of businesses and organizations as well. They not only have a major effect on business and organizational continuity; they also result to an overhaul in organizational operational mechanisms (Awasthy, 2009). It is for this reason that many organizations and business resort to preparing business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans that will facilitate better disaster management in future. Effective disaster recovery plans are important to every business and organization (Thejendra, 2008).