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Building an incident response team

The enterprise fights back (part III)

Published February 2014

Enterprises and large organizations face a plethora of security threats and are at risk of data breach incidents and targeted attacks. At present, it is no longer a question of "if" but "when" with regard to becoming a threat target. Enterprises can, however, prevent threat actors from penetrating their networks and consequently stealing confidential data or their "crown jewels" by using robust security technologies and implementing security-related procedures.

An incident response team is composed of members with various functions such as technical, threat intelligence, human resources, legal, public relations, and executive management. The roles and responsibilities of this group differ from those of the IT team and should be documented and cascaded to every member. Read this report to find out more.