Following a Crisis: Remediating Your Cybersecurity Incident Response
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2024年10月23日
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Once a cyber incident has been contained, the work is far from over. You must take critical steps to ensure a thorough recovery by assessing the recent incident and identifying gaps in your response processes. By doing so, you can enhance your data breach response planning and emerge stronger than ever.
Addressing the Root Cause
After containing the incident, it's crucial to address its root cause. Threat actors may have gained access by exploiting a technical vulnerability, such as a missing patch. Examining the broader issues can uncover deficiencies in patch management processes or weaknesses in user account management practices. Identifying and rectifying these underlying problems is essential to prevent future incidents.
Data Recovery During the Remediation Process
Cyber attacks can compromise not just data quality, but the data itself. For instance, malware that encrypts a large dataset, file server, or cloud application renders that data indecipherable. Remediation is essential to identify alternative data sources, like backups, to restore access to critical information.
Building Resilience Through Improved Incident Response
Taking swift, proactive steps to strengthen your response processes ensures your organisation emerges stronger and more resilient. This can include:
- Drafting, rebuilding, or enhancing data breach or cyber incident response plans
- Training new incident responders
- Ensuring the board understands their role during an incident
- Identifying and addressing areas where personal information has been over-retained, and defensively destroying or de-identifying that excess data
Communicating with Stakeholders After a Cyber Incident
Keep your stakeholders informed about the steps you've taken to strengthen security and prevent future incidents. Expect questions from internal teams, suppliers, customers, and regulators—be prepared to keep them fully informed on the actions you've taken.
FTI Consulting can support your cybersecurity incident response at every step. Find out more here.
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2024年10月23日
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Senior Managing Director, Head of Australia Cybersecurity
Senior Managing Director, Head of Australia Technology
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