IR playbooks
IR playbooks are key elements of any IR process. The playbook should not just be prepared by IT professionals but also by business professionals who understand the organization. The purpose of a cybersecurity playbook should be to provide the organization with an end-to-end framework for structuring a response to a security event, and make the right impact-led decisions at pace, whether they take place on the cloud or on-premises.
Every organization should have a playbook to:
- Improve understanding of threats, scenarios, and direct or indirect impacts
- Reinforce accountability for impacts and simplify escalation of command
- Ensure security events are consistently managed throughout the organization
A playbook should be developed by analyzing existing IR plans, processes, and procedures. IT and business professionals should conduct workshops and meetings to identify response activities, which can be ad-hoc or informal. A playbook should...
