Using a centralized approach

The cluster of security tools in many organizations today means that security teams will often have to go into multiple systems and platforms to get essential details about an incident. This can be overwhelming and resource-consuming, especially during active security incidents. Therefore, it would be more ideal for organizations to use a centralized IR approach whereby tools are preconfigured to send data at a central location. Therefore, when the IR team has to act on a security event, they will have all the necessary data points at an easy-to-access location. Some advancements such as applying analytics to the data pulled from multiple tools can accelerate the incident response process. Hence, a centralized IR approach will often lead to a rapid and effective response.

An IR plan might be good in theory yet fail miserably when applied. Therefore, organizations need to test their IR plans thoroughly every once in a while. This will be covered...