Evan Anderson
IS4550
Security Policies and Implementation
Unit 8 (August 5, 2016)
Incident Response Team Policies
Learning Objective
- Describe the different ISS policies associated with incident response teams (IRTs).
Key Concepts
- Incident response policies
- Team members associated with incident response
- Emergency services related to IRTs
- Policies specific to incident response support services
- Policies associated with handling the media and what to disclose
Reading
- Johnson and Merkow, Chapter 12: Incident Response Team (IRT) Policies.
- NIST: SpecialPublication 800-171
- Computerworld: Illinois hospital chain to pay record $5.5M for exposing data about millions of patients
- Reuters: Famed hacker creates new ratings system for software
Keywords
- Incident Response
- Incident Response Support
- Incident Response Team (IRT)
- Incident Response Team (IRT) Members
- Media Handling
- Incident Classification
- Incident Response Team (IRT) Charter
- Containment and Minimizing Damage
Assignments and Study Materials
- Unit 8 Lecture Slides
- Unit 8 Discussion 8.1: Support Services
- Unit 8 Lab 8.2: Craft a Security or Computer Incident Response Policy – CIRT Response Team
- Unit 8 Assignment 8.3: Create an Incident Response Policy
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