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Don’t Make These Incident Response Planning Mistakes

Worried about cyberattacks hitting your business? You’re not alone.

Cyberattacks pose a real danger to businesses like yours and without a solid incident response plan, your business won’t be able to recover quickly, resulting in extensive losses. The good news, however, is that an incident response plan can help.

Through this blog, we’ll show you the common mistakes, myths and misconceptions that can stop you from building a strong response plan. We’ll also share simple solutions that will help you safely navigate cyber challenges.

 

Avoid these Mistakes to Build a Strong Response Plan

Here are a few common mistakes that all businesses should avoid:

 

Mistake 1: Thinking cyber incidents only come from external attacks

  • By ignoring internal threats, you’re creating opportunities for cyberattacks.
  • Internal mistakes, like ineffective processes or human errors due to inadequate training, can also lead to data breaches.

Solution: Invest in your employees and set up a process

  • Train your employees on cybersecurity best practices and establish protocols for handling sensitive information.
  • Periodically review your internal processes. This will help you find and resolve issues in your procedures that could lead to data leakage.
  • Looking for an effective cybersecurity training platform? Reach out to Databranch today to discuss our Breach Prevention Platform and Security Awareness Training that comes with simulated phishing tests.

 

Mistake 2: Focusing only on technology

  • You can’t build an effective incident response plan by solely focusing on technology. While tech solutions are valuable, they’re only effective when they are efficiently leveraged by a team of trained personnel.
  • A solid response plan goes beyond technology and includes communication plans, legal considerations and damage control strategies.

Solution: Build a complete response plan

  • Train your response team on both tools and processes. Don’t focus solely on the technology.
  • Develop clear communication protocols.
  • Define clear roles and responsibilities.
  • Ensure your team understands your legal obligation to report and comply with data breach regulations.

 

Mistake 3: Not updating your response plan

  • It’s a common misconception that an incident response plan, once created, need not be updated. However, the truth is, without regular review, updates and practice, a response plan will become ineffective.
  • Also, without simulations and post-incident analysis, you won’t be able to find the root cause of a problem and avoid future reoccurrence.

Solution: Consistently review your response plan

  • Establish a process to hold regular reviews.
  • Adapt your response plan to keep up with the evolving threat landscape.
  • Conduct periodic simulations to refine your response strategy and ensure team readiness.

The above-mentioned solutions will help you build a proactive incident response plan. However, the best strategy is to get the help of experts, like Databranch, who have the proper resources and tools. 

Databranch not only offers a suite of cost-effective managed services that proactively monitor and support your network and technology infrastructure, but our backup and recovery solution can quickly restore your environment and have you up and running if a disaster were to occur. 

Building Resilience: Partner for a Robust Incident Response Plan.

Ready to fortify your business against cyberthreats? Use the form below to download our checklist and take a step towards starting your incident response plan.

All businesses today must have a solid incident response plan against ever-evolving cybersecurity threats. That’s where Databranch can be your strategic partner and your first line of defense against cyberstorms.

Choose a partner who can give you complete peace of mind. Reach out today at 716-373-4467 option 6, or [email protected]. 

 

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