An Incident Response plan is a crucial component to have in place in order to protect PII (Personally Identifiable Information). To mitigate the chances of a breach, a plan should help you prepare, detect and define the roles and procedures needed to handle any incidents that might occur.
It is important to understand what constitutes a privacy incident, and how it differs from other types of incidents as they may involve specific legal consequences.
Read this cheatsheet to find out more about the six phases of incident response planning:
- Prepare
- Detect
- Triage
- Investigate
- Remediate
- Recover
