What is incident response readiness?

Incident response readiness is the ability to detect, triage, contain, eradicate, recover and report cyber incidents quickly and defensibly, with rehearsed roles, runbooks and tooling.

What do the services include?

Quarterly scenario-driven tabletop exercises, role-based runbooks and playbooks for detection through recovery, and 24/7 on-call guidance for containment, evidence handling and notifications.

Which compliance frameworks are covered?

The program aligns to NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-171/53, HIPAA breach notification timelines, and CMMC/DFARS reporting expectations.

Do you provide cloud and SaaS playbooks?

Yes. The runbooks include M365, Azure, AWS, identity, endpoint, OT and common SaaS platforms, with decision trees and stop-the-bleed actions.

How quickly can we start?

Most teams begin with a readiness assessment and schedule a tabletop within 2–4 weeks depending on stakeholder availability.

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How is Incident Response Readiness Measured?

Incident response readiness is the state of being able to detect, triage, contain, eradicate, recover, and report a cyber incident quickly and defensibly. It means your people, processes, and tooling are aligned and practiced—with clear roles, documented runbooks, the right access/telemetry, and rehearsed decision paths.

What it typically includes

Incident Response plan + runbooks: Role-specific steps for detection → triage → containment → eradication → recovery → post-incident.
Defined roles & RACI: Who decides, who does, who approves; 24/7 escalation paths and on-call rotations.
Comms playbook: Internal/executive, customer, and media messaging; legal and regulator notification workflows.
Tooling readiness: EDR/SIEM/Email/Identity/Cloud access, log retention, snapshots and evidence handling.
Third parties on deck: Outside counsel, IR retainer, forensics, PR, and cyber-insurance requirements pre-wired.
Practice & improve: Tabletop exercises, after-action reports, gap remediation, and versioned runbooks.
Compliance mapping: NIST/CSF, NIST 800-171/53, HIPAA, DFARS/CMMC notice windows and evidence requirements.
Scenario playbooks: Ransomware, BEC, insider misuse, cloud credential abuse, supply-chain compromise, OT impact.

Benefits (why it matters)

Cuts downtime and cost: Lower MTTD/MTTR, smaller blast radius, faster recovery.
Reduces legal/regulatory risk: Meet reporting windows (e.g., HIPAA, DFARS/CMMC), preserve evidence, clean audit trail.
Better decisions under pressure: Clear authority and pre-approved playbooks prevent chaos and rework.
Protects brand & trust: Coordinated executive and customer communications minimize reputational damage.
Insurance & contracts: Smoother claims, fewer exclusions, and faster response against customer/partner obligations.
Stronger resilience: Each incident (and tabletop) feeds improvements into policies, controls, and training.

How to know you’re ready (quick metrics)

MTTD/MTTR trending down; time-to-contain under a defined SLA.
Coverage: % of endpoints with EDR, log retention (≥30–90 days), admin access verified for IR.
Practice: At least quarterly tabletops with remediations closed.
Compliance: Mapped runbooks and documented notifications for your frameworks (HIPAA/CMMC/NIST).
Prepared partners: Signed retainer/SOW with IR firm, counsel, and PR; cyber-insurance playbook tested.

Why Teams Struggle During Incidents

Unclear roles create decision bottlenecks.
Evidence gets lost, logs roll over, and timelines blur.
Legal/regulatory reporting windows (HIPAA, state breach laws, DFARS/CMMC) are missed.
Cloud and SaaS owners aren’t sure who can pull what—and when.

Real-World Incident Response Tabletop Exercises

Quarterly, scenario-driven simulations (ransomware, BEC, insider, cloud credential abuse). We pressure-test people, comms, tooling, and hand-offs across Legal, HR, PR, IT, and Security—then close gaps fast.

Battle-Tested Incident Response Runbooks & Playbooks

Role-specific runbooks for detection, triage, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident. Includes cloud (M365, Azure, AWS), endpoint, identity, OT, and SaaS playbooks—with decision trees and ‘stop-the-bleed’ actions.

24/7 IR On-Call Guidance

When alarms fire, your senior responder is one call away. We guide containment, evidence handling, regulator/customer notifications, and exec updates—so your team moves quickly and defensibly.

Incident Response - Compliance Requirements: Covered

CMMC / DFARS: Incident collection and reporting support to primes/DIBNet; evidence preservation.
HIPAA: Breach assessment, 60-day notice clock, BA coordination.
NIST 800-53 / 800-171 / CSF: Control-mapped runbooks and after-action reports.
Regulatory/Customer: Contractual notice windows and templates included.

Build Muscle Memory Before the Breach

Download a field-tested incident response plan and runbook that helps your team respond fast and defensibly. Inside: decision trees for ransomware/BEC, chain-of-custody steps, exec/legal comms, regulator notice timelines, and checklists for cloud/endpoint/identity incidents. Pair it with our IR Readiness services to pressure-test via tabletop and close gaps quickly. Delivered to your inbox in minutes.