Incident Response Definition

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INCIDENT RESPONSE

Incident response is the structured process of identifying, containing, investigating, and recovering from a cyber incident.

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Incident Response

Incident response is the structured process of identifying, containing, investigating, and recovering from a cyber incident.

It is often needed after unauthorized access, malware, ransomware, email compromise, suspicious logins, or data exposure.

Do not wipe systems before evidence is collected; preserve logs, alerts, endpoints, cloud records, and administrator actions.

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