Choosing the ideal response team

A response team is crucial to an organization and should be made up of individuals that will offer reasonable availability and reliable skills. There might not be enough time to onboard new team members during disasters, thus organizations should ensure that they choose the right people in the first place.

The following are some of the characteristics that organizations should look for when selecting response team members.

Availability

IR team members need to be fully available when incidents happen. During some incidents, small tasks such as physically shutting down computers or disconnecting the equipment from the network can help prevent major losses. Therefore, organizations should consider selecting members that will be conveniently accessible at all times. Ideally, some of the team members, especially the technical personnel, should live close to office premises.

Integrity

Incidents provide distractions that could be capitalized...