Summary

This chapter explained the incident handling phase in the cybersecurity IR process.

We have defined the key success factors for this stage. This includes strong incident analysis skills and maintaining confidence in analysis outcomes, attention to detail, and aspects of the cybersecurity incident to avoid careless planning. At the same time, we highlighted the importance of a clear handover process from analysis to remediation, proper prioritization of actions and alignment with business limitations and restrictions, knowing the possible bottlenecks during the remediation phase from a technical perspective, hard skills shortage, and overcoming them respectively. Keeping an eye continuously on the infrastructure by monitoring for signs of intrusion during the handling part will help to reach quality assurance. Then, the agility of the team’s mindset, creative and critical thinking in crisis situations, and ability to accept mistakes and fix them on the go help in maintaining...