Aligning the incident response plan, the business continuity plan, and the disaster recovery plan
A cybersecurity incident could impact several aspects of the organization; in many cases, one of the most significant is the interruption in the continuity of business operations.
When this happens, a common mistake in organizations is prioritizing the continuity of the business operations over the incident response procedures. This does not necessarily have to be so; incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery are processes that can and should be aligned. One of the goals of incident response plans is to help ensure that business operations can continue and that the business will continue to the recovery stage.
But let's review from a simplified point of view the differences between these plans and how they are integrated.
Incident response plans
The incident response plan defines the actions to be taken in a security breach and how to identify, analyze...