September 3, 2010

Have a workable plan, or else…

1072216_engineering_plans_1

by Martin Fisher As we continue to discuss the Basic Truths of Incident Response Leadership, we’ve briefly gone over the three Basic Truths as well as done a deeper analysis of  “Succeeding By Planning to Fail”. This brings us to: Basic Truth #2: Have A Workable Plan, or Else As an Incident Response Leader, one [...]

Incident Handling – the dead horse that won’t die

alert

By Ron Simmons Do you have a documented and tested incident handling program? To my surprise, some a majority of companies lack this basic necessity. Putting something in place may take some time, but here are some tips and suggestions to help get started. Define: incident For those familiar with ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), [...]

Security Catalyst Community: Discussion Forum Activity for June 30, 2008

Happy Monday! The forums have really seen an uptick in membership and activity in the last few weeks. This is a supportive environment where professionals come together to ask for help, share ideas and get validated. Here is some recent activity (and darn good discussions): Incident Response Case Study: Shutdown the Network? Protocol Security: Where [...]

Security Catalyst Community: Discussion Forum Activity for June 26

I spent a great day in Rochester, NY yesterday. Here is some of the activity in the forums  - check it out to add your opinion or learn (lots here to learn from): Porn Scanner Reporting Incident Response Statistics Vulnerability Management Process/Workflow The cost of PCI compliance — or non-compliance — for small organizations DFRWS [...]