7 common mistakes companies make when creating an incident response plan and how to avoid them
Summary: Cisco Talos outlined seven common mistakes organizations make when creating or updating an incident response plan, framed around NIS2 requirements that take effect next year in the EU and require up-to-date incident handling procedures. The mistakes include treating the IR plan in isolation from other security documents, overloading it with checklist or policy content, skipping stakeholder and non-technical team review, failing to test sub-processes, and not reviewing the plan at least annually or after major changes.
What's compelling: NIS2 will require incident notification within 24 hours, and Talos notes it would fall to the legal team to confirm who is available on a weekend to contact law enforcement for an incident that starts Friday afternoon and must be reported by Sunday.
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