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Eric C. ThompsonCybersecurity Incident Responsehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3870-7_12

12. This Is a Full-Time Job

Eric C. Thompson1 
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Lisle, Illinois, USA
 

Cybersecurity, information security, whatever the title in an organization, is a large program made up of several smaller programs. Each has its own objectives and a defined strategy to meet those objectives. The incident response program is no different. Incident response seeks to identify, contain, eradicate, and recover from information security events as quickly as possible, avoiding adverse impacts to the business assets and processes targeted. The leader of the program constructs a strategy for meeting the objectives and deploys resources accordingly.

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