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MasonKarrer
Archer Employee
Archer Employee

What is a cyber incident / breach response program?

Cyber and security breaches continue dominating front page headlines all over the world. It’s not enough to hope it doesn’t happen to you or assume you’ll be able to respond effectively if it does. Companies need a proactive, program-level approach to IT & security risk management based on sound methods for prioritizing actionable security events combined with consistent operational response procedures. Poor handoffs between security functions and IT teams leave limited visibility into remediation efforts to close declared cyber incidents, and can weaken the overall process to the point where it breaks down when needed most, namely during a breach.

 

Why are cyber incident & breach response capabilities so important?

The identification of potential security issues and the process of responding to a possible cyber incident are the first lines of defense against a significant business event. Many organizations have deployed security information and event management (SIEM) technology and log collection tools in their infrastructures to track events and provide alerts. These systems produce an overwhelming amount of data for the security team to review. Uncoordinated security response processes managed in spreadsheets, email, and through other ad-hoc mechanisms further raises the overall risk that the organization will not be able to respond in time and effectively.

 

RSA Archer Cyber Incident & Breach Response Program Management

RSA Archer Cyber Incident and Breach Response enables customers to centrally catalog organizational and IT assets, establishing insightful business context to drive incident prioritization and implement processes designed to escalate, investigate and resolve declared incidents effectively. This use case is designed for teams to work effectively through their defined incident response and triage procedures and prepare for data breaches. Built-in workflows and reporting allow security managers to streamline processes while staying on top of the most pressing concerns. Issues related to a declared incident investigation can be tracked and managed in a centralized portal, enabling full visibility, stakeholder accountability and reporting. If an incident escalates into a data breach, prebuilt workflows and assessments are designed to help the broader business team work with your security team to respond appropriately.

 

With RSA Archer Cyber Incident and Breach Response, declared cyber and security events are escalated quickly and consistently, a crucial aspect of robust Integrated Risk Management programs. Advanced workflows and insights allow more efficient utilization of security team resources, resulting in faster response, analysis, and closure rates for critical security incidents. With improved processes and capabilities, the security team can more effectively leverage existing infrastructure, such as SIEMs, log and packet capture tools, and endpoint security technologies, to focus on the most impactful incidents. These capabilities improve the security team’s preparedness for serious incidents involving potential data breaches, while increasing the return on infrastructure investments and lowering overall security risk.

 

For more information, please visit RSA.com and review the Datasheet.