Incident Response Plan Template

Use it to customize the ultimate IR plan for your IT security team

A well-articulated and well-rehearsed incident response plan is essential for security teams in every organization. The better prepared you are to respond to a potential cyberattack, the faster you can eradicate threats, contain their impact, and restore business as usual.

This battle-tested template simplifies IR planning with a customizable framework to define your IR team’s roles and responsibilities, response process and crisis communication strategies. Based on security industry best practices, it is designed to set the foundation for a rapid response strategy that is pragmatic and simple to adopt.

Once completed, the document will serve as a roadmap to direct the efforts of your entire IR team — security leaders, operations managers, help desk teams, identity, and access managers, as well as audit, compliance, communications, and executives.

The template includes:

• A comprehensive checklist of IR action items
• A detailed roles & responsibilities matrix
• 6-step IR process based on best practices
• A robust framework to customize for your needs