Domain 7 · Objective reference 7.6 · Chapter 48 of 62
Manage incidents from detection to improvement
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Remember this: Recovery includes evidence that the service can be trusted.
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Identify and assess a possible incident.
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What this chapter explains
- Concepts and mechanisms
- Design, evidence and tradeoffs
Concepts and mechanisms
Incident management coordinates detection, analysis, response, containment, reporting, recovery and lessons. Activities can overlap and iterate. Classification and severity guide priority using business consequences, scope and uncertainty. A tool alert is not a complete incident conclusion. The plan should define authority for technical actions, business disruption and external communication.
Design, evidence and tradeoffs
Limit ongoing harm through authorized decisions while preserving feasible evidence. Address the access path, persistence, exposed credentials and affected business data before normal restoration. Define recovery validation and monitoring. Record decisions and assumptions so later review can evaluate why action was taken. Turn lessons into owners, deadlines and retests rather than closing the process after a narrative report.
Worked example
A compromised session is revoked along with correcting the host condition, because rebuilding alone would leave an external access path.
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Why does incident management not end when malware is removed?
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Scope, cause, surviving access, trusted recovery, communication and corrective verification may still be unresolved.
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