Incident Response Planning
Build the plans, playbooks, and capabilities to respond effectively when an incident occurs.
Organisations that plan for incidents before they happen respond faster, communicate better, and recover with less damage. Mitigence builds IR capability from the ground up — practical playbooks, tested escalation paths, and teams who know what to do under pressure.
Engagement Phases
Current-State Review
2–3 daysAssess existing IR policies, tooling, team capability, and previous incident history to identify gaps.
Playbook Development
1–2 weeksBuild scenario-specific playbooks for your highest-priority incident types: ransomware, data breach, BEC, DDoS, insider threat.
Tabletop Exercise
1 dayFacilitate a realistic scenario exercise with your response team — test decision-making, communication, and escalation.
Tooling & SIEM Review
3–4 daysEvaluate detection and response tooling against IR requirements; identify gaps in logging, alerting, and forensic capability.
Documentation & Sign-off
2–3 daysFinalise IR plan, playbooks, RACI matrix, contact trees, and regulatory notification procedures.
What You Receive
- Incident Response Plan aligned to your organisation
- Scenario-specific playbooks (ransomware, breach, BEC, DDoS)
- RACI matrix and escalation contact tree
- Tabletop exercise report and improvement actions
- Tooling gap analysis and recommendations
- Regulatory notification procedure templates
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