In Part 1, I discussed the important aspects of a good incident management practice including effective communication, clearly defined stakeholders, and getting timely resolution. In Part 2, we explored the key tactical aspects of incident response. This final installment focuses on improving your response capabilities and potentially reducing the frequency and impact of future incidents.
Presumably, you’re reading this because you’d like to improve your incident response practice. The best way to improve is to conduct high quality “retrospectives” following incidents. …
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In Part 1, I discussed the important aspects of a good incident management practice including effective communication, clearly defined stakeholders, and getting timely resolution. Now let’s dig into some tactical considerations of incident response.
Before you can give quality updates during an incident, you need to have good information to share. This section will dive into some practical aspects of getting good information and managing an incident to resolution.
Incident Commander
The first step should be designating an incident commander. This is the most crucial role in the incident management process. Their focus is on ensuring the right resources are engaged, that we’re sending high-quality communications, and that we’re making the calls about how to proceed. …
