The cyber threat landscape is evolving, and cyber attacks have increased in recent years, making it critical that management at any organization develop a detailed cyber Incident Response Plan (IRP). An IRP can reduce incident recovery costs and downtime, and in fact, many regulatory compliances require that an IRP be in place.

At Digital Forge we offer advisory services to assist organizations in developing their own IRP. We assess our clients’ current business continuity plan, including gap analysis, management, approach, documentation, and testing. This assessment includes uncovering weaknesses and recommending procedural enhancements that will ensure that continuity of service is maintained in the event of a declared emergency.

This first step is critical to identifying security threats and vulnerabilities to determine any potential for service downtime. We then evaluate threats such as natural disasters, access denial from such causes as geopolitical or labor unrest, and loss of systems and communications. Our impact analysis determines potential threats and strives to establish the best preventative approach.

We customize a crisis management program and recommend a team to execute the implementation of the IRP. We then provide a training program to ensure management is prepared for implementation, as well as educate and train all client stakeholders to validate the practicality of the plan for withstanding mission-critical business functions.