Business leaders, when people like me tell you that having a cybersecurity incident in your company is like being in a building on fire, we are not exaggerating. Take a look at the following checklist (note, this is not an incident response plan!) while keeping in mind that over half of the items on that checklist should be performed almost simultaneously within hours of learning that your company has had a data breach.
While this is not an exhaustive list, these are the items that most often need to be performed in the cases in which I guide clients through the incident response and remediation process. Of course there will be exceptions, additions, and omissions — take this for what it is, a starting point. Finally, note that the picture below is an image of the checklist and is blurry — you can download the original here.
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Shawn Tuma (@shawnetuma) is a business lawyer with an internationally recognized reputation in cybersecurity, computer fraud, and data privacy law. He is a Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Partner at Scheef & Stone, LLP, a full-service commercial law firm in Texas that represents businesses of all sizes throughout the United States and, through its Mackrell International network, around the world.
We have been observing an evolution in hackers’ tactics from going after data that could be directly monetized, such as payment card data, to going after data that can be monetized indirectly through extortion, such as the Ashley Madison data. The hack of Brazzers porn site is similar to the Ashley Madison hack in that the real opportunity for monetization lies not in the intrinsic value of the data itself, but in the opportunity to use the data to embarrass and extort others into paying money to keep it secret.
From Fort Wayne’s Morning News on 08/09/16, WOWO 1190 AM | 107.5 FM
