Cyber Security - Incident Response and Management

Muhammad Shairoze Malik

Abstract

Today, Information Technology has bought a lot of benefits for the mankind but it has also made us susceptible to failures and attacks as well. This article discusses the increasing complexity of cyber- security threats and capabilities of information security teams in applying controls required to effectively respond to threats. In this article, the main stages of managing information security incidents and events are discussed, designed to help create an effective response process to security incidents and as a result to reduce losses and quickly restore performance in dynamically changing IT infrastructure and threat landscape.