CISO's guide: How to test an incident response plan | TechTarget
An incident response plan helps mitigate unexpected and potentially disruptive cybersecurity events. Testing that plan is very much like test-driving a new car. It's how a potential buyer confirms the experience lives up to the hype. Do all the features work as promised? Does it drive smoothly? Are there issues that could hinder the vehicle's performance and safety? These are things any conscientious driver would want to learn before driving off the lot.
Test-driving an incident response plan is equally important. It helps identify what in the plan works, what needs to be fixed, whether the resources are appropriate and if the incident response team can handle their roles and responsibilities when a real cybersecurity incident strikes.
Methods to test an incident response plan
Testing an incident response plan is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Just as cybersecurity incidents take many forms, so do planning approaches.
Tabletop exercises
A popular option, ...
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