An incident response plan (IRP) is an organisation’s individualised structured set of procedures and guidelines that they follow when encountering a security incident or a disruptive event.
These may threaten the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of their information technology systems and/or compromise their data.
The primary goal of an incident response plan is to mitigate the impact of such incidents, minimize potential damage, and restore normal operations as swiftly as possible.
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