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This solid teamwork will help any organization identify the main reason that caused an attack,
draw up a plan of action for the future and advice on how to response to affected customers.

Documentation and reports are required

The importance of documenting everything should not be underestimated. This is particularly
crucial in case of a data breach. If you create a report on the details of the incident including
what systems and what critical data were impacted and which remediation measures were
taken, it will be easier to mitigate the risk of data leak further. All results of the examination
should be analyzed and documented so they are available at any time. Interview anyone
involved and document their responses as well. All this information will help you be fully
equipped if a data breach ever happens again.

Don’t use the same technologies again

Once your business has recovered from data breach and all business processes are restored,
you cannot think that the same technologies and countermeasures you had in place will be
effective any again. They haven’t worked this time what means you have gaps in your security
strategy and they are unlikely to ever work.

Your data loss response plan should change with constantly evolving cyber threat environment.
Close interaction with your IT and security teams is also necessary to develop the best data
protection solutions.

No company is immune from a data security threat. Even slight data breach can destroy
company reputation and damage its finances. One thing any organization has to do is to have
security “Plan B” in place for how to deal with the consequences of an attack. Always
remember, a company’s response to these attacks is critical.

About The Author

Vera Salauyova

PR manager at Falcongaze company with three years of experience in
blogging, copywriting, PR and social networks management. I love to
analyze the market and explore new ways of sharing knowledge and great
experience of my colleagues with the global information security
community. Vera can be reached online at [email protected]
and at our company website https://falcongaze.com/

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