Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)

Week 3: CSIRT
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Week 3: CSIRT
In their book, “Principles of Incident Responses & Disaster Recovery,” Michael Whitman and Herbert Mattord discuss the purpose of the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), which is also known as the Incident Response (IR) or the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). In particular, the primary objective of the CSIRT is to respond to computer security-related incidents (Whitman & Mattord, 2022). Once an organization or individual suspects that there has been a breach of information, it notifies the CSIRT. Based on its procedures, training, and policies, the CSIRT responds appropriately and determines what happened, controls the information assets at risk, and prevents repeat security incidents’ occurrences. Moreover, the CSIRT restores operations to normalcy. Organizations might implement their CSIRTs or outsource their services when the need arises. In most cases, the CSIRT comprises InfoSec and Information Technology (IT) professionals who are called upon when a computer security incident occurs.
When it comes to creating the CSIRT, numerous things shoul...