Steps to Take as the Operation Stop Hack Lead Investigator

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A hack security incident requires immediate response to ensure the perpetrators are shut before harming the intruded systems to extreme levels. Thus, the first responder should have pre-planned procedures to respond to such incidences immediately. The organized response prevents unnecessary impact on the affected organization. Also, it ensures that the first responder does not get reputational harm relating to how a particular case is handled. According to Voigt (3), every second matters after the occurrence of a security issue. The dangerous malware installed into the attacked systems spread fast, and the hackers use the compromised accounts to access more assets. Therefore, all organizations should have a trained response team that can take immediate actions to stop the malicious activities by hackers in the case of a security issue. The organization’s size does not matter in this preparation since all institutions are in danger of security attacks and unpredictable occurrences. The incidence response team handles all security incidents, breaches, and cyber threats (Voigt, 3). Planning allows the team to identify and minimize the damage, reduce the cost induced, and find to fix the event’s cause to prevent such incidences in the future.
Responding to a critical security event like hacking entails multiple steps. The first step is assembling a team (Voigt, 3). It is essential to create a team with the right people. These people should have the required skills related to the issue in the question. Also, they should have a team leader with direct contact and communication with the management to ensure that they can make any related decisions quickly. For instance, the leader needs to consult with the management before implementing critical choices, like going offline, even if the action is essential for the first responder (Voigt, 3). The second step is to detect and ascertain the source. The team should recognize the source of the breach to know the origin of the indicators (Voigt, 3). The third step is containing and recovering. Voigt (3) argues that a security system is analogous to forest fires. The team needs to contain the incidence and its source immediately after they are detected. For instance, a necessary step to contain hacking may be disabling the network connection to the systems under attack (Voigt, 3). The team must ensure the containment is made to continue operations and curb the users’ ways of intrusion for future safety.
The fourth step is assessing the damage and severity. The extent of the damage caused is identified once the smoke clears. For instance, an incident from an external attack or a malicious insider is considered severe and should be addressed accordingly to ensure it does not happen in the future (Voigt, 3). The fifth step is starting the notification process. The team should notify the affected individuals to protect their identities from issues such as disclosing the accessed data (Voigt, 3). The sixth step is starting to preventing a similar incidence in the future. Examining lessons learned after it is stabilized is essential to prevent a recurrence (Voig...