What Is Triage in Cybersecurity Incident Response?

This article explains the importance of a structured, repeatable triage process in cybersecurity incident response, describing five core stages (detection intake, initial classification, severity scoring, business impact evaluation, and prioritization/handoff). It highlights common pitfalls like alert fatigue and overreliance on automation, discusses complexities introduced by third-party breaches, and recommends practical improvements such as playbooks, threat intelligence integration, shared triage queues, and a balance of automation with human review to reduce MTTD/MTTR.