The Value of IR Planning and Incident Readiness

This article provides guidance on building and testing incident response (IR) plans and achieving incident readiness, covering governance, defined roles, communication frameworks, scenario-specific playbooks (ransomware, BEC, insider threats), forensic readiness, tabletop exercises, and the role of DFIR retainers; it also outlines Arctic Wolf’s MDR, EDR, Incident Response, Incident360 retainer, and other services that support organisations before, during, and after cyber incidents.