NIST Publishes Guidebook for Cyber Incident Recovery
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released a guidebook Thursday aimed at helping organizations develop a game plan to quickly end and recover from a cyberattack. The NIST guide includes tactical and strategic guidance for developing, testing and improving…
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a recovery plan. The document also includes information for planning for specific cyber incidents, including data breaches and ransomware. The book can be used in conjunction with NIST's Cybersecurity Framework, the agency said. NIST said it developed the handbook in response to the overall rise in cyber incidents and the Office of Management and Budget's 2015 Cybersecurity Strategy and Information Plan, which called on federal agencies to improve their cybersecurity response capabilities. “To be successful, each organization needs to develop its own plan and playbooks in advance,” said NIST computer scientist Murugiah Souppaya, one of the guide's authors, in a news release. “Then they should run the plays with tabletop exercises, work within their team to understand its level of preparation and repeat.”