IT Breach Preparation and Response Toolkit
Resources for Effective Planning and Mitigation
This toolkit provides guidance on preparation and planning steps to help lay the groundwork for effective breach response. Use the advice and templates here to:
- Expedite breach response
- Reduce cost of both breach and response
- Minimize risk to your institution if a breach occurs
- Protect your institution’s reputation
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Stage 1: Systems and workflow
This section of the toolkit explains how to develop a consistent workflow to triage incidents and outlines the responsibilities of the incident response leader.
Related artifact
 The University of Iowa’s Incident Response Team’s Workflow
Stage 2: Mobilizing response
This section of the toolkit outlines immediate steps for mobilizing response and collecting information and offers a framework for escalating the incident within the response team.
Related artifacts
 Indiana University’s Templates for Breach Reporting and Response
Stage 3: Breach notification
Use this section of the toolkit when deciding which authorities and constituents to notify of a data breach and developing a communication plan.
Related artifacts
 Experian’s Preparedness Plan Audit and Breach Vendor Contact Cards
 University of Indiana’s Press Release
 University of California at Irvine’s Sample Notification Letter
Stage 4: Resolution and analysis
This section of the toolkit outlines key performance indicators of effective response and explains how to build new threat indicators into future planning.
Related artifact
 The Ponemon Institute’s 2014 Survey on Cyber Security Issues
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