A company has just completed the eradication phase of an incident. The incident response team is now in the recovery phase. Which activity is MOST important to perform during this phase?

Restore systems from clean backups and verify they are functioning correctly.

Update the incident response plan based on lessons learned.

Notify all employees about the incident.

Delete all logs from the affected systems.

Why is documentation important during the recovery phase?

To replace the need for post-incident reviews

To prevent future incidents from occurring

To ensure that all systems are restored quickly

To provide a record of actions taken for future reference and legal purposes

What is the primary objective of the eradication phase in incident response?

To document the incident for legal purposes

To contain the incident and prevent further damage

To restore systems to normal operation

To remove the root cause of the incident from the environment

Which activity is typically performed during the eradication phase?

Isolating affected systems from the network

Removing malware from affected systems

Conducting a lessons learned review

An organization is developing its incident response plan. The CISO wants to ensure that during an incident, the response team can quickly identify who is responsible for each action. Which element is MOST important to include in the preparation phase?

A list of all employee birthdays.

A list of all software licenses used in the organization.

A detailed map of the organization's physical office layout.

A clear organizational chart with defined roles and responsibilities for the incident response team.

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Domain 4Objective 1

4.1 - Understand and Support Incident Response Lifecycle (e.g., National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), International Organization for Standardization (ISO)) SSCP Practice Questions (Page 6)

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