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Preventing & Preparing for Cyberattacks: Incident Response Plan (IRP), Cyber Insurance, & Identifying Partners

How to build your Incident Response Plan
1. Standards-based – SANS or NIST
Defined Incident Response Team
2. Assign tasks and responsibilities to specific roles.
3. Assign someone to log the incident
4. Contact information for key staff, third parties, and law enforcement
5. Define how you will communicate ahead of time. Conference bridges, out-of-band communications.
6. Quick action response steps. Ransomware, Malware infection, Third-party breach
7. Test the plan at least annually.
8. Make sure everyone on the Incident Response Team is familiar.
9. Revise as necessary to match the current environment.

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Preventing & Preparing for Cyberattacks: Cyber Attacks, Infection Vectors, & Layers of Defense

Common Types of Attacks on Credit Unions
1. Malware
2. Phishing Attacks
3. DDoS
4. Ransomware
Most Common Attack Vectors
1. Social Engineering: Phishing Emails
2. Clicking on Bad Links
3. Exploiting Vulnerabilities
Layers of Defense against Cyberattacks
1. Patching Vulnerabilities
2. Advanced Endpoint protection
3. Endpoint Isolation
4. Automated Backups
5. SOC/Monitoring: Early and Rapid Identification
6. Security Awareness Training

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