Unit 6 Assignment: Incident Response and Recovery

Unit 6 Assignment: Incident Response and Recovery

Outcomes addressed in this activity:

Unit Outcomes:

• Investigate cybersecurity policies relative to disaster recovery and incident response.
• Prepare a cybersecurity incident response policy.
• Analyze cybersecurity policies relative to digital forensic investigations.

Course Outcome:

IT484-4: Create an incident response plan, integrated with cybersecurity policy, which assists with organizational recovery.

Purpose

Having a sound plan ready in case an incident occurs that impacts an organizations systems is a crucial requirement for maintaining the integrity of any organizations systems. This assignment will reinforce the concepts you learned in this unit regarding the creation of an incident response plan.

Assignment Instructions

Part 1:

Using the internet and/or the library, research and complete the following:

In 5001,000 words, complete the following:

Develop an incident response plan that integrates with your cybersecurity policy, enabling effective organizational recovery. Include concepts such as maximum tolerable downtime (MTD) and recovery point objective (RPO) in your answer.

Part 2:

In 200 or more words for each answer, respond to the following:

• Investigate and identify a ranking of disaster types.
• What are some alternate site considerations?
• Analyze backup solutions and why they are important.

Assignment Requirements

Your assignment should meet the specifications listed. Be sure to use appropriate APA format and cite your textbook or other sources that you used in the assignment.

Answers should contain sufficient information to adequately answer the questions and contain no spelling, grammar, or APA errors. Points deducted from grade for each writing, spelling, or grammar error are at your instructors discretion.

For assistance with APA requirements, please go to Academic Writer. You will find the link in the Academic Tools section of the course.

Directions for Submitting Your Assignment

Compose your assignment in a Microsoft Word document and save it as IT484_YourName_Unit_6 and submit it to the Dropbox for Unit 6.

Review the before beginning this activity.