Cyber Threat in Public Sector: Modeling an Incident Response Framework

Abstract

There is a high probability that a cyber-attack would cause havoc, probably impacting a company's resources and assets, its clients, time and brand value. An incident response framework aims to control this damage and recover as smoothly as possible. As most organizations have encountered cyber-attacks at some point of their corporate life cycle, a formidable and a well-developed defense is the most excellent way to protect a company. As the types of information breaches upsurge, the absence of an customized response plan could lead to extensive interruption and recovery periods and high cost. In today's era of digital and mobile use in a globally integrated society, it always pays to have an incident response framework for an organization. Therefore, this paper explores the evolution and design modeling of the incident response framework.