Here are 10 steps organizations should take to improve their cybersecurity response strategy and better mitigate the impact of attacks in the future.
Step 6: Don't needlessly tip your hand
Once an incident has occurred, make sure the team does not use the compromised network to coordinate incident response efforts, instead of establishing out-of-band communications first. While a hacker's goal is typically to ex-filtrate data, it can also include using the compromised system as a launching pad to compromise other systems or networks such as third-party systems along the organization's supply chain. Once hackers sense that they have been detected, they may deploy another technique while the team is distracted and busy dealing with the first attack.