{"id":2958,"date":"2019-06-04T08:51:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T13:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2019-05-31T14:38:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:38:39","slug":"what-to-do-after-a-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/what-to-do-after-a-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do After a Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cyber<\/a>If you haven\u2019t already experienced a data breach, odds are good that you will soon. In the fiscal year 2018, more than half (58 percent) of small and medium-sized businesses experienced a data breach, according to a report<\/a> from the Ponemon Institute and Keeper Security. Hackers<\/a> develop new techniques and release new malware daily, making it difficult to keep IT security defenses<\/a> up-to-date.<\/p>\n

Preventing breaches from occurring in the first place with a proactive and comprehensive approach<\/a> to cybersecurity is ideal. However, what do you do when your efforts to safeguard your organization\u2019s data fail? If you\u2019re seeking advice in the wake of an IT security incident, taking the following steps will help you control the damage and minimize your breach risk in the future.\"data<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Preserve evidence. <\/strong>After you discover a breach has occurred, your first step should be to preserve evidence of the incident and manage the chain of custody to lower the odds that it will be tampered with or destroyed. This is key to facilitate an investigation of the breach and shed light on details such as how much data was exposed.<\/p>\n

2. Notify your insurance.<\/strong> Hopefully your organization has cyber liability insurance<\/a> that covers data breaches. Let them know about the incident.<\/p>\n

3. Carry out your incident response plan.<\/strong> As part of your IT security strategy, you should already have an incident response plan in place. If you need assistance designing and executing a plan, Stratosphere\u2019s team of cybersecurity experts can help.
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\n4. Notify the proper personnel. <\/strong>Ensure that everyone within your organization who should know about the data breach is aware of what\u2019s happening. In addition to an incident response plan, you should also assemble a response team, according to the credit bureau Experian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Your incident response team should include people from the following departments\/areas of expertise:<\/p>\n