SANS Incident Handler's Handbook and PICERL Methodology P-f: P-f Response team can be granted the permissions it needs during an incident and have them removed afterwards

The team can obtain the access it needs to act, for example an administrator able to add permissions to responders' accounts during an incident and remove them when no longer needed.

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Other controls in Phase 1: Preparation – SANS Incident Handler's Handbook and PICERL Methodology

P-a P-a Written security policy that tells staff what is expected and lets the team judge whether an incident occurred
P-b P-b Incident response plan that ranks incidents by organizational impact
P-c P-c Communication plan: who the team contacts, when and why, including when to involve law enforcement
P-d P-d Document every action taken so records answer who, what, when, where, why and how
P-e P-e Multidisciplinary response team including legal, HR, public relations and IT specialists
P-g P-g Ready tools in a jump bag: journal, contact list, bootable media, forensic laptop, tool kits, write-blocking duplicators
P-h P-h Regular drills so every team member knows and can perform their duties

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