Data Breach Preparation and Response

Data Breach Response and Investigations is the first book to provide holistic and detailed guidance on managing a data breach, from preparing for a breach through proactive breach detection, to restoring trust after a breach. Author and speaker Kevvie Fowler is a recognized thought leader and pioneer in the field of database forensics, and has led teams in the security assessment, incident response, and forensic investigation of complex infrastructures within corporate, data center, third party, and SCADA environments. Kevvie has assembled a team of noted experts in the field, who show readers everything they need to know about detecting, scoping, containing, and responding to a data breach, including tactics on how to proactively prepare for a breach, an exercise that has been proven to significantly reduce the impact to an organization by 23 percent. The book gives readers the collective expertise of a team of recognized forensics, security, privacy, legal, and public relations experts with the real world experience to create the definitive breach management reference, an invaluable guide to a wide range of information security professionals, as well as those in business management who need to understand the critical issues involved. * Covers all the steps you can take to proactively prepare for a data breach, including assembling a breach response team, adhering to legal and regulatory requirements, and breach response training and awareness* Presents the technical details of identifying a data breach, including proactive forensics, intelligence monitoring, invoking a breach response process, and confirming a suspected breach* Provides everything readers need to know about managing breach notification and investigating a suspected breach, including both internal and external communication, organizational management, and critical first responder steps* Includes both technical and business management issues, and is the only book to provide this level of detail and expertise on dealing with a data breach