Responding To Security Incidents Overview Guide the full NIST SP 800-61 incident response lifecycle: detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident analysis. Classify incidents by type (ransomware, data breach, DDoS, credential compromise, insider threat) and severity, then coordinate evidence preservation, threat containment, and root-cause investigation. Prerequisites - System and application logs accessible in (auth logs, web server logs, database access logs) - Network traffic captures (PCAP) or SIEM alert exports available - Incident response team contact information an…