1. 1 Effective Incident Response Presented by Greg Hedrick, Manager of Security Services Copyright Purdue University 2007. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

2. 2 Effective Incident Response  Why start a formal program?  Definition of an IT Incident  The Process  Infrastructure Requirements  Communications Channels  Notable Items

3. 3 Why start a formal program?  Manage Communications  Proactive Opportunities  Awareness Opportunities  Regulatory Compliance  Standardize Procedures  Identify System Owners

4. 4 Definition of an IT Incident  Purdue Policy Definition Any event involving University IT Resources which violates Indiana state or U.S. federal law, or violates regulatory requirements which Purdue is obligated to honor, or violates Purdue University policies, or is determined to be harmful to the security and privacy of University data, or IT Resources associated with, students, faculty, staff, and/or the general public, or is construed as harassment, or involves the unexpected disruption of University services.

5. 5 The Process

6. 6 The Process Data Exposure Example

7. 7 Infrastructure Requirements  People  Tools  Policy  Documented Procedures

8. 8 Communication Channels  Secure Wiki  Policy  Presentations / Training  Trusted Community  Procedures  Mailing Lists  Monthly Reports

9. 9 Notable Items  Clearly define “investigable” events  Dedicate staff to the process  Define “incident” carefully  Clearly define roles and responsibilities  Establish policy, procedures, training and infrastructure in parallel  Be prepared immediately for management reporting

10. 10 Questions? http://www.purdue.edu/securepurdue/steam/about.cfm Greg Hedrick hedrick@purdue.edu