Introduction:

Incident Response Planning is an important part of successful security planning. Incident Response Plans establish and test clear measures that your school district will practice and follow to reduce the impact of a security breach. An Incident Response Plan is a concrete plan, with identified roles and responsibilities, lines of communication and established procedures of response.

Having an Incident Response Plan and using it during Tabletop or Sandtable exercises to proactively practice in your district are important elements identified throughout the NIST framework. School districts may also have local Board policy identifying the need for incident response plans, disaster recovery, or business continuity planning.