Creating A Cyber Systems Incident Response Team

Public Risk Management

Margaret Pedona, the Risk Manager for Coconino County, Arizona discusses how to create a cyber systems incident response team. She explains how cyber crimes have become the most imminent and costly risks that public entity operations face and why a response team is essential for risk management and will save an organization precious time and efficiency to a cyber event. Going into further detail on who should be invited to serve on an organization's team, best practices, assigning roles and responsibilities to each member, preparing the process to a cyber incident, and creating a checklist that is specific for an organization.