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Cyber Incident Response Plan
Prepared for every cyber threat
By combining industry best practices with tailored strategies, we help minimise damage, reduce recovery time, and strengthen your overall cyber resilience.
What is a cyber incident response plan?
An incident response plan is a structured framework that guides your organisation through the critical steps of responding to a cyber incident. Whether it’s a ransomware attack, data breach or unauthorised access, having an effective incident response plan ensures your security team can respond quickly, contain the threat and protect sensitive data.
Cyber security incidents can cause reputational damage, financial loss and disruption to business continuity. Without a clear response plan, organisations risk delays, confusion and missed opportunities to mitigate risks. A good incident response plan outlines roles, responsibilities, communications plans and recovery procedures, helping you detect, respond and recover from cyber attacks with confidence.
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Why choose Zensec
Zensec supports organisations across the UK in building cyber resilience through tailored incident response plans. Whether you’re a small business or a large organisation, we help you prepare for cyber threats with clarity and control.
We provide a free incident response plan template that includes key steps for managing cyber incidents, cataloguing critical assets, and coordinating your security team. Our experts also work closely with your IT team and senior management to develop a tailored plan through discovery workshops and consultative support. This process identifies business-critical services, maps dependencies, and ensures your response plan is aligned with business continuity objectives and compliance requirements.
Our incident response plans are built on real-world experience, having successfully supported hundreds of cases, including ransomware attacks and data breaches. They are designed to cover the full lifecycle of an incident, from effective management to post-incident activities such as forensic investigation and recovery. As part of our service, all clients with a Zensec cyber incident response plan receive complimentary access to our Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), ensuring immediate expert support in the event of a cyber attack.
We are equipped to deal with an attack from any ransomware group.
Don’t hesitate to contact us if you are under attack from a ransomware group not listed above.
The importance of a cyber incident response plan
An effective incident response plan is critical for minimising the impact of cyber threats and ensuring a swift, coordinated recovery. Without a clear strategy, organisations risk prolonged downtime, significant financial loss, and reputational damage when an attack occurs. A well-prepared plan not only defines roles, responsibilities, and communication channels but also ensures that teams can act decisively under pressure. It helps safeguard business-critical systems, maintain customer trust, and meet regulatory obligations, turning a potentially chaotic situation into a controlled, manageable process. By investing in incident response planning, businesses strengthen their resilience and reduce the long-term consequences of cyber incidents.
Known threat actors
Ransomware groups behind the attacks
Below is a breakdown of the most active ransomware groups and the variants driving their attacks.
Key features of a cyber incident response plan
Cyber incident response planning for business continuity
Our plans prioritise business continuity by ensuring critical systems and services can be restored quickly. We help you identify critical assets, assess risks and build recovery strategies that minimise downtime and reputational harm.
Cyber security incident documentation and data audit
Accurate documentation is essential during a cyber incident. We help you maintain a complete inventory of hardware, software and sensitive data, supporting compliance and post-incident analysis.
Communications plan for cyber incidents
Clear communication is vital during a cyber attack. Our incident response plans include a communications plan for internal teams, board members, supply chain partners and public relations teams, ensuring consistent messaging and timely updates.
Effective incident response plan for cyber threats
Our plans are designed to support effective incident management, from initial detection to recovery. We include fire drills, lessons learned and regular reviews to ensure your organisation’s ability to respond to future incidents remains strong.
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Frequently asked questions
Key information when you’re under pressure.
A cyber incident response plan is a documented strategy for detecting, responding to and recovering from cyber security incidents. It outlines key steps, roles and procedures to protect data and maintain business continuity.
Without a response plan, organisations risk delays, confusion and increased damage during a cyber attack. A good incident response plan helps you respond quickly, contain threats and reduce recovery costs.
We offer incident response plan templates, discovery workshops and consultative services to help you build a tailored plan. We also provide access to our CSIRT team for expert support during cyber incidents.
An effective incident response plan should include a communications plan, data audit procedures, recovery strategies, roles and responsibilities, and post-incident activity reviews. It should be tested regularly and updated to reflect new threats.
Yes. Our incident response plans support compliance with regulatory requirements by documenting security incidents, maintaining audit trails and ensuring sensitive data is handled securely.
Post-incident activity includes forensic investigation, lessons learned, and updates to your incident response plan. Zensec supports your organisation throughout this process to strengthen your cyber security posture.
Dealing with a ransomware attack?
Our ransomware recovery service can help
Our expert team works quickly to contain the breach, recover your data, and restore your systems to full operation. We’ll guide you through every step of the recovery process and help strengthen your defences to prevent future attacks. Regain control with Zensec - trusted support when it matters most.