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NIST Incident Response Workbook

Our NIST Incident Response Workbook provides a structured, practical way to translate guidance from NIST SP 800-61, NIST SP 800-53, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework into an incident response program your team can actually run, test, and improve.

It's designed to help you build clarity around ownership, decision-making authority, escalation paths, and continuous improvement so your program works during real incidents and holds up during audits.

What you'll get:

  • A structured workbook built around the NIST SP 800-61 incident response lifecycle, guiding you through preparation, detection and analysis, containment and recovery, and lessons learned
  • Decision-driven prompts that help you define ownership, escalation authority, severity criteria, and communication expectations before an incident occurs
  • A practical validation checklist to assess whether your incident response program is operable, defensible, and aligned with compliance expectations