Five Tips for Incident Response Readiness, from the IAPP 2016 Practical Privacy Series
Last week I attended the IAPP Practical Privacy Series in Washington, DC. This series features intensive educational sessions designed to arm those in the privacy field with the up-to-the-minute knowledge needed to excel on the job. My fellow attendees were privacy officers and others who were well versed in privacy issues – many interesting conversations were started in the hallways between sessions and during meals.
The data breach track was a popular area of focus this year, and “how-to-prepare” was a leading topic for many of the panels. Professionals in the field – and certainly those at the conference last week – are well aware of the hazards involved in poor incident response, but it was helpful to hear the panelists focus on what teams should do proactively, before an incident ever occurs.