Chapter 01
Playbook library
- ✓Ransomware first 24 hours
- ✓Business email compromise
- ✓Insider data exfiltration
- ✓Cloud account takeover
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When the incident hits at 2 AM, you don't need inspiration — you need a checklist.
Copy-ready playbooks: containment, evidence, comms, legal touchpoints, and recovery — tuned for lean teams, not Fortune-500 bureaucracy only.
“These are distilled from real programs — stripped to what works when headcount is low and stakes are high.”— Rishav Bhardwaj
Why you need this — honestly
- Your org has no IR plan and you are making it up under pressure.
- You want defensible steps for ransomware and BEC without hiring consultants first.
- You need language for management and legal that keeps you professional.
What's inside
Written in plain language. No jargon for the sake of jargon. Every section ends with something you can do, not just read.
Chapter 02
Process
- ✓Severity matrix
- ✓Roles & escalation
- ✓Evidence handling basics
Chapter 03
Templates
- ✓Stakeholder email drafts
- ✓Incident timeline sheet
- ✓Post-incident review
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How to learn incident response — playbooks you run at 2 AM
IR isn’t inspiration — it’s checklists. This guide teaches what to do in common incidents (ransomware, BEC, insider, cloud takeover) with containment, evidence, and leadership language included.
- Severity matrix, roles, and escalation before chaos hits
- Ransomware and BEC first-24-hours playbooks
- Evidence handling and stakeholder email drafts
- Post-incident review template
Common questions
- How do I learn incident response without enterprise experience?
- Study structured playbooks, run table-top scenarios, and pair with SOC/log skills. This PDF gives copy-ready steps sized for lean teams — not Fortune-500 bureaucracy only.
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About me
Rishav Bhardwaj — cybersecurity practitioner & author of Cyber Rishav
I've trained 200+ analysts, built blue-team programs inside real enterprises, and still sit in the work — SOC triage, cloud risk, GRC, and IR. These guides are the same structured thinking I use in programs and 1-on-1s, written so you can act this week, not someday.
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