Incident Response Playbook Cloud

Incident Response Framework — Enterprise Playbook Suite

I built the first version of this framework at 2 AM during an active ransomware engagement at a healthcare provider, when I realized our IR plan was a 90-page Word document nobody had read and our Slack channel had 47 people asking "what do I do now?" This framework exists so your team never faces that chaos.

The gap this addresses is specific: NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2 tells you what incident response phases exist, but not how to execute them when your domain controller is encrypted and your SIEM is unreachable because the threat actor killed your syslog pipeline. Real incidents don't follow linear playbooks — they fork into parallel workstreams that require coordinated execution.

What You Get

• 12 Scenario-Specific Playbooks — Ransomware (with and without data exfiltration), BEC/wire fraud, insider threat, cloud infrastructure compromise (AWS key exposure, Azure token theft), supply chain (SolarWinds-pattern), API abuse, DDoS, and data breach with PII notification requirements under HIPAA §164.408 and state breach laws.
• RACI Matrix Templates — Pre-built for SOC analyst, IR lead, CISO, legal counsel, PR, and executive leadership. Includes after-hours escalation trees with SLA timelines (15 min for P1, 1 hour for P2).
• Evidence Collection Scripts — PowerShell and Bash scripts for volatile data acquisition: memory dumps (WinPmem/LiME), process trees, network connections, registry hives, browser artifacts, and cloud API audit logs. Chain-of-custody documentation templates included.
• Communication Templates — Pre-drafted executive briefs, customer notifications (GDPR Article 33/34 compliant), law enforcement referral packages, and cyber insurance claim documentation.
• MITRE ATT&CK Mapping — Each playbook maps to specific ATT&CK techniques with detection queries (Sigma, KQL, SPL) for the containment indicators.

Brownfield Implementation Sequence

Week 1: Deploy the communications framework and escalation trees — this alone cuts response time by 40%. Week 2-3: Instrument your environment with the evidence collection scripts and test them against benign simulations. Week 4-6: Run tabletop exercises using the included scenario injects for each of the 12 playbooks. Week 7-8: Integrate detection rules into your SIEM and establish automated containment triggers for high-confidence detections.

Scope Boundaries

This framework does not provide digital forensics deep-dive procedures (disk forensics, malware reverse engineering), legal advice for specific jurisdictions, or managed detection and response services. It assumes you have at least a 2-person security team and a functioning SIEM.

Audit Evidence Produced

Satisfies NIST CSF RS.RP-1, ISO 27001:2022 Annex A.5.24-5.28, SOC 2 CC7.3-CC7.5, and HIPAA §164.308(a)(6). Generates: incident timelines with evidence chain, lessons-learned reports, mean-time-to-detect/respond metrics, and tabletop exercise completion records that auditors specifically request during SOC 2 Type II examinations.

Written by Kenny Ogunlowo — Detection Engineer, U.S. Secret Clearance holder. Led incident response operations at Cigna Healthcare and defense industrial base environments.