TCP #18: When every second counts, your incident response can be your strongest asset

Dive in to learn how to build an incident response plan.

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You know what I'm talking about: it's late, and you get an alert about a critical system failure. Panic sets in as you scramble to figure out what went wrong.

Without a proper incident response plan, small issues can become major outages. Downtime can cost money and credibility.

What if you had a clear, step-by-step plan to handle these incidents calmly and efficiently?

Instead of chaos, you could restore services quickly and keep your users happy.

Today's newsletter will explore building a robust incident response plan using AWS services.

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Ok, now back to the newsletter edition for this week.

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Identify and Categorize Incidents

The first step in building an IRP is identifying and categorizing potential incidents.