Cyber Incident Response Planning Basics

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About Course

Prepare your organisation to handle a cyber incident calmly and effectively. Using NCSC guidance, learn what a basic incident response plan contains, the stages of a response from triage to post-incident review, who needs to be involved, how to keep records and communicate, when reporting duties apply, and how to rehearse with free NCSC exercises.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course is general awareness training written from published official guidance. It does not replace training required for your specific job, and it is not an accredited qualification.

© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.

What Will You Learn?

  • Explain why preparation is the key to handling cyber incidents
  • Write a basic incident response plan with contacts, escalation and a process
  • Describe the stages of response from triage to lessons learned
  • Know the main reporting routes and rehearse the plan with exercises

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Why plan for incidents?
  • What goes in a basic plan
  • The stages of a response
  • Reporting, communicating and rehearsing

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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