IRP

Definitions

1. Short for incident response plan, the documented set of roles, procedures, contacts, escalation paths, and decision points used when a security incident occurs. A strong IRP turns response from improvisation into an organized workflow.

   In plain English: A documented plan for how to respond to a security incident.

   Example: "The tabletop exposed that the IRP listed outdated contacts for legal and cloud operations."

Related Terms

• Automated Response
• Disk Forensics
• Emergency Patching
• Endpoint Isolation
• Forensic Investigation
• Incident Handler
• Playbook
• Remediation Plan
• Response Plan
• Response Playbook
• Run Book Security