Gap: Security Incident Response Playbook
Status: 🔴 Not Started Priority: Important (Pre-Scale) Estimated Effort: 2 days
What's Missing
Complete security incident response documentation beyond breach notification:
Incident Types
- Data breach (GDPR 72-hour notification exists)
- DDoS attack
- Credential compromise
- SQL injection attempt
- Ransomware
- Insider threat
- Third-party compromise (Clerk, Daily.co, AWS)
Severity Classification
- Critical, High, Medium, Low definitions
- Response time by severity
- Escalation paths
- Communication requirements
Response Procedures
- Detection and identification
- Containment strategies
- Eradication steps
- Recovery procedures
- Lessons learned process
Communication Plans
- Internal notification tree
- Customer communication templates
- Regulatory notification (beyond GDPR)
- PR/media response (if needed)
Technical Playbooks
- Database compromise response
- API key rotation emergency procedure
- Force logout all users
- Emergency RLS policy updates
- Audit log forensics
Post-Incident
- Incident report template
- Root cause analysis process
- Security improvement backlog
- Team retrospective
Why Important
- HIPAA Compliance - Requires incident response capability
- Response Speed - Prepared team responds faster
- Damage Mitigation - Proper response limits damage
- Customer Trust - Professional response maintains trust
Current State
- Breach notification (GDPR 72-hour) documented
- No other incident types covered
- No severity classification
- No technical playbooks
Recommended Location
docs/security/ directory with:
README.md- Security overviewincident-response.md- Complete IR playbookincident-types.md- Response by incident typecommunication-templates.md- Notification templatesforensics.md- Audit log analysis guide
Success Criteria
- [ ] All incident types identified and documented
- [ ] Severity classification defined
- [ ] Response procedures documented
- [ ] Communication templates created
- [ ] Technical playbooks written
- [ ] Team training on procedures completed