Bridging The IT And Security Team Divide For Effective Incident Response
information age, Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Greater alignment between IT and security teams is crucial for effective incident response - here's how to lay down the foundations
Imagine a large financial institution falling victim to a ransomware incident. Critical databases are hacked then encrypted, and the breach spreads rapidly across the network. As the IT team scrambles to restore systems and keep services running, the security team must contain the spread and trace the entry point.
Without time for a proper investigation, recovery happens too fast. The systems are back but the organisation remains exposed as it has failed to fix the underlying problems. The vulnerabilities remain, controls may still be weak, and persistent threats go undetected, all of which leave them open to be exploited again.