Cybersecurity pillar

Incident response automation

Design SOAR playbooks, cross-cloud isolation, and disclosure workflows aligned to NIST SP 800-61r2, ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023, SEC Regulation S-K Item 106, and CISA federal incident response playbooks.^{NIST SP 800-61r2}^{ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023}^{SEC Regulation S-K Item 106}^{CISA Federal Incident Response Playbook}

Engineer automation guardrails

Codify the evidence, approvals, and rollback paths that keep automated response actions defensible.

Map runbooks to standards. Decompose each CISA playbook phase into SOAR tasks that trace back to NIST SP 800-61r2 steps and ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023 escalation criteria so automation mirrors the official lifecycle.^{NIST SP 800-61r2}^{CISA Federal Incident Response Playbook}^{ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023}
Enforce approval tiers. Require role-based approvals for potentially disruptive actions (quarantine, credential reset, key rotation) and align approver lists with SEC Item 106 materiality reviewers to preserve disclosure readiness.^{SEC Regulation S-K Item 106}
Version evidence capture. Embed tamper-evident logging, memory imaging, and chain-of-custody fields in every playbook so automation preserves admissible evidence across cloud and on-prem estates.^{ISO/IEC 27035-1:2023}^{CISA Federal Incident Response Playbook}

Pre-stage network, identity, and workload controls so playbooks cut dwell time across AWS, Azure, GCP, SaaS, and OT environments.

Standardize isolation patterns. Build library actions for VPC/Security Group quarantine, Azure NSG lockdown, GCP firewall policies, and SaaS session revocation so playbooks can isolate hosts regardless of provider.^{MITRE ATT&CK}
Protect identity fabric. Integrate conditional access changes, emergency break-glass accounts, and hardware-backed MFA resets to contain identity misuse without locking out incident commanders.
Automate key rotation. Connect vaults (AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault) to incident triggers for rapid credential rotation and revoke tokens via SCIM/IdP APIs to stop lateral movement.

Maintain traceable decision logs and communications that satisfy regulators, customers, and cyber insurers.

Automate materiality checkpoints. Trigger legal review when impact thresholds are met, log counsel determinations, and timestamp the four-business-day SEC disclosure clock inside the playbook timeline.^{SEC Regulation S-K Item 106}
Align with sector obligations. Prebuild notification templates for DORA Article 19, GDPR Articles 33/34, and state breach laws so counsel can approve and dispatch within required windows.^{EU DORA Article 19}^{GDPR Articles 33 and 34}
Preserve insurer evidence. Capture timeline, containment actions, and validation artifacts in formats accepted by cyber insurance carriers to prevent claim disputes during recovery.