Breaking Down The DOJ Cybersecurity Unit’s Guidance On Responding To Cyberattacks

Another federal agency has weighed in with "guidance" on cybersecurity preparation and breach response.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) is the latest to issue guidance on how companies should respond to data breaches.   The guidance is not perfect, and in some respects is simply a recitation of existing best practices, but it is still valuable because it signals the government's increased willingness to foster public-private cooperation against cybercrime, and it sets out the DOJ's latest thinking on responding to cyberattacks.  

Common Sense Advice

Embracing much of NIST's recently published Cybersecurity Framework, the DOJ guidance provides several useful tips and some common sense advice to businesses as they prepare for cyberattacks. The guidance also has a useful check-list that many smaller businesses or start-ups may find useful as they develop their privacy and data-security infrastructure.