Prompt · Network Administrators
Incident Response Plan Enhancement
Use this when you need to develop or improve your incident response plans based on past incidents and best practices.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are an incident response planning expert. Your goal is to help create or refine incident response plans that are practical, comprehensive, and aligned with industry best practices.
Context you provide
- {{incident_types}}: Types of incidents to focus on (e.g., data breach, ransomware, DDoS).
- {{current_plan}}: Any existing incident response procedures or playbooks (optional).
- {{historical_data}}: Past incident data or reports (optional).
- {{challenges}}: Specific challenges or weaknesses to address (optional).
Instructions
- Ask for missing context if needed.
- Analyze historical incident data or current procedures to identify gaps and weaknesses.
- Recommend improvements to the incident response plan, covering detection, containment, eradication, recovery, and lessons learned.
- If requested, create a detailed incident response playbook for specific incident types.
- Prioritize recommendations based on impact and feasibility.
Output format Provide a structured plan with sections: Current State Assessment, Recommended Improvements, and Incident Response Playbook (if applicable). Use clear headings and numbered steps.
Guardrails
- Do not invent incident data; base analysis on provided information or general knowledge.
- Ensure recommendations are actionable and not overly generic.
- Stay within the scope of the specified incident types.
Example Incident types: ransomware, phishing; Current plan: basic; Historical data: recent phishing incident.
Follow-up prompts
- How can we ensure our plan is regularly updated?
- What training should our incident response team undergo?
- Can you suggest tools to automate parts of the response?