Malone is finishing up his incident handling plan for IT before giving it to his boss for review. He is outlining the incident response methodology…

The last step in the incident response methodology, according to the Network Defender (CND)

guidelines, is a follow-up. This step is crucial as it involves reviewing and analyzing the incident to

understand what happened, how it was handled, and how similar incidents can be prevented in the

future. It includes updating incident response plans, improving security measures, and providing

training to prevent future incidents.

Reference: The information aligns with the EC-Council’s Certified Network Defender (CND) program,

which emphasizes an incident response life cycle that includes preparation, detection and analysis,

containment, eradication and recovery, and post-event activity, where the follow-up is a critical

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