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CISM · Question #25

Which of the following incident response phases involves actions to help safeguard critical systems while maintaining business operations?

The correct answer is A. Containment. The containment phase of incident response focuses on limiting the scope and impact of a security incident, safeguarding critical systems, and maintaining business operations by stopping the attack's spread.

Submitted by saadiq_pk· Apr 18, 2026Information Security Incident Management

Question

Which of the following incident response phases involves actions to help safeguard critical systems while maintaining business operations?

Options

  • AContainment
  • BIdentification
  • CPreparation
  • DRecovery

How the community answered

(48 responses)
  • A
    85% (41)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    8% (4)

Why each option

The containment phase of incident response focuses on limiting the scope and impact of a security incident, safeguarding critical systems, and maintaining business operations by stopping the attack's spread.

AContainmentCorrect

The containment phase involves taking actions to prevent an incident from spreading further, isolating affected systems, and eradicating the threat to limit damage while simultaneously striving to maintain essential business operations. This phase is critical for minimizing the impact and preventing a complete operational shutdown.

BIdentification

Identification involves detecting and analyzing the incident, not actively safeguarding systems.

CPreparation

Preparation focuses on activities before an incident occurs, such as developing plans and training, rather than direct incident handling.

DRecovery

Recovery focuses on restoring systems and operations to their normal state after an incident has been contained and eradicated.

Concept tested: Incident response phases (Containment)

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/compass/incident-response-overview

Topics

#Incident Response Phases#Containment#Business Operations#System Safeguarding

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