Which type of plan is PRIMARILY intended to reduce the potential impact of security events that may occur?

An incident response plan outlines the specific steps an organization will take when a security incident occurs, focusing on prompt detection, containment, eradication, and recovery. Its primary goal is to minimize the damage and disruption caused by security events, thereby reducing their potential impact on business operations and data.

A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) focuses on maintaining critical business functions during and after a disruption, which might include security events, but its scope is broader than just security events and it often relies on DRP for technical recovery.

A security awareness plan aims to prevent incidents by educating employees, rather than reducing the impact of an event once it has occurred.

A Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) focuses on restoring IT infrastructure and systems after a major disaster, which can include security events, but the incident response plan is more specific to security events and their immediate handling.