Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when responding to an incident?

The correct answer is A. Recovering from the incident in a timely manner. The primary goal during incident response is to restore normal business operations as quickly as possible while minimizing damage. Timely recovery helps reduce downtime, financial loss, and operational disruption. While chain of custody, forensic analysis, and post-incident…

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

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ARecovering from the incident in a timely manner
BMaintaining the chain of custody
CAssigning a forensics team
DFollowing defined post-incident review procedures

How the community answered

(48 responses)

A
77% (37)
B
4% (2)
C
6% (3)
D
13% (6)

Explanation

The primary goal during incident response is to restore normal business operations as quickly as possible while minimizing damage. Timely recovery helps reduce downtime, financial loss, and operational disruption. While chain of custody, forensic analysis, and post-incident reviews are important, they are secondary considerations that come after containing and recovering from the

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