An Incident Response Plan (IRP) is the authoritative document that defines roles, communication paths, and step-by-step procedures for detecting, containing, eradicating, and recovering from security incidents. Having a well-defined IRP minimizes damage, reduces recovery time, and satisfies many regulatory requirements.
Business Continuity Plan is also a plan, but its primary focus is on maintaining or quickly restoring mission-critical business operations after any disruptive event, not on the technical handling of a security incident.
A Security Policy states high-level rules and objectives for protecting information assets; it does not provide detailed incident-handling procedures.
A Playbook offers tactical, scenario-specific steps (for example, ransomware containment) and is typically a subset derived from the broader Incident Response Plan.
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