Incident Response

Incident
Response Playbook

Structured, tested, and continuously improved response procedures for AI-specific security incidents.

24/7 SOC< 2hr ResponseISO 27001NIST Aligned

Response Phases

A five-phase framework aligned with NIST SP 800-61 for systematic incident handling.

01

Detection & Triage

Automated and human-triggered detection with immediate severity classification.

Automated anomaly detection across agent workflows
User-reported incidents via dedicated hotline and portal
Real-time alerting with severity classification (P0–P3)
Initial triage and impact assessment within 15 minutes
02

Containment

Immediate isolation to prevent blast radius expansion.

Automatic agent isolation and workflow suspension
Network-level containment for compromised systems
Credential rotation and access revocation
Preserve forensic evidence with tamper-proof logging
03

Eradication

Root cause identification and threat removal.

Root cause analysis with full event reconstruction
Malicious prompt or tool usage identification
Model and workflow rollback to last known-good state
Vulnerability patching and guardrail reinforcement
04

Recovery

Controlled restoration with enhanced monitoring.

Staged service restoration with validation gates
Enhanced monitoring for 72 hours post-recovery
Data integrity verification across affected systems
Customer communication and status updates
05

Post-Incident

Learning, improvement, and accountability.

Blameless post-mortem within 5 business days
Root cause documentation and remediation tracking
Guardrail and policy updates based on findings
Customer-facing incident report within 10 business days

Severity Classification

Response timelines and escalation paths based on impact severity.

P0 — Critical

< 2 hours

Escalation: Immediate C-suite, board notification

Examples: Active data breach, system-wide compromise, regulatory trigger event

P1 — High

< 6 hours

Escalation: Security lead, engineering VP, legal

Examples: Model misuse, unauthorized data access, service degradation

P2 — Medium

< 12 hours

Escalation: Security team, on-call engineering

Examples: Anomalous agent behavior, policy violations, single-tenant impact

P3 — Low

< 24 hours

Escalation: Security team for tracking

Examples: Minor policy deviations, performance anomalies, non-urgent vulnerabilities

Scenario Playbooks

Pre-defined response procedures for the most critical AI-specific incident scenarios.

Data Breach / Unauthorized Access

Detection of unauthorized data access or exfiltration

01Activate P0 response protocol
02Isolate affected systems and revoke compromised credentials
03Notify legal and compliance teams within 1 hour
04Begin forensic investigation with chain-of-custody documentation
05Assess regulatory notification requirements (GDPR 72-hour rule)
06Issue customer notifications per contractual obligations

Model Misuse / Prompt Injection

Detection of adversarial prompts or model manipulation

01Suspend affected agent workflows immediately
02Capture full interaction logs for analysis
03Identify scope of potential data exposure
04Deploy updated guardrails and prompt hardening
05Notify affected customers if data was accessed
06Update adversarial testing suite with new attack vectors

Service Degradation / Outage

Agent performance degradation or service unavailability

01Activate incident bridge and assign Incident Commander
02Assess blast radius and affected customer count
03Initiate failover to backup systems if available
04Communicate status to customers via status page
05Conduct root cause analysis post-resolution
06Implement reliability improvements and monitoring gaps

Insider Threat / Access Abuse

Detection of privileged access misuse or policy violation

01Immediately revoke affected user's access
02Preserve all access logs and activity records
03Engage legal counsel for investigation scope
04Conduct access audit across all privileged accounts
05Implement additional access controls as needed
06Update insider threat detection rules

Escalation Contacts

Dedicated incident response contacts with guaranteed response times.

Security Operations Center

24/7/365

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Incident Commander

On-call rotation

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Executive Escalation

P0/P1 incidents

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Vulnerability Disclosure

Responsible disclosure

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Need to Report an Incident?

Our security team is available 24/7 to respond to incidents, answer questions about our response procedures, or provide additional documentation.