Managed Security & SOC

Incident Response

Professional and rapid response to security incidents — threat containment, digital forensics, and full recovery

Our specialized team responds rapidly to security incidents to contain damage, perform digital forensics, identify the attack source, and restore operations — with full documentation for compliance and regulatory reporting.

What's included

  • Emergency response to incidents (intrusion, ransomware, data leak, insider threat) via a rapid 24/7 escalation channel.
  • Threat containment and isolation of affected systems to limit spread and stop data loss.
  • Digital forensics (DFIR) across endpoints, memory, and network traffic, preserving chain of custody.
  • Determination of the initial attack vector, breach scope, indicators of compromise (IOCs), and any personal-data impact.
  • Eradication, recovery, and restoration of operations to a verified-clean state with confirmation the adversary is gone.
  • Regulatory reporting and breach-notification support (SAMA / NCA / SDAIA) with a documented lessons-learned record.

Methodology & standards

01

Preparation: review the response plan, confirm contacts and authority, and pre-stage forensic collection tooling, following the NIST SP 800-61 lifecycle.

02

Detection and analysis: confirm the incident, establish scope and severity, and reconstruct the attack timeline from evidence and logs.

03

Containment: short- and long-term containment to isolate affected systems and cut attacker control while preserving evidence.

04

Eradication and recovery: remove malware and attacker footholds, close the exploited weakness, then restore services under heightened monitoring.

05

Lessons learned: a post-incident report with root cause, recommendations, and updates to playbooks and controls.

Deliverables

  • An executive incident report in risk language, spelling out impact and the decisions the board must make.
  • A detailed technical forensic report with timeline, attack vector, and indicators of compromise (IOCs).
  • A documented evidence package with chain of custody, fit for legal and regulatory use.
  • A prioritized containment, eradication, and recovery plan with an owner and timeframe per action.
  • A draft data-breach notification ready for regulators (SDAIA / SAMA / NCA) where required.
  • A lessons-learned report with hardening recommendations to prevent recurrence.

Regulatory controls it satisfies

SAMA Cyber Security Framework (CSF)
Requires financial institutions to manage incidents and report material cyber incidents to the Saudi Central Bank.
NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC)
Supports the Cybersecurity Incident and Threat Management domain, including response and escalation.
NCA Critical Systems Cybersecurity Controls (CSCC)
Stricter response and longer evidence-retention requirements for critical systems where they apply.
Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)
Mandates notifying the authority (SDAIA) and affected data subjects of personal-data breaches within the statutory timeframe.
NIST SP 800-61
The methodological reference for the incident-handling lifecycle we execute.

Typical timeline

Available as a retainer with a contractual response-time SLA (typically one to four hours from notification) and immediate team activation; on-demand emergency response is also available without a prior agreement.

Common questions

What is the difference between a retainer and on-demand emergency response?

A retainer guarantees a contractual response time, activation priority, and prior knowledge of your environment; on-demand response is available during a crisis but starts after a rapid familiarization step and may be subject to team availability.

Do you handle ransomware and payment?

We focus on containment, forensics, recovery, and restoring from backups where possible; we do not execute ransom payments, but we advise on the associated risk and regulatory obligations.