POST-INCIDENT REVIEW & LESSONS LEARNED

Post-incident reviews are written up and filed, so root causes and control gaps don't feed back into prevention. The same weaknesses cause the next incident.

Actors

  • Incident Response Lead
  • CISO
  • Head of Security Governance

Systems / Vendors

  • SOAR / case management
  • GRC platform
  • BI / reporting

Business Question

"Are the root causes from our last incidents actually fixed, or are they setting up the next one?"

What SPoG Does

  • Captures root causes, control gaps and improvement actions.
  • Analyses trends across incidents.
  • Feeds lessons back into prevention and detection.

Outcome Metrics

−30%

Repeat incidents

1

Lessons-learned trail

6–10 wks

To first outcomes