Security questionnaire guide
How to answer incident response questions in a security questionnaire
Explain your incident response process, escalation, customer notification, and evidence needed.
What buyers usually ask
Do you have an incident response plan?
How quickly do you notify customers?
Do you test your incident process?
What evidence you usually need
Incident response policy
Tabletop exercise notes
Customer notification terms
Security policy
Example safe answer structure
Describe the documented incident response process and notification commitments. Avoid promising timelines that are not in your contracts or policies.
Common mistakes
- Claiming a certification or control that is not documented.
- Copying an old answer without checking whether it still applies.
- Leaving out evidence, owner, confidence, or review status.
- Marking an answer as ready when it needs legal, security, or engineering review.
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