Incident Response & Management
Senior leadership across the incident lifecycle.
Incidents are rarely won in the moment. They are won by the preparation that made the response coherent and the discipline that turned lessons into program changes. Antares Security leads the full lifecycle — and steps directly into active events when senior coordination is required.
- —Boards and executive teams requiring real assurance of incident readiness
- —CEOs and General Counsel needing senior coordination during an active event
- —Organizations without a tested incident response plan or recent tabletop
- —Companies operating under regulatory notification obligations
Preparation through improvement.
Senior coordination across each phase. Engagement can begin anywhere on the lifecycle — including in the middle of an active event.
Preparation
Build the plan, the decision rights, and the muscle.
- ›Define IR plan, escalation chains, and named decision owners
- ›Build scenario-specific playbooks tied to the threat profile
- ›Run executive and technical tabletops; close identified gaps
- ›Pre-engage counsel, insurer, and forensic responders
Detection
Confirm the event. Frame the decision the executive team will face.
- ›Triage incoming signal; confirm scope and severity
- ›Engage counsel, insurer, and external responders
- ›Brief executives and align on initial decision criteria
- ›Establish a single point of coordination
Containment
Stop the bleed. Document every decision under pressure.
- ›Coordinate internal teams and external responders
- ›Make and record containment trade-offs (preservation vs. availability)
- ›Run stakeholder communications under a single owner
- ›Maintain a contemporaneous decision log
Recovery
Return to safe operation deliberately, on a defensible record.
- ›Sequence restoration; validate environment integrity before return
- ›Issue regulatory, customer, and partner notifications as required
- ›Close active workstreams and reassign ownership back to operations
- ›Preserve artifacts and timelines for post-event review
Improvement
Convert the event into program changes the board will see again.
- ›Lead structured post-incident review with named participants
- ›Translate findings into roadmap items with owners and dates
- ›Brief the board on changes made and residual risk accepted
- ›Update plans, playbooks, and tabletops to reflect lessons
For events in progress requiring senior coordination.
What the engagement produces.
- 01A tested IR plan with named decision rights for the first hour through recovery
- 02Tabletop-validated readiness across executives, counsel, and technical teams
- 03Documented post-incident decisions and program changes the board can review
- Cadence
- Scheduled preparation work; on-call availability for active events.
- Term
- Project-based for plans and tabletops; retainer for standby leadership.
- Model
- Fixed-scope or retainer; hourly engagement during active incidents.
- Team
- Senior principal in the room; external specialists coordinated as needed.
Adjacent capabilities the engagement may extend into.
Engagements frequently begin in one practice area and expand into others as the program matures.
Virtual CISO (vCISO)
Executive-level security leadership and decision support embedded into the organization. The vCISO holds risk posture, control direction, and the cadence the executive team and board run on.
View practice areaRisk & Compliance
Diagnose enterprise risk exposure and build an audit-ready governance and compliance program — SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or NIST CSF — with the controls and cadence to operate between audits.
View practice areaSecurity Operations
Define and stabilize the operational security model that runs day-to-day protection, monitoring, and vendor governance — with documented ownership and measurable expectations.
View practice areaPreparing for incidents — or in the middle of one?
For active events, reach the IR line directly: (312) 725-0296. For readiness, a 30–45 minute advisory call covers current preparation, exposure, and the right place to begin — IR plan build, tabletop, or standby retainer.