SIR - Implementation Guide
SIR - Implementation Guide
Implementation Guide
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Verify that your playbook works as expected by running the playbook with test trigger
data. Identify and resolve all errors before activating your playbook.................................61
Step 5 – Activate Playbook................................................................................................. 62
Post verification publish your playbook to allow Security Incidents that match the trigger
criteria to leverage the newly created playbooks...............................................................62
Security Incident runbook settings........................................................................................ 63
Step 18 – Review and Set Up Runbook Documents............................................................63
Step 19 – Set Up Security Incident Workflows....................................................................66
Reference Information........................................................................................................... 70
Additional Documentation.................................................................................................. 70
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Overview
ServiceNow Security Operations
ServiceNow Security Operations is a security orchestration, automation, and response
engine built on the Now Platform. Security Operations for the purpose of this document
describes how the ServiceNow Security Incident Response, Vulnerability Response,
Configuration Compliance, and Threat Intelligence applications work together to help you
anticipate, understand, and close your vulnerabilities and move quickly to respond to critical
incidents. These Security Operations applications help organizations connect security and IT
teams, respond faster and more efficiently to threats, and get a definitive view of their
security posture. It connects the workflow and systems management capabilities of the Now
Platform with security data from leading vendors to give your teams a single platform for
response that can be shared between security and IT. With orchestration, automation, and
better visibility, teams can respond more efficiently, reducing business risk.
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(Figure 1)
Document scope
This Implementation Guide serves as an aid to provide instructions to perform the basic set
up of the Security Incident Response application. The objectives of this document are to
provide the minimum required steps to perform a successful out of the box implementation
as outlined in the Security Incident Response – Setup Assistant. Completion of the step-by-
step instructions defined in this document will provide the essential setup requirements for a
functional Security Incident Response environment. Additional integrations, capability
configurations and product enhancements are not covered in this document.
Prerequisites
Before beginning a new implementation of Security Incident Response there are a few pre-
requisites that are required and must be addressed. Listed below are the minimum pre-
requisites that need to be performed to provide the functionality for a basic setup.
Minimum Prerequisites
1. Download and activation of Security Incident Response from the ServiceNow store
2. Email sending enabled by System Administrator (System Properties > Email Properties)
3. Email receiving enabled by System Administrator (System Properties > Email Properties)
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Summary of implementation steps
Provided below are the general steps for implementing Security Incident Response:
1. Install the Security Incident Response
2. Start Security Incident Response Setup Assistant
3. Assign the Security Incident Response Administrator role to a user or group
4. Configure and review the basic roles for Security Incident Response
5. Configure users and groups and assign Security Incident Response roles (analyst, basic,
ciso)
6. Create escalation paths to handle escalation of security incidents from group to group
7. Set up Security Incident Calculator Groups
8. Set up Security Incident Risk Score Calculators
9. Configure and review Service Level Agreements
10. Select a Security Incident Process Definition
11. Set up the Post Incident Review Process
12. Configure Business Processes for Security Incident Response Operations
13. Configure Assignment of Security Incidents
14. Configure Add-ons for documentation
15. Set up Security Incident Response Email Parsing Inboxes
16. Set up Email Parsers for Alert Ingestion
17. Set up Email Matching Rules for User-Reported Phishing
18. Set up Email Inbound Actions
19. Review and set up Runbook Documents
20. Set up Security Incident Workflows and Workflow Triggers
Implementation steps
2. Use the table in Figure 2.2 to familiarize yourself with the different portions of the Setup
Assistant from Figures 2 & 2.1
(Figure 2)
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(Figure 2.1)
Item Description
Total number of tasks and the number completed in section and how many have been
E
completed
F Back button to navigate out of a task back to the main Setup Assistant page
Button used to close out the current task. *It remains grayed out until the specified
H
action has been completed
(Figure 2.2)
**NOTE – Security Incident Response Setup Assistant consists of five distinct sections. Only
the first four sections are covered in this implementation guide.
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System administration
**NOTE – Role Required: System Administrator
(Figure 3)
(Figure 4)
3. Open the “Select a User” dropdown to display a list or use the search bar to search for
the User or Group to whom you want to assign the role and then select them
**NOTE - (You can add as many Users and Groups by repeating this step)
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(Figure 5)
4. Once you’ve selected a User or Group they are populated in the list at the bottom and a
notification banner will pop up. You can select the “Mark as Complete” button that is
now active to finish the task and then navigate back to the main Setup Assistant page.
(Figure 6)
5. In the Setup Assistant page, you’ll notice that the Overall Percentage Complete and
Tasks in the Section have been incremented, and the Task has been checked to show
completion.
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(Figure 7)
**NOTE: (We will be skipping the “Integration Plugin Installation” task for this guide)
(Figure 8)
2. Review the 15 out of the box Security Incident Response roles. You can edit current roles
or create new ones as needed, then select “Mark as Complete” when finished.
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(Figure 9)
(Figure 10)
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2. Review the current Security Incident Response groups and select “New” to create a new
group.
(Figure 11)
3. On the “New Group” form, fill out any necessary fields. At a minimum fill out the
“Name”, “Type” (as security incident) and “Description” fields. Select “Submit” when
finished.
(Figure 12)
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4. Now in the main page select your new group from the list.
(Figure 13)
(Figure 14)
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6. In the search field enter “sn_si.admin” to find the Security Incident Administrator role.
Use the arrows or double-click the role to move it to the “Roles List” on the right side,
adding the role to your new group. Once finished select “Save”.
(Figure 15)
7. Navigate back to your group from the main page, and this time scroll down until you see
the “Group Members” related list and select “Edit”.
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(Figure 16)
8. Use the arrows or double-click the user(s) to move them to the “Group Members List”
on the right side, adding them to your new group. Once finished select “Save”.
(Figure 17)
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9. Repeat Step 5 as necessary to create groups and assign users and roles. Select “Mark
as Complete” to finish the task.
(Figure 18)
(Figure 19)
(Figure 20)
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3. Enter the name for the “Initial group” or use the spyglass to see a pop-up list of
available groups, then select the group.
(Figure 21)
4. Perform the same steps done for “Initial group” for the “Escalation group”. Once
you’ve finished select “Submit”.
(Figure 22)
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5. Check that your new “Escalation” is correct and select “Mark as Complete” to finish
the task.
(Figure 23)
(Figure 24)
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7. Review the out of the box calculator groups. If new groups are desired, select “New”.
(Figure 25)
(Figure 26)
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9. Now select your new “Security Incident Calculator Group” to configure calculators.
(Figure 27)
(Figure 28)
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11. Enter a “Name” for the calculator, ensure “Active” is checked and set the “Order” (The
first calculator that matches will be the one that is run.)
(Figure 29)
12. Use the condition builder under “When this condition is met” to set conditions that
must to be met for the calculator to run.
(Figure 30)
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13. Now under “Set these values” set the fields and values to modify them to when the
conditions in the calculator are met. When you’re finished select “Submit”.
(Figure 31)
14. Review your “Security Incident Calculator Group” and “Security Incident
Calculator” conditions then select “Mark as Complete”.
(Figure 32)
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(Figure 33)
2. Review the “Risk Score Weights” available out of the box. To modify an entry simply
select the one you’d like to edit.
(Figure 34)
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3. From here you can modify the “Type” of Risk Score, the “Value” of that score and the
“Weight” to give that value. Once you’ve made any modifications select “Update”.
(Figure 35)
(Figure 36)
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1. Open the “Set Up Service Level Agreements” task.
(Figure 37)
2. Review the two out of the box SLAs. You can modify an existing SLA by selecting on it or
creating a new one by selecting “New”.
(Figure 38)
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3. Fill in appropriate fields for the SLA such as “Name”, “Duration”, “Schedule” and
“Active”.
(Figure 39)
**NOTE: Workflows run along with SLAs to track their progress. Duration is the amount of
time the SLA will track. Schedule source is the schedule the SLA will measure against.
4. In the “Start condition” tab set the “Start condition” for the SLA and “When to
cancel”.
(Figure 40)
(Figure 41)
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5. In the “Pause condition” tab you can set conditions for the SLA to pause and resume.
(Figure 42)
6. In the “Stop condition” tab you will set conditions for when the SLA should stop.
(Figure 43)
7. In the “Reset condition” tab you can set conditions for when a new SLA should start.
(Figure 44)
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8. Once you’re finished select “Submit” to save the SLA and then “Mark as Complete”.
(Figure 45)
(Figure 46)
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2. Review the Process Definitions and select “Mark as Complete” when finished.
(Figure 47)
(Figure 48)
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2. Use the spyglass to search for available process definitions. Select the definition you
want to use and then select “Update” to set it as your process. Once you’ve updated
select “Mark as Complete”.
(Figure 49)
(Figure 50)
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2. Create a new “Post Incident Review Assignment Rule” by selecting “New”.
(Figure 51)
3. Fill in the “Name” field and ensure “Active” is selected. You can also set the “Order”
here.
(Figure 52)
4. Using the conditions builder set the “Condition(s)” that must be met to trigger this rule.
(Figure 53)
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5. Select the “Paddle Lock” to unlock “Assign to users”.
(Figure 54)
6. Search for users by “Lookup using list”, “Add Email address” or “Add me”. Select
“Submit” when finished.
(Figure 55)
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7. Review your new “Post Incident Review Assignment Rule” and then select “Mark as
Complete” when finished.
(Figure 56)
(Figure 57)
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2. The “Business Process” tab is broken down into three different sections, “Lifecycle”,
“Catalog and Request Creation” and “Notifications”.
(Figure 58)
(Figure 59)
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3. Use the toggle switches and dropdowns to modify the settings in the “Lifecycle” and
“Catalog and Request Creation” sections. Modify the settings in the “Notifications”
section using the dropdowns and “Add recipient” related links.
(Figure 60)
(Figure 61)
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4. The “Assignment” tab is broken down into four different sections, “Assignment
Methods”, “Group Coverage”, “Scheduling” and “Additional Factors”.
(Figure 61)
(Figure 62)
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5. Use the dropdowns to modify the settings in the “Assignment Methods”. To modify the
settings in the “Group Coverage” and “Scheduling” sections use the toggle switches
and in the “Additional Factors” section by using the dropdown and toggle switches.
(Figure 63)
(Figure 64)
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6. The “Add-ons” tab consists of only one section. Use the toggle switches to modify the
settings in the “Documentation” section. Review the changes you’ve made in each tab
and select “Save” to finalize them. Select “Mark as Complete” once you’re finished.
(Figure 65)
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2. Enter the email addresses to use for each of the four inboxes (Security Operations tools,
Security Incident tools, Vulnerability Response tools and Threat Intelligence tools). Select
“Save” to confirm and then “Mark as Complete” to finish the task.
(Figure 67)
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1. Open the “Set Up Email Parsers for Alert Ingestion” task.
(Figure 69)
(Figure 70)
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3. At a minimum set the “Name” and “Destination table”. “Description” is also
recommended.
(Figure 71)
(Figure 72)
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ii. “Email is to” à recipient’s email address
(Figure 73)
(Figure 74)
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iv. “Record Separator” à the character separating multiple records in an email
(Figure 75)
(Figure 76)
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vi. Use the spyglass to search for a “Duplication rule”. If none have been created, you
can generate new rules by selecting “New” in the Duplication Rules search list.
(Figure 77)
5. Once you’ve finished editing all the fields select “Submit” to save the parser.
(Figure 78)
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6. Select your newly created parser to now create “Field Transforms”. The field
transforms will allow you to parse the email for data and store it in a specific field.
(Figure 79)
7. Within the email parser select “New” in the “Field Transforms” related list.
(Figure 80)
8. Using the “Store value in a field or a related list” dropdown select where you want
the parsed value to be stored.
(Figure 81)
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9. Enter the “Field” that you want to store the value in or use the spyglass to search for a
field.
(Figure 82)
10. Using the “Search for value” dropdown select where to find the value to be parsed.
(Figure 83)
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11. In “Value prefix” enter any label or text that might precede the value to parse. (This is
helpful if you have labels or name value pairs)
(Figure 84)
12. Using the “End of value” dropdown select what will indicate the end of the value to
parse.
(Figure 85)
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13. Using the “Value type” dropdown select how you want to insert the parsed value in the
field.
(Figure 86)
14. Modify the “Order” if needed and review the “Email transform” and “Destination
table” fields to ensure they match your email parser and that “Active” is selected.
Using the “Value transform” you can specify how to transform the value and
standardize it prior to inserting it.
(Figure 87)
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15. Review the information in your Field Transform and when finished select “Submit” to
save. Repeat the previous steps for additional Field Transforms. Select “Mark as
Complete” to finish.
(Figure 88)
1. Open the “Set Up Email Matching Rules for User-Reported Phishing” task.
(Figure 89)
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2. Select “New” to create a new Email Matching Rule.
(Figure 90)
3. Enter a “Name” for your new matching rule, then using the condition builder set the
“Conditions” the email must match to trigger this rule. Select “Submit” when you’re
finished.
(Figure 91)
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4. Review your new matching rule and select “Mark as Complete” when finished.
(Figure 92)
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2. Review the two User Reported Phishing “Email Inbound Actions” and select “Mark as
Complete” when finished.
(Figure 94)
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Step 1 – Set Up Playbook
1. Select All > Process Automation Designer > >Workflow Studio
(Figure 95)
(Figure 96)
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3. Enter a name for the playbook, the description, and the application for which the
playbook is being created and on Build Playbook.
(Figure 97)
4. Select Properties and Select Define your own conditions for when your process
runs and Table.
(Figure 98)
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(Figure 99)
5. Select Set your trigger conditions. Choose the conditions to define when your
playbook must run by selecting a table and filling in the conditions and select Done. For
example, the trigger condition is when a security incident of category Phishing is
created.
(Figure 100)
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Step 2 – Add stages
(Figure 101)
2. The stage properties pane opens on the right side of the UI.
(Figure 102)
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3. In the stage properties pane, enter the following details: Name, Description, Start
Rule condition, and indicate when to start. The Start Rule condition Starts after
fields imply when the stage would run. Once the details are populated select Save and
close.
(Figure 103)
(Figure 104)
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5. In this example, created are stages for Analysis, Contain, Eradicate, and Review
respectively. After adding the stages, you need to add process activities for each stage.
(Figure 105)
1. Select
+ icon within a particular stage (For example, Analysis stage).
(Figure 106)
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2. The Add activity pop-up opens. In the Add activity pop-up, select the required activity
definition. Select Create new activity. After an activity definition is added select Save and
Close. It can be further configured similar to stages. Similarly, you can create other
process activities under each stage.
(Figure 107)
(Figure 108)
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Step 4 – Test Playbook
Verify that your playbook works as expected by running the playbook with test trigger data. Identify
and resolve all errors before activating your playbook
3. Select Test.
(Figure 109)
4. Select a playbook trigger record to use for testing and select Run Test.
(Figure 110)
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(Figure 111)
(Figure 112)
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6. Verify the Playbook status is Published.
(Figure 113)
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(Figure 114)
(Figure 115)
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2. Select “New” to create a new Runbook Document.
(Figure 116)
**NOTE: Knowledge Base Articles need to be created prior to this step with the Knowledge
Base set to “Security Incident Response Runbook” as it is in your new Runbook.
3. Choose the “Knowledge Base Article” that you want to associate. Ensure “Active” is
checked and the “Knowledge Base” is set to Security Incident Response Runbook.
(Figure 117)
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4. In the condition builder select the “Table” the Runbook should run its conditions against.
Set the “Conditions” a new record on the table must meet in order to initiate this
Runbook and associate the Knowledge Base Article. Once you’re finished select
“Submit” to save.
(Figure 118)
5. Review your new Runbook Document and then select “Mark as Complete” when
finished.
(Figure 119)
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1. Open the “Set Up Security Incident Workflows” task.
(Figure 120)
2. Select the “Workflows” tab to review workflows that have been provided out of the box.
You can also create new workflows or edit existing ones through the workflow editor by
selecting “New” or selecting a current workflow.
(Figure 121)
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3. Select the “Workflow Triggers” tab to review triggers that have been provided out of
the box and then select “New” to create a new workflow trigger.
(Figure 122)
(Figure 123)
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5. Select the “Table” to run the conditions against and define the “Conditions” to be met.
When finished select “Submit” to save the trigger.
(Figure 124)
6. Review your new Workflow Trigger and then select “Mark as Complete” when finished.
(Figure 125)
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Response
Security
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properties
Security
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process
definition
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incident reference.html#title_t_CreateSecurityIncidentAdminGroup
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group
Security
incident
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calculators
product/security-incident-response/reference/setup-assistant-reference.html
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security
product/security-incident-response/reference/setup-assistant-
incident
reference.html#title_t_CreateSecIncCalcGroup
calculator
group
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security product/security-incident-response/reference/setup-assistant-
incident reference.html#title_t_CreateSecIncCalculator
calculator
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incident risk security-incident-response/concept/si-risk-score-calculations.html
score
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score weights
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runbook
Security https://www.servicenow.com/docs/bundle/yokohama-security-management/page/
incident product/security-incident-response/concept/si-creation.html
creation
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security product/security-incident-response/reference/r_AgentAssignment.html
analysts
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security security-incident-response/task/t_CrtScrIncdtKnwArt.html
incident
knowledge
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article
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incident
product/security-incident-response/concept/c_PostIncidentReview.html
activities
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questionnaire
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product/security-incident-response/task/t_PerformPostIncidentReview.html
incident
review
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incidents https://www.servicenow.com/docs/bundle/yokohama-security-management/page/
created from product/security-incident-response/concept/urp-about.html
user-reported
phishing
emails
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