Episode 85 — Build Incident Case Management Processes That Preserve Evidence and Momentum

This episode focuses on building incident case management processes that preserve evidence and momentum, because ISSMP scenarios often test whether you can keep investigations organized, defensible, and progressing toward containment and recovery. You will learn how case management structures timelines, tasks, ownership, evidence collection, approvals, and stakeholder communication so work is not lost across shifts or teams. Scenarios include coordinating endpoint isolation while preserving volatile evidence, tracking third-party coordination and contractual notifications, and managing multiple leads from correlated alerts, showing how disciplined case workflows reduce mistakes and repeated work. Best practices include defining case metadata and severity handling, maintaining chain-of-custody practices where required, capturing decision rationale for containment tradeoffs, and ensuring handoffs include both what was done and what remains unknown. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.