Develop a marketing incident response plan.

Development could include a case study of items such as

  • click fraud
  • advertising security
  • intellectual property infringement
  • attack on brand
  • data breach
  • other current events.

Development should also include understanding the following incident response steps:

  • Preparing for the incident
  • Identifying the incident
  • Containing the incident
  • Investigating the incident
  • Eradicating the threat
  • Recovering from the incident
  • Evaluating the response (e.g., lessons learned)

Process/Skill Questions: 

  • What is an incident response plan, and what does it address?
  • Why is a marketing incident response plan an important strategy for organizations?
  • Who should be involved in developing a marketing incident response plan?
  • When should an incident response plan be put into action?
  • What is an incident response cycle?
  • What is incident remediation?
  • What does an incident response team do?
  • What are the financial risks associated with not having an efficient incident response plan?