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First Responder/Incident Readiness Training

Getting the First Response Right When Every Minute Matters

What is First Responder/Incident Readiness Training:

Maple’s First Responder / Incident Readiness Training equips technical and non-technical teams with the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills required to recognise, triage, and manage the critical early stages of a cyber incident. When the actions taken in the first minutes and hours can determine impact, recovery time, and cost, the training focuses on what to do, what not to do, and when to escalate helping organisations avoid evidence loss, prolonged attacker access, poor early decisions, and unnecessary regulatory or operational exposure. 

Delivered by an NCSC Assured and CREST-accredited Incident Response provider, the training is grounded in real investigations and tailored to IT, security, SOC, cloud, service desk, and technical leadership teams to strengthen operational cyber resilience before specialist responders arrive.

Why it Matters

Preparing Teams to Respond Confidently When Every Minute Counts

Act Fast:

Early decisions shape incident impact and recovery.

Protect Evidence

Avoid mistakes that compromise investigations.

Reduce Risk:

Limit attacker persistence and regulatory exposure.

Build Confidence:

Teams respond effectively under pressure.

Maple's Approach:

The training is based on instructor-led sessions (remote or on-site), typically in half-day or full-day formats. They are customised to your environment, sector, and maturity, delivered by active Incident Response practitioners informed by real incidents, live investigations, and current attacker behaviour.

How Maple Networks Helps

By the end of the training, your organisation will:

Faster Response:

Act quickly and confidently when incidents occur.

Protect Evidence:

Preserve critical data for investigations.

Team Coordination:

Streamline collaboration across technical and business teams.

Better Decisions

Make smart early-stage choices under pressure.

IR Readiness:

Be prepared to engage formal Incident Response services.

Minimise Impact

Reduce downtime, cost, and operational disruption.

The delivery of our training is outlined below:

1. Understanding the Incident Lifecycle

Participants gain a clear understanding of:

  • Common attack types and intrusion methods
  • How real-world incidents unfold
  • The role of first responders versus specialist IR teams
  • Legal, regulatory, and business considerations during incidents
  • First Responder Actions

2. Practical guidance on:

  • Initial triage and decision-making
  • Identifying signs of compromise
  • Preserving volatile and non-volatile evidence
  • Avoiding common mistakes that hinder investigations
  • Safe containment actions vs. actions to avoid
  • Evidence Preservation and Forensics Awareness

3. Attendees learn:

  • Why evidence matters and how it is used
  • How routine actions can destroy forensic artefacts
  • Best practice for logging, timestamps, and system handling
  • Chain of custody principles (at an awareness level)
  • Incident Communications and Escalation

4. Covering:

  • Internal escalation paths and decision points
  • When and how to engage external incident responders
  • Coordinating technical and business stakeholders
  • Maintaining control under pressure

Get Your Team Incident-Ready Today

Ultimately, this training helps to reduce impact, cost, and recovery time when an incident occurs.