What does the recovery phase primarily focus on?

The recovery phase primarily focuses on restoring systems to normal operations after an incident has occurred. This phase is critical as it involves implementing strategies to bring affected systems back to a functional state while ensuring that vulnerabilities are addressed to prevent future incidents. This may include restoring data from backups, applying necessary patches or updates, and verifying that affected systems are secure before they are fully operational again.

While understanding the initial incident, analyzing the effectiveness of security tools, and conducting a post-incident investigation are important aspects of the overall incident response process, they primarily fall under different stages such as the preparation and analysis phases. The recovery phase is distinctly centered on the actions needed to return operations to normalcy efficiently and securely, thus allowing the organization to resume its activities with a stronger security posture.