Problem Statement
Describe how you would prepare an incident response plan specifically for a cloud-native environment.
Explanation
A cloud-native incident response plan should include identification of cloud services, trusted identities, audit/log sources, automated alerting, data isolation steps, legal/regulatory reporting, and collaboration with provider (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS). You’d define runbooks for snapshotting virtual services/storage, extracting logs, preserving chain of custody in shared infrastructure, and communicating with vendor support. You’d also practise and update the plan, integrate with SIEM/EDR tools, and ensure credential revocation and lateral-movement prevention. Being able to articulate this-tailored plan shows operational readiness in interviews.
