Incident response is one of the most challenging tasks that IT teams face. It's challenging not just because it typically involves many stakeholders and moving pieces, but also because teams usually face pressure to respond as quickly as possible. That's why investing in incident response automation is a wise choice. Although it may not be possible to automate every aspect of every incident response workflow, being able to automate at least the major elements of incident response will yield incident management processes that are faster, more reliable, and more consistent.Keep reading to learn about the components of incident response and which incident response activities to start automating.