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Based off the article published by IEEE Computer and Reliability Societies, The Future of Incident response should be structured as observe, orient, decide, and act. (Schneier 96)
This is where the Incident Response system includes people rather than excludes them for automation sake.
In the section about Observe, we can see that that idea is to view everything in real-time. Being on top of threat detections, logs, analysis data, network performance, system performance data standard network management data, and even physical security information. From there, teams will know what tools to use in a specific incident. This way, when they look at everything, they can understand the attack clearly.
Following that section is Orient. The purpose of Orient is to understand the underlying facets of the company and to see whether this has happened before or if they are make strategic moves to remove certain people. It all comes down to human interaction. Less about the technical details of the actually attack because the attack is just a vehicle to carry out nefarious ideologies.
Of course, Decide, is meant to determine what to actually do in the specific moment. However, this can be made difficult as incident response (IR) is heavily entwined by regulations, legalities, and executive input.
Then there's Act. Adapting effectively to affected networks. They must be able to cover the entire organization in order to contain the incident. Broad coverage. With out it the organization can come to ruin due to unhappy employees or rival competitors or criminals wanting to make a quick buck.
It would seem the only way to push forward is to combine people with processes and technology. This means being able to train a trust those people to do the work faithfully for the company and not cutting corners for profits or revenue, as some companies see the IT department as a money suck rather than an investment for their longevity.