Incident Response 101 [Session 1 of 4]

Half-Day Interactive (Classroom) Training - OWASP New Zealand Day 2026

Course Details

Dates: Tuesday, 1 September 2026

Time: 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (NZST)

Instructor: David Jennings, Fluid Security

Course Fee: NZ $225.00 (plus GST and ticketing fees)

Registration Site: https://events.humanitix.com/owaspnz2026-training

NOTE: This is Session 1 of a four-session, two-day training course. While the four modules are intended to be completed in sequence, more experienced practitioners may choose to enrol in one or more individual sessions.

Course Description

Although most people have been in some kind of incident in their lives, most have never had the pleasure/terror of being in a cybersecurity incident. This means they often do not know what their role is supposed to be or know how people may respond under pressure, especially when the organisation is under attack.

Through this training, your team will learn the important concepts to be mindful of during an incident namely: succinct communication, time is of the essence, essential facts, pressure, filtering and focus, splitting work amongst teams, reporting to management, recording and logging all actions, debrief after each incident, and regular practice.

The training session will cover:

A simulated fictitious incident where two teams need to work together to resolve the incident as quickly as possible
Suitable for business or techincal people of all levels
Provides participants the opportunity to gain fi rst-hand experience of key concepts in an incident
Covers each phase of the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle
Prepares teams with the foundational knowledge of how their colleagues respond under pressure
Sets the groundwork for a common language and understanding before moving to more advanced exercises (e.g. tabletop exercises, purple team)

This session is the first in our four-module course. In this session, we “throws participants into the deep end,” to prepare them ready for the challenges in subsequent sessions.

Visit https://fluidsecurity.co.nz/training/irtraining/ for more details.

Your Instructor

David Jennings (DJ, a.k.a. Moss) remains optimistic that he can make organisations great again (read: more secure), even though he’s seen his fair share of horror stories over his career. With risks being blindly accepted and added to ever-expanding registers, it wasn’t long before he was in the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. Let his dulcet tones soothe you as you come for a ride and learn how to be useful instead of just making nee-naw sounds when the worst occurs.