Has your organization established formal criteria for declaring the end of an incident recovery phase?

Defining clear criteria for when an incident is considered resolved helps ensure all necessary recovery steps are completed and normal operations can resume. These criteria might include system stability for a defined period, confirmation that vulnerabilities have been addressed, verification that no malicious activity remains, and completion of all required documentation.

Evidence could include a documented incident response plan with a specific section on recovery completion criteria, post-incident review templates that include a formal sign-off process, or examples of closed incident tickets showing the criteria that were met before closure.