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Incident Response
 * Home
   * Being On-Call
   * Before an Incident
   * During an Incident
   * After an Incident
   * Training
   * Additional Resources
 * Getting Started
 * On-Call
   * Being On-Call
   * Who's On-Call?
   * Alerting Principles
 * Before an Incident
   * What is an Incident?
   * Severity Levels
   * Different Roles
   * Call Etiquette
   * Complex Incidents
 * During an Incident
   * During an Incident
   * External Communication Guidelines
   * Security Incident
 * After an Incident
   * After an Incident
   * Postmortem Process
   * Postmortem Template
   * Effective Postmortems
 * Training
   * Overview
   * Incident Commander
   * Deputy
   * Scribe
   * Subject Matter Expert
   * Customer Liaison
   * Internal Liaison
   * Glossary
 * Training Courses
   * Incident Response
 * Additional Resources
   * Reading
   * ChatOps
   * Anti-Patterns
 * About


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This documentation covers parts of the PagerDuty Incident Response process. It
is a cut-down version of our internal documentation used at PagerDuty for any
major incidents and to prepare new employees for on-call responsibilities. It
provides information not only on preparing for an incident, but also what to do
during and after the incident. It is intended to be used by on-call
practitioners and those involved in an operational incident response process (or
those wishing to enact a formal incident response process). See the about page
for more information on what this documentation is and why it exists.

Don't know where to start?

If you're new to incident response and don't yet have a formal process in your
organization, we recommend looking at our Getting Started page for a quick list
of things you can do to begin. Additionally, you can check out our Training
Course page for a more detailed overview of our process.


BEING ON-CALL#

If you've never been on-call before, you might be wondering what it's all about.
These pages describe what the expectations of being on-call are, along with some
resources to help you.

 * Being On-Call - A guide to being on-call, both what your responsibilities
   are, and what they are not.
 * Alerting Principles - The principles we use to determine what things page an
   engineer, and what time of day they page.


BEFORE AN INCIDENT#

Reading material for things you probably want to know before an incident occurs.
You likely don't want to be reading these during an actual incident.

 * What is an Incident? - Before we can talk about incident response, we need to
   define what an incident actually is.
 * Severity Levels - Information on our severity level classification. What
   constitutes a SEV-3 vs SEV-1? What response do they get?
 * Different Roles for Incidents - Information on the roles during an
   incident(i.e. Incident Commander (IC), Scribe, etc.)
 * Incident Call Etiquette - Our etiquette guidelines for incident calls (before
   you find yourself in one).
 * Complex Incidents - Our guide for handling larger, more complex incidents.


DURING AN INCIDENT#

Information and processes during a major incident.

 * During an Incident - Information on what to do during an incident and how to
   constructively contribute.
 * Security Incident Response - Security incidents are handled differently than
   normal operational incidents.


AFTER AN INCIDENT#

Our followup-processes, how we make sure we don't repeat mistakes, and are
always improving.

 * After an Incident - Information on what to do after an incident is resolved.
 * Postmortem Process - Information on our postmortem process, what's involved,
   and how to write or run a postmortem.
 * Postmortem Template - The template we use for writing our postmortems for
   major incidents.
 * Effective Postmortems - A guide for writing effective postmortems.


TRAINING#

So you want to learn about incident response? You've come to the right place.

 * Training Overview - An overview of our training guides and additional
   training material from third parties.
 * Glossary of Incident Response Terms - A collection of terms that you may hear
   being used along with their definitions.


TRAINING GUIDES#

 * Incident Commander Training - A guide to becoming an Incident Commander.
 * Deputy Training - How to be a Deputy and back up the Incident Commander.
 * Scribe Training - A guide to Scribing.
 * Subject Matter Expert Training - A guide on responsibilities and behavior for
   all participants in a major incident.
 * Customer Liaison Training - A guide on how to act as our public
   representative during an incident.
 * Internal Liaison Training - A guide on how to liaise with internal teams
   during an incident.


TRAINING COURSES#

 * Incident Response Training Course - An introductory course on incident
   response and the role of the Incident Commander (IC).


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES#

Useful material and resources from external parties that are relevant to
incident response.

 * Reading - Recommended reading material relevant to incident response.
 * ChatOps - Description of the chat bot commands we've referenced in this
   documentation.
 * Anti-Patterns - List of things we've tried and then rejected - learn from our
   mistakes.

Next
Getting Started



   OPS GUIDES

   Explore our other guides!

 * Incident Response
   
   A detailed outline of response processes for technical incidents practices by
   PagerDuty and our leading customers.

 * Security Training
   
   Open source security training used at PagerDuty - adaptable for your own
   technical and non-technical teams.

 * Postmortems
   
   Comprehensive guide on how to conduct effective postmortems. Learn how to
   build a culture of blamelessness.

 * Operational Reviews
   
   Gauge incident impact using data-driven regularly scheduled reviews to better
   manage the hidden cost of real-time ops.

 * Business Response
   
   Learn how to align the business needs with technical needs when severe
   technical incidents occur.

 * Stakeholder Comms
   
   Build an effective communiction strategy for your internal stakeholders
   during major incidents.

 * Retrospectives
   
   Iteratively learn from working processes and behaviors while cultivating a
   culture of continuous improvement.

 * Ownership
   
   Ensure the reliability of systems & services through a deeper understanding
   of how code functions in production.

 * DevSecOps
   
   New to DevSecOps, or wondering what it is and how to implement it? This guide
   will help you get started.

 * Going On-Call
   
   The complete resource to going on call for teams and managers.

 * Auto Remediation
   
   This guide will help you to leverage automation in your Incident Response
   process.

 * Customer Service
   
   Excellent Customer Service means excellent customer experience, even during
   incidents.

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