Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Malware Response Beta Now Available

Plan the best and most cost-effective response to malicious software by using the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Malware Response. This guide assists organizations in determining the appropriate response strategy to an incident or outbreak of malware. The guide discusses three primary recovery methods: cleaning the system, recovering system state, and rebuilding the system. Each method presents different risks to the organization. The guide also describes approaches to investigating outbreaks and cleaning infected systems. Read this guide to make an informed decision about how to return the systems to operation while limiting the company’s exposure.

Infrastructure Planning and Design guides streamline the planning process by:

• Defining the technical decision flow through the planning process.
• Listing the decisions to be made and commonly available options and considerations.
• Relating the decisions and options to the business in terms of cost, complexity, and other characteristics.
• Framing decisions in terms of additional questions to the business to ensure a comprehensive alignment with the appropriate business landscape.

Download the Beta by visiting the Microsoft Connect Web site.

Related Resources

• Visit the IPD page on TechNet,http://www.microsoft.com/ipd, for additional information,
• To learn more about the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, which provides the latest information about major desktop and email threats to computers running Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal.
• To read more about threat research and response from the experts, visit theMicrosoft Malware Protection Center Blog.
• The Manage Zone on the Springboard Series on TechNet