New Incident Responder Seeks Advice on Improving Skills

The post author, a new Incident Responder, describes challenges in applying documented playbooks to real-world incidents due to deviations, edge cases, and self-doubt about their analysis. They rely on senior colleagues for validation but seek ways to build confidence and improve independently. The author questions whether labs, past incident reviews, repetition, mentorship, or other methods most effectively develop incident response skills.