Build your firm's incident response playbook in ten minutes.
Fifteen questions about where you work, what you run, and who helps you. Out comes the plan for your worst day: the first hour, the first day, who to call, who must be told and by when, and scenario playbooks for the incidents tax firms actually have. Free, no sign-up, delivered as a Word document.
Your answers stay in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored.
Built on 16 CFR 314.4(h) and (j), IRS Publication 4557, and the IRS data theft reporting path.
A playbook with a one-page contact sheet, a notification matrix, and scenario steps for the incidents tax firms actually have.
Your document
Incident Response Playbook
Highlighted items are fill-ins only your firm can complete. Appendix A is the page to print tonight.
The first hour and the first day are numbered checklists. Appendix A is the contact sheet: incident lead, technical help, insurer, counsel, the IRS Stakeholder Liaison, your state, the FTC form, the bank fraud line. Print it and take it home.
Playbooks for the real incidents
Lost laptop. Phishing click and mailbox takeover, with the exact Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace steps. Wire fraud. Ransomware. Misdirected email. EFIN misuse. A departing employee. A vendor breach. A break-in. Only the ones that fit your firm.
What it is not
It is not legal advice, and it does not decide notification for you. The matrix and the worksheet are the starting point; counsel applies your state’s law to the facts. Generator version 1.0 (October 2026).
Want someone watching so the playbook rarely opens?
Tech Guru clients get managed detection and response, a security operations center, and an incident lead on our side of the line, 24/7/365. Book a discovery call.
We use cookies and similar technologies for analytics, and a third-party
service that may identify business visitors (name, company, work email)
so our team can follow up. You can accept or decline. See our
privacy statement for details and opt-out links.