Security professionals rank the most important people skills for incident response

CRA Business Intelligence asked respondents to their March 2023 study which people skill they rank as the most important. Problem solving came in number one on the list, with 48% of respondents saying it is the most important people skill for incident response. Another 20% of respondents ranked it number two on the list of people skills, further underscoring the skill's value among responders.

Team skills got 19% of the votes for top people skill, placing a far second on the list by comparison. Download the full report to find out more about what incident response teams value in the field.