Resources • Playbooks & Templates

Ready-made patterns for
how you respond and build.

Playbooks & Templates from Wolfe Defense Labs turn “we should do it this way” into concrete, reusable structures — for incidents, hardening efforts, assessments, and recurring security tasks that deserve more than a scratchpad.

IR & crisis playbooks Hardening & assessment templates Built to be adapted

Many templates originate in Labs work, adversary simulations, and real incident support — then get generalized so other teams can benefit.

What we provide

Playbooks and templates for the work you repeat.

Most security programs rely on a small set of high-impact patterns: how you respond, how you harden, how you assess, and how you communicate. These are templates for doing those things the same way every time — with room for your local details.

Incident Response

From first signal to steady state.

IR playbooks that cover common scenarios — identity compromise, ransomware, BEC, insider misuse — with clear actions for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Scenario-specific first-hour and first-day flows
  • Decision points and escalation thresholds
  • Structured places to record findings and decisions
Hardening & Exposure Reduction

Security changes that stick.

Templates for hardening passes across cloud, identity, endpoint, and SaaS — including backlog structure, change phasing, and verification steps.

  • Risk-based backlog layouts and tagging
  • Phased change plans with rollback options
  • Verification and validation checklists per phase
Assessments & Reviews

Consistent ways to ask “how are we doing?”

Templates for recurring security reviews: tenant health checks, attack surface sweeps, control maturity snapshots, and program reviews.

  • Question sets and evidence prompts
  • Scoring and prioritization frameworks
  • Report-ready summary sections and visuals
How teams use these

Shared mental models, not just documents.

A good playbook is more than a PDF on a share drive — it’s a shared understanding of how your organization responds, changes, and learns. These templates are built to become that.

As the backbone of IR programs

Use incident playbooks as the standard operating reference for your SOC, IR team, and partners — and as the basis for training and tabletops.

  • Map playbooks to specific alert types and events
  • Practice them in exercises before you need them
  • Record deviations to improve the next version

To structure security initiatives

Use hardening and exposure-reduction templates to structure quarters, sprints, or project phases around clear security outcomes.

  • Align backlog, playbooks, and reporting
  • Track progress against a known pattern
  • Ensure handoffs between teams are clear

For stakeholder communication

Templates give leadership, legal, and business owners a predictable way to see what’s happening, what’s next, and what it all means.

  • Use summary sections for leadership updates
  • Show how actions map to risk reduction
  • Make it easier to justify investments and tradeoffs
Format & adaptation

Opinionated structures, local details.

We bring strong opinions on structure and flow; you bring your stack, constraints, and regulatory reality. The result should feel like a playbook that fits your organization — not a generic template you’re forced into.

Lane-based layouts
Many templates use lanes (IR, engineering, leadership, comms) so people can quickly see their responsibilities rather than wading through everything.
Environment annotations
We call out places where toolsets differ (e.g., M365 vs. Workspace, EDR A vs. EDR B) and provide generic descriptions you can localize.
Version fields & assumptions
Each template includes space to capture assumptions, version, owner, and applicable systems — so you know when it’s safe to reuse.
Designed for multiple homes
Structures work equally well in documents, wikis, and runbook tools — copy/paste without losing the core flow.
Structured
Patterns tested in real environments.
Adaptable
Easy to tune for your context.
Maintainable
Built to be versioned and improved.

Want playbooks that match your reality?

We can help you take Wolfe Defense Labs patterns and turn them into living playbooks and templates owned by your team — aligned to your environment and goals.

Talk Playbooks & Templates with Wolfe Labs