Post-incident review
The structured document written after a data incident's active response has ended, reconstructing what happened, identifying every contributing factor, crediting what worked, and converting the findings into checkable, owned, dated action items intended to permanently close the gaps the incident revealed.
Defined in 3 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The structured document written after a data incident's active response has ended, reconstructing what happened, identifying every contributing factor, crediting what worked, and converting the findings into checkable, owned, dated action items intended to permanently close the gaps the incident revealed.
The structured review conducted after a real outage or a genuine test, comparing what actually happened against the continuity table's planned recovery objective and degraded mode, and updating the table with any gap the real event revealed. Deep treatment owned by (see Topic 3.5).
A structured review conducted after an incident is resolved, examining what happened, how it was classified and handled, and what should change. Owned in depth by Topic 7.8's forensics treatment. (see Topic 7.8)
The Module 11 artifact produced after a data incident, written in the blameless format this topic's glossary connects to the open decisions log's own honesty requirement; both depend on the same willingness to record uncomfortable specifics rather than a flattering summary.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Incident Severity · Rollout, Monitoring, and Incident Response, Certified Agentic AI Governance Professional (CAAGP)
- The post-incident review: fixing the estate, not blaming the intern · Data Incidents, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- Your successor's briefing: the estate documented so command can transfer · The Frontier Discipline, Certified AI Data Governance Professional (CADGP)
- Continuity When the Model Goes Down · The Money: Budgets, ROI, and Risk, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Post-incident review starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Plans for a vendor failure, an unsafe model change or a suspended service: rollback, manual fallback, data export and safe decommissioning.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Classifies AI incidents by severity, runs containment, preserves evidence, manages notification, and closes the loop with lessons learned.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- AI Incident Response Leadneeds it at depth · 1 open posting this week
- Chief Information Security Officer, AI security focusneeds it at depth
- Chief Risk Officer, AI risk editionneeds working knowledge
- AI Vendor Risk Managerneeds working knowledge
- Third-Party Cyber Risk Managerneeds working knowledge
- Chief Privacy Officer, AI privacy editionneeds working knowledge
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: DORA; NIS2; NIST AI RMF MANAGE 4; EU AI Act Article 73.
One interview question about it
Your AI vendor shuts down next month. What was in your continuity and exit plan, and what did you fail to plan for?
Asked of candidates for ai resilience, continuity and exit planning. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Cybersecurity and IT carries it as a claim to back up: Continuity and recovery planning are part of the job.
- A cybersecurity or information assurance degree carries it as a claim to back up: Incident response is a course; AI incidents add model failure to the playbook.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.