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title: Set up Security Incident Response Orchestration
description: Prior to using Security Incident Response Orchestration, perform steps to set up various parts of the system, including populating the CMDB, configuring the mid-server, and configuring credentials.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/t\_SecInRespOrchSetup.html
release: australia
product: Security Incident Response
classification: security-incident-response
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Security Incident Response Orchestration, Security Incident Response, Enterprise security case management applications, Security Operations]
---

# Set up Security Incident Response Orchestration

Prior to using Security Incident Response Orchestration, perform steps to set up various parts of the system, including populating the CMDB, configuring the mid-server, and configuring credentials.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

To use Security Incident Response, you need a fully populated CMDB with domain names. For more information, see [Discovery](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/it-operations-management/r-discovery.md).

## About this task

## Procedure

1.  Activate Security Incident Response plugin.

2.  [Configuring MID Servers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/c_MIDServerConfiguration.md).

3.  [Configure Windows MID Server service credentials](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/mid-server-install-prereqs.md).


**Parent Topic:**[Security Incident Response Orchestration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/security-incident-response/c_SecIncRespOrchestration.md)