You're reading from Incident Response for Windows Adapt effective strategies for managing sophisticated cyberattacks targeting Windows systems

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804619322

Length 244 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Authors (2):

Anatoly Tykushin

Svetlana Ostrovskaya

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Understanding the Threat Landscape and Attack Life Cycle

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to the Threat Landscape FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding the Attack Life Cycle

4. Part 2: Incident Response Procedures and Endpoint Forensic Evidence Collection

5. Chapter 3: Phases of an Efficient Incident Response on Windows Infrastructure

6. Chapter 4: Endpoint Forensic Evidence Collection

7. Part 3: Incident Analysis and Threat Hunting on Windows Systems

8. Chapter 5: Gaining Access to the Network

9. Chapter 6: Establishing a Foothold

10. Chapter 7: Network and Key Assets Discovery

11. Chapter 8: Network Propagation

12. Chapter 9: Data Collection and Exfiltration

13. Chapter 10: Impact

14. Chapter 11: Threat Hunting and Analysis of TTPs

15. Part 4: Incident Investigation Management and Reporting

16. Chapter 12: Incident Containment, Eradication, and Recovery

17. Chapter 13: Incident Investigation Closure and Reporting

18. Index

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