You're reading from Incident Response with Threat Intelligence Practical insights into developing an incident response capability through intelligence-based threat hunting

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801072953

Length 468 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Information Management

Author (1):

Roberto Martinez

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: The Fundamentals of Incident Response

2. Chapter 1: Threat Landscape and Cybersecurity Incidents FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Concepts of Digital Forensics and Incident Response

4. Chapter 3: Basics of the Incident Response and Triage Procedures

5. Chapter 4: Applying First Response Procedures

6. Section 2: Getting to Know the Adversaries

7. Chapter 5: Identifying and Profiling Threat Actors

8. Chapter 6: Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

9. Chapter 7: Using Cyber Threat Intelligence in Incident Response

10. Section 3: Designing and Implementing Incident Response in Organizations

11. Chapter 8: Building an Incident Response Capability

12. Chapter 9: Creating Incident Response Plans and Playbooks

13. Chapter 10: Implementing an Incident Management System

14. Chapter 11: Integrating SOAR Capabilities into Incident Response

15. Section 4: Improving Threat Detection in Incident Response

16. Chapter 12: Working with Analytics and Detection Engineering in Incident Response

17. Chapter 13: Creating and Deploying Detection Rules

18. Chapter 14:  Hunting and Investigating Security Incidents

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Testing IRPs and playbooks

Once you have created an IRP and playbooks for different scenarios, it's time to validate them. The plans will always look spectacular on paper, but it is very important to check them to make sure they work, and it is best to test them before an actual incident happens.

Additionally, it is advisable to carry out periodic evaluations to identify possible gaps and make the corresponding adjustments; remember that threats evolve very quickly, and you probably need to adjust how to respond to new techniques or tools used by attackers.

I recommend you consider using NIST Special Publication 800-84 Guide to Test, Training, and Exercise Programs for IT Plans and Capabilities to create a formal testing plan. You can download it from here: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-84.pdf.

This guide is structured into different phases, as follows:

Establishing a Test, Training, and Exercise Program
Training Sessions...

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