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Published in May 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804614266

Length 192 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Cybersecurity

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Rebecca Blair

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – The Basics: SOC and ATT&CK, Two Worlds in a Delicate Balance

2. Chapter 1: SOC Basics – Structure, Personnel, Coverage, and Tools FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Analyzing Your Environment for Potential Pitfalls

4. Chapter 3: Reviewing Different Threat Models

5. Chapter 4: What Is the ATT&CK Framework?

6. Part 2 – Detection Improvements and Alignment with ATT&CK

7. Chapter 5: A Deep Dive into the ATT&CK Framework

8. Chapter 6: Strategies to Map to ATT&CK

9. Chapter 7: Common Mistakes with Implementation

10. Chapter 8: Return on Investment Detections

11. Part 3 – Continuous Improvement and Innovation

12. Chapter 9: What Happens After an Alert is Triggered?

13. Chapter 10: Validating Any Mappings and Detections

14. Chapter 11: Implementing ATT&CK in All Parts of Your SOC

15. Chapter 12: What’s Next? Areas for Innovation in Your SOC

16. Index

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Threat modeling is a critical part of any SOC environment and team. It can be used as discussed to identify risks and gaps and for strategy, or it can be used for informational campaigns. Like all things, there are multiple different types of threat models, and there is no one size fits all for the types. The first threat model that we’ll analyze and talk through use cases is the Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis (PASTA) threat model. PASTA is a risk-centered threat model that combines risk analysis and the surrounding context into your risk mitigation and security strategy. In development terms, thinks of PASTA as an incremental development process where you constantly go through cycles and make changes without having to start at the beginning of the model again. The main steps of the PASTA method are as follows:

Define the objective: This means setting the overall purpose for the threat model. This could...

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