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

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Chapter 9: Creating Incident Response Plans and Playbooks

When a cybersecurity incident occurs, not all organizations are prepared to deal with it, especially small and medium-sized ones. For organizations, the creation of incident response plans (IRPs) and playbooks is essential because they describe how an organization is prepared when identifying a security breach.

Responding to cybersecurity incidents is not just about acquiring and implementing technology or following IR guides; you need to start from a baseline that considers the organization's level of maturity and aligns the IR program with the requirements and vision of the business.

A comprehensive IR program should include a policy, a plan, and playbooks of different incident types. You also need to align this program with other programs such as business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR).

Establishing and correctly implementing these plans at the right time can make a difference in an organization...