Automating incident response with Python Scripts
Automation in incident response reduces the time to respond to threats, minimizes human error, and ensures consistent application of security policies. Python is well-suited to automating various incident response tasks. In the following subsections, we will delve into the common incident response tasks that can be automated using Python, along with detailed examples of how to implement these automations.
Some common incident response tasks that can be automated with Python include the following:
- Log analysis: Automatically analyze logs for IOC
- Threat intelligence integration: Enrich data with threat intelligence
- Quarantine and isolation: Isolate infected systems or users
- Notification and reporting: Send alerts and generate reports
Automating log analysis
Automating log analysis helps in quickly identifying and mitigating threats by scanning log files for specific patterns or IOC.
The following script...