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Incident Response with Threat Intelligence

By : Roberto Martinez
Book Image

Incident Response with Threat Intelligence

By: Roberto Martinez

Overview of this book

With constantly evolving cyber threats, developing a cybersecurity incident response capability to identify and contain threats is indispensable for any organization regardless of its size. This book covers theoretical concepts and a variety of real-life scenarios that will help you to apply these concepts within your organization. Starting with the basics of incident response, the book introduces you to professional practices and advanced concepts for integrating threat hunting and threat intelligence procedures in the identification, contention, and eradication stages of the incident response cycle. As you progress through the chapters, you'll cover the different aspects of developing an incident response program. You'll learn the implementation and use of platforms such as TheHive and ELK and tools for evidence collection such as Velociraptor and KAPE before getting to grips with the integration of frameworks such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK for analysis and investigation. You'll also explore methodologies and tools for cyber threat hunting with Sigma and YARA rules. By the end of this book, you'll have learned everything you need to respond to cybersecurity incidents using threat intelligence.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Section 1: The Fundamentals of Incident Response
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Section 2: Getting to Know the Adversaries
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Section 3: Designing and Implementing Incident Response in Organizations
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Section 4: Improving Threat Detection in Incident Response

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...