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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)
1
Section 1: The Fundamentals of Incident Response
6
Section 2: Getting to Know the Adversaries
10
Section 3: Designing and Implementing Incident Response in Organizations
15
Section 4: Improving Threat Detection in Incident Response

Principles of first response

At the time of an incident, things happen quickly, and you need to act efficiently and assertively. It is therefore imperative to follow the correct procedures.

In many cases, the problem is that organizations do not have the staff with the skills, knowledge, or tools to perform the activities associated with first response or documented procedures. This obviously results in improvised actions that increase the risk of errors that can negatively affect an investigation's outcome.

Each incident is different and cannot be handled in the same way; however, there are basic standard procedures to follow. It is crucial to document these procedures and make them accessible to first responders.

First response guidelines

One of the basic principles of incident response is to preserve and protect the evidence's integrity, so the first responder must identify and evaluate the context of the incident and the environment around the scene to define...