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Information Security Handbook

By : Darren Death
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Information Security Handbook

By: Darren Death

Overview of this book

Having an information security mechanism is one of the most crucial factors for any organization. Important assets of organization demand a proper risk management and threat model for security, and so information security concepts are gaining a lot of traction. This book starts with the concept of information security and shows you why it’s important. It then moves on to modules such as threat modeling, risk management, and mitigation. It also covers the concepts of incident response systems, information rights management, and more. Moving on, it guides you to build your own information security framework as the best fit for your organization. Toward the end, you’ll discover some best practices that can be implemented to make your security framework strong. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with all the factors involved in information security, which will help you build a security framework that is a perfect fit your organization’s requirements.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Identification – detection and analysis


Now that we have gone through the process of preparation, we are now prepared to discuss the activities around detection and analysis.

A key concept that you must understand and develop as a core component of your incident response capability is the concept of incident triage. The reality is that not all incidents are treated the same, and by using a triage approach you are able to focus on the events that are important while ignoring the noise.

The following list provides a sample of the potential attack vectors that can be used by an attacker that the incident responder will need to be prepared to respond to. Each one of the following categories is very different in how it can be exploited, and therefore will require different mechanisms to discover abnormal behavior:

  • Compromised credentials: An attack made possible due to the harvesting of information system credentials:
    • System (OS) / service account compromises
    • User account compromises
  • Web attacks:...