Applied Incident Response, 2nd Edition

Summary

Incident response is critical for the active defense of any network, and incident responders need up-to-date, immediately applicable techniques with which to engage the adversary. Applied Incident Response details effective ways to respond to advanced attacks against local and remote network resources, providing proven response techniques and a framework through which to apply them. As a starting point for new incident handlers, or as a technical reference for hardened IR veterans, this book details the latest techniques for responding to threats against your network.

• Leveraging MITRE ATT&CK and threat intelligence for active network defense
• Local and remote triage of systems using PowerShell, WMIC, and open-source tools
• Acquiring RAM and disk images locally and remotely
• Deep-dive forensic analysis of system drives using open-source or commercial tools
• Leveraging Security Onion and Elastic Stack for network security monitoring
• And much more