Digital forensics and incident response: incident response techniques and procedures to respond to modern cyber threats

Build your organization's cyber defense system by effectively applying digital forensics, incident management, and investigation techniques to real-world cyber threats About This Audiobook Create a solid incident response framework and manage cyber incidents effectively Learn to apply digital forensics tools and techniques to investigate cyber threats Explore the real-world threat of ransomware and apply proper incident response techniques for investigation and recovery In Detail An understanding of how digital forensics integrates with the overall response to cybersecurity incidents is key to securing your organization's infrastructure from attacks. This updated third edition will help you perform cutting-edge digital forensic activities and incident response with a new focus on responding to ransomware attacks. After covering the fundamentals of incident response that are critical to any information security team, you'll explore incident response frameworks. From understanding their importance to creating a swift and effective response to security incidents, the audiobook will guide you using examples. Later, you'll cover digital forensic techniques, from acquiring evidence and examining volatile memory through to hard drive examination and network-based evidence. You'll be able to apply these techniques to the current threat of ransomware. As you progress, you'll discover the role that threat intelligence plays in the incident response process. You'll also learn how to prepare an incident response report that documents the findings of your analysis. Finally, in addition to various incident response activities, the audiobook will address malware analysis and demonstrate how you can proactively use your digital forensic skills in threat hunting. By the end of this audiobook, you'll be able to investigate and report unwanted security breaches and incidents in your organization. Audience This book is for cybersecurity and information security professionals who want to implement digital forensics and incident response in their organizations. You'll also find the book helpful if you're new to the concept of digital forensics and looking to get started with the fundamentals. A basic understanding of operating systems and some knowledge of networking fundamentals are required to get started with this book.

Build your organization's cyber defense system by effectively applying digital forensics, incident management, and investigation techniques to real-world cyber threats. An understanding of how digital forensics integrates with the overall response to cybersecurity incidents is key to securing your organization's infrastructure from attacks. This updated third edition will help you perform cutting-edge digital forensic activities and incident response with a new focus on responding to ransomware attacks. After covering the fundamentals of incident response that are critical to any information security team, you'll explore incident response frameworks. From understanding their importance to creating a swift and effective response to security incidents, the book will guide you using examples. Later, you'll cover digital forensic techniques, from acquiring evidence and examining volatile memory through to hard drive examination and network-based evidence. You'll be able to apply these techniques to the current threat of ransomware. As you progress, you'll discover the role that threat intelligence plays in the incident response process. You'll also learn how to prepare an incident response report that documents the findings of your analysis. Finally, in addition to various incident response activities, the book will address malware analysis and demonstrate how you can proactively use your digital forensic skills in threat hunting. By the end of this book, you'll be able to investigate and report unwanted security breaches and incidents in your organization.

Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Customer Feedback -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Incident Response -- The incident response process -- The role of digital forensics -- The incident response framework -- The incident response charter -- CSIRT -- CSIRT core team -- Technical support personnel -- Organizational support personnel -- External resources -- The incident response plan -- Incident classification -- The incident response playbook -- Escalation procedures -- Maintaining the incident response capability -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Forensic Fundamentals -- Legal aspects -- Laws and regulations -- Rules of evidence -- Digital forensic fundamentals -- A brief history -- The digital forensic process -- Identification -- Preservation -- Collection -- Proper evidence handling -- Chain of custody -- Examination -- Analysis -- Presentation -- Digital forensic lab -- Physical security -- Tools -- Hardware -- Software -- Jump kit -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Network Evidence Collection -- Preparation -- Network diagram -- Configuration -- Logs and log management -- Network device evidence -- Security information and event management system -- Security onion -- Packet capture -- tcpdump -- WinPcap and RawCap -- Wireshark -- Evidence collection -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Acquiring Host-Based Evidence -- Preparation -- Evidence volatility -- Evidence acquisition -- Evidence collection procedures -- Memory acquisition -- Local acquisition -- FTK Imager -- Winpmem -- Remote acquisition -- Winpmem -- F-Response -- Virtual machines -- Non-volatile data -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Understanding Forensic Imaging -- Overview of forensic imaging -- Preparing a stage drive -- Imaging -- Dead imaging -- Live imaging -- Imaging with Linux -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Network Evidence Analysis.