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Enacting your response
Situational awareness throughout incident response activities is of paramount importance. As activities are conducted, new information is likely to emerge. New information may completely change the objectives of your exercise, and teams need to be in constant communication in order to coordinate activities. Actions assigned to responders during an incident will be informed by the systems and data at risk, business continuity plans for these systems, and the objectives of the incident response exercise.
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Defining your objectives
You have an incident. You know you need to handle it. You’re under pressure, and your team is stressed. This is often the most dangerous point in an incident response operation. Stressed people under pressure to respond quickly tend to make one of two mistakes...
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Identifying the incident
At some point, your business is likely to have to deal with an incident. When this happens, being able to accurately identify and classify the incident is key to responding effectively with the minimum impact to your BAU operations. Yesterday, we discussed how proper planning will help you get a robust incident response framework in place. Today, we are going to look at the sorts of questions you need to ask yourselves in order to be able to identify and classify an incident, and hence tailor your response.
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The five 'P's
It is widely acknowledged that these days, it is not a question of 'if', but 'when' an organisation will need to handle a security incident, and as every project manager knows, Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
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Incident response week
Ever wondered if you're prepared for a cyber security incident? This week, one of our Directors, Gemma Moore, is guiding you through incident preparation and handling.
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Internal Indicators Of Compromise: Understanding Your Data
The threat landscape is constantly evolving. The skillsets and techniques used by adversaries constantly evolve in terms of sophistication and efficacy. There's an arms race going on, and offensive capabilities tend to be outstripping defensive controls. Some ubiquitous threat actors, such as those criminal gangs running ransomware operations, may not care too much about what data you have within your network. Most organisations are targeted by a range of threat actors, however, and some may be highly driven to gain access to your assets.
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The Online Extortion Trend
Over the last 12 months, ransomware has rapidly become one of the most prevalent information security threats to a vast number of organisations of any size, as well as the individual consumer. It is a highly lucrative opportunity for criminals and is claiming a growing list of victims. Indeed, at Cyberis, we have experienced a significant upward trend in incident response services and requests for our advice due to ransomware events.
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