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Aligning Security Operations with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

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Product type Book
Published in May 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804614266
Pages 192 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rebecca Blair Rebecca Blair
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Rebecca Blair currently serves as the SOC Manager at a Boston-based tech company, where she is in the process of building out a SOC team to include analyst workflows, playbooks, and processes. Also, she served at IronNet as the Director of SOC Operations, at Tenable Inc as a Test Engineer, and at the Army Research Lab as a Technical Compliance Lead, among other things. She has deep expertise in technology integrations and security operations and holds a BS degree from Norwich University in Computer Security and Information Assurance, an MS degree from the University of Maryland Global Campus in Cybersecurity and an MBA from Villanova University. She has found a niche in building SOC environments and maturing them in fast-paced environments.
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1 – The Basics: SOC and ATT&CK, Two Worlds in a Delicate Balance
2. Chapter 1: SOC Basics – Structure, Personnel, Coverage, and Tools 3. Chapter 2: Analyzing Your Environment for Potential Pitfalls 4. Chapter 3: Reviewing Different Threat Models 5. Chapter 4: What Is the ATT&CK Framework? 6. Part 2 – Detection Improvements and Alignment with ATT&CK
7. Chapter 5: A Deep Dive into the ATT&CK Framework 8. Chapter 6: Strategies to Map to ATT&CK 9. Chapter 7: Common Mistakes with Implementation 10. Chapter 8: Return on Investment Detections 11. Part 3 – Continuous Improvement and Innovation
12. Chapter 9: What Happens After an Alert is Triggered? 13. Chapter 10: Validating Any Mappings and Detections 14. Chapter 11: Implementing ATT&CK in All Parts of Your SOC 15. Chapter 12: What’s Next? Areas for Innovation in Your SOC 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

A deep dive into the techniques in the macOS framework

While there is a significantly higher number of Windows users than macOS users, there are still over 100 million macOS users and macOS endpoints are growing in popularity, especially in the private business sector and specifically for tech companies. Overall, the difference in size means that there are fewer attacks that are targeted at macOS endpoints, but that certainly doesn’t mean that there are none. Additionally, it’s important to note that there are a significant number of techniques and sub-techniques that are different between the macOS and Windows matrices due to how the base OS works and how the filesystems are set up. If anything, macOS aligns more closely with the Linux OS. Similarly to the Windows section, we’ll dig into a few different techniques and sub-techniques:

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    • Drive-by Compromise, Exploit Public Facing Application, External Remote Services, Hardware Additions, Phishing...
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Authors (1)

Profile icon Rebecca Blair
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Rebecca Blair currently serves as the SOC Manager at a Boston-based tech company, where she is in the process of building out a SOC team to include analyst workflows, playbooks, and processes. Also, she served at IronNet as the Director of SOC Operations, at Tenable Inc as a Test Engineer, and at the Army Research Lab as a Technical Compliance Lead, among other things. She has deep expertise in technology integrations and security operations and holds a BS degree from Norwich University in Computer Security and Information Assurance, an MS degree from the University of Maryland Global Campus in Cybersecurity and an MBA from Villanova University. She has found a niche in building SOC environments and maturing them in fast-paced environments.
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