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Hemang Doshi
Hemang Doshi
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Hemang Doshi

Hemang Doshi has more than 15 years of experience in the field of system audit, IT risk and compliance, internal audit, risk management, information security audit, third-party risk management, and operational risk management. He has authored several books for certification such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, DISA, and enterprise risk management.
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Incident Management Tools and Technologies

An information security manager needs to have a basic understanding of the following tools and technologies for managing incidents:

  • Incident management systems
  • Personnel
  • Audits
  • Outsourced security providers

Incident Management Systems

In recent years, a high volume of data and activities has prompted organizations to invest in and adopt automated incident management systems (IMSs). Many previously manual processes are automated by these systems, which filter data to help identify potential incidents and alert the incident management team (IMT).

An IMS can be in the form of a distributed or a centralized system. In a distributed system, multiple devices are placed to monitor incidents. For example, network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs), host-based intrusion detection systems (HIDSs), logs, and so on.

Security information and event management (SIEM) is a centralized system. SIEM is an automatic log reader...

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Published in: Dec 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804610633

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Hemang Doshi

Hemang Doshi has more than 15 years of experience in the field of system audit, IT risk and compliance, internal audit, risk management, information security audit, third-party risk management, and operational risk management. He has authored several books for certification such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, DISA, and enterprise risk management.
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