You're reading from Effective Threat Investigation for SOC Analysts

Product type Book

Published in Aug 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837634781

Pages 314 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Mostafa Yahia

Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Email Investigation Techniques

2. Chapter 1: Investigating Email Threats

3. Chapter 2: Email Flow and Header Analysis

4. Part 2: Investigating Windows Threats by Using Event Logs

5. Chapter 3: Introduction to Windows Event Logs

6. Chapter 4: Tracking Accounts Login and Management

7. Chapter 5: Investigating Suspicious Process Execution Using Windows Event Logs

8. Chapter 6: Investigating PowerShell Event Logs

9. Chapter 7: Investigating Persistence and Lateral Movement Using Windows Event Logs

10. Part 3: Investigating Network Threats by Using Firewall and Proxy Logs

11. Chapter 8: Network Firewall Logs Analysis

12. Chapter 9: Investigating Cyber Threats by Using the Firewall Logs

13. Chapter 10: Web Proxy Logs Analysis

14. Chapter 11: Investigating Suspicious Outbound Communications (C&C Communications) by Using Proxy Logs

15. Part 4: Investigating Other Threats and Leveraging External Sources to Investigate Cyber Threats

16. Chapter 12: Investigating External Threats

17. Chapter 13: Investigating Network Flows and Security Solutions Alerts

18. Chapter 14: Threat Intelligence in a SOC Analyst’s Day

19. Chapter 15: Malware Sandboxing – Building a Malware Sandbox

20. Index

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Introduction to threat intelligence

In cyber security, threat intelligence represents sharing contextual threat information on attacks and threat actors across defense environments. Also, Gartner defines threat intelligence as the following: “Threat intelligence is evidence-based knowledge, including context, mechanisms, indicators, implications and actionable advice, about an existing or emerging menace or hazard to assets that can be used to inform decisions regarding the subject’s response to that menace or hazard.”

The information shared in threat intelligence, which is also known as threat intelligence feeds, is divided into three levels:

Strategic
Operational
Tactical

Strategic level

The strategic threat intelligence level is information about the organization’s threat landscape. This type of information usually does not contain technical information and is shared with company managers and decision-makers to help them to...