Incident Containment and Forensics Process

A Incident Containment and Forensics Process is a time-critical incident response investigation process that can support incident containment and forensics tasks.

• AKA: Incident Isolation and Investigation Process, Containment and Evidence Collection Process, Incident Control and Analysis Process.
• Context:
  • It can typically limit Incident Spreads through incident containment and forensics isolation measures.
  • It can typically preserve Digital Evidences through incident containment and forensics chain of custody protocols.
  • It can typically identify Attack Vectors through incident containment and forensics technical analysis.
  • It can typically determine Root Causes through incident containment and forensics investigation methodology.
  • It can typically support Legal Proceedings through incident containment and forensics evidence documentation.
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  • It can often implement Network Segmentations for incident containment and forensics traffic isolation.
  • It can often capture Memory Dumps for incident containment and forensics volatile data preservation.
  • It can often perform Malware Analysises for incident containment and forensics threat characterization.
  • It can often generate Timeline Reconstructions for incident containment and forensics event correlation.
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  • It can range from being a Short-Term Incident Containment and Forensics Process to being a Long-Term Incident Containment and Forensics Process, depending on its incident containment and forensics duration scope.
  • It can range from being a Tactical Incident Containment and Forensics Process to being a Strategic Incident Containment and Forensics Process, depending on its incident containment and forensics response depth.
  • It can range from being a Manual Incident Containment and Forensics Process to being an Automated Incident Containment and Forensics Process, depending on its incident containment and forensics tool utilization.
  • It can range from being a Partial Incident Containment and Forensics Process to being a Complete Incident Containment and Forensics Process, depending on its incident containment and forensics system coverage.
  • It can range from being a Live Incident Containment and Forensics Process to being a Post-Mortem Incident Containment and Forensics Process, depending on its incident containment and forensics timing approach.
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  • It can integrate with Security Orchestration Platforms for incident containment and forensics response automation.
  • It can connect to SIEM Systems for incident containment and forensics log analysis.
  • It can interface with Endpoint Detection and Response Tools for incident containment and forensics host investigation.
  • It can communicate with Threat Intelligence Platforms for incident containment and forensics indicator enrichment.
  • It can synchronize with Ticketing Systems for incident containment and forensics case management.
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• Example(s):
  • Network-Level Incident Containment and Forensics Processes, such as:
    • Firewall Rule Implementation Process, blocking malicious traffic patterns.
    • Network Traffic Capture Process, recording packets for analysis.
    • DNS Sinkhole Process, redirecting malicious domain requests.
  • Host-Level Incident Containment and Forensics Processes, such as:
    • System Isolation Process, disconnecting compromised hosts.
    • Disk Image Acquisition Process, creating forensic copies of storage.
    • Process Memory Analysis Process, examining running program memory.
  • Application-Level Incident Containment and Forensics Processes, such as:
    • Account Suspension Process, disabling compromised user accounts.
    • Application Log Analysis Process, examining application-specific events.
    • Database Forensics Process, investigating data manipulation or exfiltration.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Incident Prevention Process, which stops incidents before they occur.
  • Vulnerability Management Process, which addresses weaknesses not active incidents.
  • Disaster Recovery Process, which restores operations not investigates causes.
  • Change Management Process, which handles planned changes not incident responses.
• See: Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Evidence Preservation, Root Cause Analysis, Malware Analysis, Chain of Custody, Forensic Tool, Incident Timeline, Attack Attribution, Evidence Collection, Incident Communication.

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