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AWS Kill Switch: Open-source incident response tool
2023-11-27 06:00

AWS Kill Switch is an open-source incident response tool for quickly locking down AWS accounts and IAM roles during a security incident. "I recently left my role as Sr. Director, Security Engineering at Robinhood and have been using my free time to sharpen my skills as an individual contributor and contribute to open source. I find it stimulating and a great way to build stronger ties with the security community," Jeffrey Lyon, the creator of AWS Kill Switch, told Help Net Security.

6 Steps to Accelerate Cybersecurity Incident Response
2023-11-23 10:48

Modern security tools continue to improve in their ability to defend organizations’ networks and endpoints against cybercriminals. But the bad actors still occasionally find a way in. Security...

Security Incident Response Policy
2023-11-05 16:00

The policy's purpose is to define for employees, IT department staff and users the process to be followed when experiencing a suspected IT-security incident. Receiving strange unprompted messages, error windows or pop-up alerts.

Velociraptor: Open-source digital forensics and incident response
2023-08-30 03:30

Velociraptor is a sophisticated digital forensics and incident response tool designed to improve your insight into endpoint activities. Velociraptor enables you to conduct precise and rapid collection of digital forensic data across multiple endpoints simultaneously.

UAC: Live response collection script for incident response
2023-07-27 02:30

Unix-like Artifacts Collector (UAC) is a live response collection script for incident response that makes use of native binaries and tools to automate the collection of AIX, Android, ESXi,...

Streamlining security operations with automated incident response
2023-07-10 14:02

Automated incident response capabilities are not uniformly available across different security tools such as endpoint detection and response, and security information and event management as it largely depends on the vendor. Wazuh provides an active response module that performs automated incident response capabilities.

How Attorneys Are Harming Cybersecurity Incident Response
2023-06-07 11:06

Abstract: Incident Response allows victim firms to detect, contain, and recover from security incidents. It should also help the wider community avoid similar attacks in the future.

Incident response policy
2023-04-23 12:00

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Deep Dive Into 6 Key Steps to Accelerate Your Incident Response
2023-03-31 11:47

Organizations rely on Incident response to ensure they are immediately aware of security incidents, allowing for quick action to minimize damage. In the upcoming webinar, we'll outline, in detail, six components of a SANS incident response plan, including elements such as preparation, identification, containment, and eradication.

Microsoft announces Microsoft Incident Response Retainer
2023-03-29 03:00

Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Incident Response Retainer, allowing customers to pre-pay and count on help from Microsoft incident responders before, during and after a cybersecurity crisis.Firms, especially small ones, often don't have dedicated teams that can deal with a cyber incident - they simply don't have the time, resources, or expertise to build an in-house incident response program.