Digital Forensics and Incident Response: Incident response tools and techniques for effective cyber threat response

This book provides a comprehensive guide to building an organization's cyber defense system by effectively applying digital forensics, incident management, and investigation techniques to real-world cyber threats. It covers incident response frameworks, digital forensic techniques, threat intelligence, malware analysis, and proactive threat hunting. It is designed for cybersecurity and information security professionals who want to implement digital forensics and incident response in their organizations.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 532 pages
Publication date: 09 December 2022
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited

An understanding of how digital forensics integrates with the overall response to cybersecurity incidents is key to securing your organization's infrastructure from attacks. This updated third edition will help you perform cutting-edge digital forensic activities and incident response with a new focus on responding to ransomware attacks.

After covering the fundamentals of incident response that are critical to any information security team, you'll explore incident response frameworks. From understanding their importance to creating a swift and effective response to security incidents, the book will guide you using examples. Later, you'll cover digital forensic techniques, from acquiring evidence and examining volatile memory through to hard drive examination and network-based evidence. You'll be able to apply these techniques to the current threat of ransomware. As you progress, you'll discover the role that threat intelligence plays in the incident response process. You'll also learn how to prepare an incident response report that documents the findings of your analysis. Finally, in addition to various incident response activities, the book will address malware analysis and demonstrate how you can proactively use your digital forensic skills in threat hunting.

By the end of this book, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to build your organization's cyber defense system by effectively applying digital forensics, incident management, and investigation techniques to real-world cyber threats.

Weight: 984g
Dimension: 234 x 193 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803238678
Edition number: 3 Revised edition