Security Incident Handling: A Comprehensive Guide on Incident Handling and Response

by Jithin Alex

Covers, Security Incident Handling Framework.Types of threats and it's countermeasures.Building an effective security incident handling policy and team.Prepare a Security Incident Report.This book has four major sections, The first section gives an introduction on Security incident Handling and response frameworks. Also give a glimpse on Security forensics and Risk Management concepts. The second section explains different kinds of security threats and attacks that can result in potential security incident. Being familiarize with the attacks are very important for identifying and categorizing a security incident. The third section mentions the security controls and countermeasures to detect, prevent or/and to mitigate a threat. This includes the detection mechanisms, defense in depth, vulnerability management etc. The strategy and plan for building an efficient Security Incident Handing is comprehensively explained in the final section. The six phases of a security incident handling and response are explained step by step.**********************************************************An updated, revised edition of this book is available on a new title "Incident Handling and A Holistic Approach for an efficient Security Incident Management." B0898TFT4FAdditional content includes, Proactive Incident management. Classifying Incidents based on priority. Table-top exercises. Building playbooks.

79 pages, Paperback

Published January 13, 2020

About the author

Jithin Alex, an accomplished Security Professional and Author, brings extensive expertise in security operations and proficiently managing a diverse range of security solutions and products across various technology sectors. Formerly serving as an senior engineer at a leading multinational corporation, he utilized his technical acumen and practical experience to author books that have garnered significant acclaim.

Notably, his book "Network Automation using Python 3" achieved recognition as one of the top new Automation books by Bookauthority.

Additionally, "Cisco Firepower Threat Defense NGFW" was acknowledged as one of the best Firewall books of all time.

Explore his technical articles, CTF challenges, and write-ups at www.jaacostan.com

Reviews

[Drued · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used as a reference material for CIH exam.