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Guides teams through the security incident response lifecycle by classifying attacks, generating containment/remediation playbooks, directing evidence collection, and coordinating post-incident follow-up to minimize damage.

This skill facilitates the creation of real-time incident response dashboards across major SIEM platforms (Splunk, Elastic, Grafana). It provides SOC analysts and leadership with unified situational awareness by tracking affected systems, containment status, Indicators of Compromise (IOC) spread, and the entire incident response timeline, crucial for coordination and post-incident reporting.

This framework defines a comprehensive, context-driven matrix for managing security incidents within a Security Operations Center (SOC). It details tiered escalation paths, response Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and notification procedures based not only on severity (P1-P4) but also on business risk, asset criticality, and data sensitivity. It guides analysts through triage, investigation, and timely escalation to management (CISO/Legal) to ensure rapid containment and appropriate organizational response during a breach.

A comprehensive, structured playbook for Security Operations Centers (SOCs) detailing the entire lifecycle of ransomware incidents. It guides analysts through detection (SIEM queries), triage decision trees, containment (EDR/Firewall), evidence collection, and recovery phases, adhering to NIST CSF and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks.

A comprehensive guide for responding to security incidents across major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP). It details detection methods using cloud-native logs, containment strategies for compromising identities, evidence preservation techniques, and investigation steps for common cloud attack patterns.

A comprehensive, multi-stage framework for responding to confirmed or suspected malware infections across an enterprise. This guide covers the entire incident lifecycle: detection, scoping, containment, deep analysis (mapping to MITRE ATT&CK), thorough eradication, and system recovery, ensuring all steps are documented for resilience and compliance.

This comprehensive guide details the multi-step workflow for responding to sophisticated phishing incidents. It covers everything from initial triage and detailed email header analysis to analyzing malicious URLs and attachments in sandboxes. Key steps include determining the scope of impact, implementing immediate containment actions (like purging emails and revoking sessions), and executing thorough remediation to neutralize the threat and recover affected accounts.

This comprehensive guide provides a structured, multi-stage workflow for containing active security breaches. It details both short-term and long-term strategies, including network segmentation, endpoint isolation, credential revocation, and evidence preservation. Use this process during confirmed intrusions, ransomware attacks, or lateral movement events to effectively stop adversary activity and secure critical assets before eradication.

A comprehensive skill for detecting early-stage ransomware indicators before data encryption occurs. It utilizes advanced network detection tools such as Zeek and Suricata, combined with SIEM correlation rules and threat intelligence feeds. This method monitors the entire pre-encryption kill chain, identifying precursor behaviors like initial access broker activity, Cobalt Strike C2 beaconing, credential harvesting (e.g., Mimikatz signatures), and data staging attempts, enabling timely incident response and containment.

Execute deep, stealthy red team exercises that emulate real-world sophisticated adversaries. This process maps attacks to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, testing an organization's entire security posture—including detection, incident response, and containment capabilities (Blue Team). It is designed for simulating full attack lifecycles (initial access, lateral movement, exfiltration) to validate security investments and meet regulatory requirements (TIBER-EU, CBEST). Requires executive authorization and defined Rules of Engagement.

This skill guides the implementation of Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) workflows using platforms like Splunk Phantom. It automates the entire incident lifecycle, including alert triage, IOC enrichment (via VirusTotal, CrowdStrike), containment actions, and ticket creation (ServiceNow). Ideal for SOC teams needing to reduce Mean Time To Respond (MTTR) and standardize complex security procedures across multiple tools.

This guide details how to implement robust Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) playbooks using Palo Alto XSOAR. It covers building automated, multi-stage incident response workflows (e.g., phishing, malware analysis, DDoS containment) by integrating various security tools. Use this when automating manual SOC tasks, structuring incident playbooks, or improving overall security posture and compliance.