IR Playbooks

Security Operations: Detect, Respond, Recover Security operations guide organizations to protect data, people, and services. It is a cycle: detect, respond, and recover. A practical ops routine blends people, process, and technology. When teams align on clear roles, threats are found sooner and recovery happens faster. Detect Good detection starts with visibility. Collect logs, metrics, and alerts from critical systems. Look for anomalies compared to a normal baseline. Use automation where it adds speed, but verify findings with human review. Keep alerts actionable and avoid alert fatigue by tuning thresholds. Include cloud and on‑prem logs, network traffic, authentication events, and application telemetry. Build a baseline from weeks of data and continuously adjust to changing environments. ...

Incident Response Playbooks for SOC Teams Incident response playbooks are concise guides that tell SOC teams what to do when a security incident occurs. They translate training into consistent actions, reducing confusion under pressure. A good playbook covers who does what, when to act, and how to communicate with stakeholders. Key components include the objective, triggers, roles, steps, evidence, communication, escalation, success criteria, and a post-incident review. Keep them short and actionable—often one page per playbook—to be easy to reference during a live incident. A well-made playbook also notes what not to do, to avoid common mistakes. ...

Threat Hunting and Incident Response Threat hunting and incident response work hand in hand to protect people and data. Threat hunting is a proactive search for signs of adversaries in your environment before they cause harm. Incident response is a prepared, practiced plan to contain, eradicate, and recover when an incident happens. Together they shorten risk exposure, reduce damage, and improve how quickly you learn from each event. Hunt with a plan. Start from a hypothesis about where attackers might hide, then test it with data. Gather endpoint telemetry, network flow, cloud logs, and DNS data. Look for anomalies such as unusual login times, strange process chains, or odd file activity. Validate findings with a focused investigation rather than chasing dozens of alerts. A calm, repeatable process keeps bias out of the hunt. ...