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The Foundations of Threat Hunting

You're reading from   The Foundations of Threat Hunting Organize and design effective cyber threat hunts to meet business needs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803242996
Length 246 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (3):
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William Copeland William Copeland
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Chad Maurice Chad Maurice
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Jeremiah Ginn Jeremiah Ginn
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Preparation – Why and How to Start the Hunting Process
2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Threat Hunting FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Requirements and Motivations 4. Chapter 3: Team Construct 5. Chapter 4: Communication Breakdown 6. Chapter 5: Methodologies 7. Chapter 6: Threat Intelligence 8. Chapter 7: Planning 9. Part 2: Execution – Conducting a Hunt
10. Chapter 8: Defending the Defenders 11. Chapter 9: Hardware and Toolsets 12. Chapter 10: Data Analysis 13. Chapter 11: Documentation 14. Part 3: Recovery – Post-Hunt Activity
15. Chapter 12: Deliverables 16. Chapter 13: Post-Hunt Activity and Maturing a Team 17. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Products for local defenders

Except in extreme circumstances, most hunts will be executed with the aid of local defenders that staff the front lines of network defense every day. Providing these individuals with usable deliverables during and after the conclusion of the hunt is a major boon for the customer and reflects well on the hunt team. Some common products that can be provided are as follows:

  • Network maps and an overview of how they were acquired
  • Queries that were used during the hunt, along with descriptions of the associated indicators they would identify
  • A technical report outlining all of the steps that were taken by the threat hunt team
  • The intelligence report that the threat hunt was based on, as well as subsequent updates
  • Detailed descriptions of evidence that was found that's related to threat actor activity
  • Mappings of findings in evidence and intelligence to the MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • A list of recommendations for improvements...
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