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Monitoring and Incident Response
Monitoring and incident response ensure that organizations can detect, respond to, and recover from security incidents. With robust monitoring, threats can be identified early, and responses can be automated or rapidly deployed to minimize damage.
How It Works
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Real-time
Monitoring and Alerting
Continuous monitoring of systems to detect abnormal activities or potential security threats in real time.
Examples:
- Implementing AWS CloudWatch or Azure Monitor to continuously track system logs, performance metrics, and security events.
- Using Splunk or ELK Stack to aggregate logs from various sources (e.g., servers, applications, firewalls) and set up alerts for suspicious activities like unauthorized access attempts or unusual traffic spikes.
- Integrating Datadog or New Relic to monitor application performance and set up alerts for anomalies that may indicate a security breach.
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Incident
Detection and Containment
Identifying incidents quickly and isolating affected systems or services to prevent further damage.
Examples:
- Setting up SIEM tools like IBM QRadar or Splunk to detect patterns indicative of security breaches, such as sudden spikes in failed login attempts or unusual data access patterns.
- Using AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub or Azure Security Center to automatically detect threats and take actions like isolating affected resources or blocking malicious IPs.
- Implementing automated playbooks in ZenDuty, ServiceNow or PagerDuty to handle incidents, allowing for swift triage and containment actions.
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Post-Incident
Analysis and Remediation
Examples:
- Conducting root cause analysis using logs and forensic tools to understand the nature of the incident and how it occurred.
- Using AWS Systems Manager or Azure Automation to automate patching or configuration changes to prevent similar issues from arising in the future.
- Regular incident post-mortem meetings and documentation to identify areas for improvement and strengthen incident response procedures.
Benefits
Rapid Threat Detection
Faster identification and containment of security incidents.
Business Continuity
Reduced downtime and impact of security breaches.
Automated Incident Handling
Enhanced preparedness for future incidents through automated response procedures.
Ongoing Security Enhancements
Continuous improvement of security posture based on incident learning.
Our success stories
- Infrastructure Security & Management
- CI/CD Pipeline Security
- Application Security
- Monitoring and Incident Response
- Compliance, Governance and ISO-27001