Sparrow.ps1: Free Azure/Microsoft 365 incident response tool
Sparrow is a powerful tool used for detecting malicious activities in Azure and Microsoft Office 365.
Incident response
Uncovering and remediating malicious activity: From discovery to incident handling
Need a “cybersecurity playbook” for incident response? A recent CISA alert used threat intel from five counties to create this best practice guide.
DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams (HIRT) Act: What you need to know
Not a month goes by without the new media reporting that another city or municipality has fallen victim to a cyberattack, and oftentimes this attack comes...
When and how to report a breach: Data breach reporting best practices
One day you go into work and the nightmare has happened. The company has had a data breach. This scenario plays out, many times, each and every day, across...
Cyber Work Podcast recap: What does a military forensics and incident responder do?
Cybersecurity meets CSI in the exciting field of digital forensics and incident response. In this role, tech-savvy investigators sift through computer systems...
Top 8 cybersecurity books for incident responders in 2020
Are you passionate about incident response? Do you want to build upon your knowledge of how to mitigate cyberthreats? If yes, then you’d love the nuggets...
Digital forensics and incident response: Is it the career for you?
When many of us think of detective work, we conjure up images of trench-coated detectives chasing bad guys down darkened alleyways or poring over black-and-white...
2020 NIST ransomware recovery guide: What you need to know
Over the past decade, a destructive piece of malware has grown from a novel concept into a digital epidemic. Now ransomware is causing a serious impact on...
Network traffic analysis for IR: Data exfiltration
Understanding network behavior is a prerequisite for developing effective incident detection and response capabilities. ESG research has found that 87 percent...
Network traffic analysis for IR: Basic protocols in networking
In this article, we’ll discuss some of the basic protocols that are commonly used in computer networking. A good understanding of computer networking is...