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Cybersecurity Incident Response

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About This Course

Online security isn’t just about building taller walls; it’s about what you do when someone climbs over them. In today's landscape, your Cybersecurity Incident Response strategy is the ultimate yardstick of your program's success. From the infamous Target breach to the Equifax fallout, history proves that it’s not just the hack that hurts—it’s a slow, messy response.

Are you ready to be the person who keeps their cool when the alarms go off? Our hands-on course takes you from theory to the "front lines" using virtual labs for cybersecurity, ensuring you’re job-ready for 2026.

Skills You’ll Get

  • The IR Blueprint: Master the NIST (SP) 800-61 framework to handle incidents like a pro.
  • Strategic Containment: Learn to quarantine systems and stop the "bleeding" before the business stalls.
  • The Attack Life Cycle: Identify risks and predict attacker moves before they happen.
  • Eradication & Recovery: Clean out the remnants of malware and restore normalcy with zero traces left behind.
  • Leadership & Culture: Build and manage high-performing Incident Response Teams (IRT).
  • Continuous Monitoring: Develop metrics to prove your program is getting stronger every day.
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1

The Significance of Incident Response

  • Why Does This Happen?
  • Strategy vs. Tactics
  • Changing the Culture
  • Summary
2

Necessary Prerequisites

  • Establishing the Identify and Protect Functions
  • Summary
3

Incident Response Frameworks

  • NIST 800-612
  • From Guidance to Program Implementation
  • Summary
4

Leadership, Teams, and Culture

  • Leadership Qualities
  • Culture
  • Alignment of the Team
  • Prepare to Handle Incidents
  • Facilitating Organizational Change
  • Summary
5

The Incident Response Strategy

  • Purpose
  • Scope
  • Definitions
  • How to Respond to Incidents
  • Summary
6

Cyber Risks and the Attack Life Cycle

  • Documenting Cyber Risks
  • The Mandiant Cyber Attack Life Cycle
  • Tie the Risk Assessment and Kill Chain
  • Summary
7

Detection and Identification of Events

  • Building Detective Capabilities
  • Identification of Security Events
  • Summary
8

Containment

  • Indicators of Compromise
  • Containment Fundamentals
  • Choosing a Containment Strategy
  • Retaining Forensic Investigators
  • Executive Expectations
  • Summary
9

Eradication, Recovery, and Post-incident Review

  • Removing the Attacker’s Artifacts
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • Restoring Systems via Backups
  • Post-incident Review
  • Summary
10

Continuous Monitoring of Incident Response Program

  • Components of Continuous Monitoring
  • How Continuous Monitoring Works
  • Incorporating Continuous Monitoring into the NIST CSF Environment
  • Summary
11

Incident Response Story

  • Background
  • Initial Response
  • The Nightmare Begins
  • The Second Incident Response
  • The CISO’s Office
  • Summary
12

This Is a Full-Time Job

  • Full-Time Effort Required
  • Building a Program
  • Developing a Battle Plan
  • Summary
A

Appendix: NIST Cybersecurity Framework

  • Identify: Asset Management
  • Identify: Business Environment
  • Identify: Governance
  • Identify: Risk Assessment
  • Identify: Risk Management
  • Identify: Supply Chain Risk Management
  • Protect: Access Control
  • Protect: Awareness and Training
  • Protect: Data Security
  • Protect: Information Protection
  • Protect: Maintenance
  • Protect: Protective Technology
  • Detect: Anomalies and Events
  • Detect: Continuous Monitoring
  • Detect: Detection Processes
  • Respond: Response Planning
  • Respond: Communications
  • Respond: Analysis
  • Respond: Mitigation
  • Respond: Improvement 
  • Recover: Recovery Planning
  • Recover: Improvements
  • Recover: Communications

1

The Significance of Incident Response

  • Building an Effective Incident Response Program
2

Necessary Prerequisites

  • Establishing Identify and Protect Functions
3

Incident Response Frameworks

  • Aligning Incident Response Strategy with Capability
4

Leadership, Teams, and Culture

  • Building a Culture Driven Incident Response Function
5

The Incident Response Strategy

  • Strengthening Incident Response Planning
6

Cyber Risks and the Attack Life Cycle

  • Identifying Threats and Vulnerabilities Using Public Websites
  • Exploring the OWASP Top 10 Web Application Risks
7

Detection and Identification of Events

  • Analyzing Network Traffic Using Wireshark
  • Viewing Linux Event Logs
  • Viewing Windows Event Logs
  • Implementing IDS and IPS
8

Containment

  • Simulating a DoS Attack
  • Analyzing Malware Behavior Using ProcMon
  • Analyzing Ransomware Using VirusTotal
9

Eradication, Recovery, and Post-incident Review

  • Conducting Vulnerability Scanning Using Nessus
  • Taking a Full Backup
10

Continuous Monitoring of Incident Response Program

  • Examining Large Infrastructure Challenges
11

Incident Response Story

  • Identify the incorrect terms related to lessons learned in the paragraph by clicking on them.
  • Assessing Decision Gaps in Cybersecurity Incidents
12

This Is a Full-Time Job

  • Enhancing Cybersecurity Through Incident Response Planning

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Absolutely. While other sites offer general knowledge, we focus on high-stakes skills. By using virtual labs for cybersecurity, we bridge the gap between "knowing" and "doing."

Videos tell you what a breach looks like; labs let you stop one. Our virtual labs for cybersecurity provide a safe sandbox to practice eradication and recovery without risking a real network.

  We lean heavily on industry gold standards, specifically the NIST 800-61 guide, to ensure your skills are globally recognized and compliant.

Yes! We cover the leadership and culture aspects (the "Above the Line" philosophy) necessary to manage SIRT and EIRT teams during high-pressure events.

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