What is Incident Response in Cyber Security?
Incident management is all about categorize IT-related incidents and respond to security incidents before they end up becoming reasons of security breaches or system malfunctions.
The OODA loop
Incident response tools and the OODA loop
Multiple OODA loop phases
Netflow and traffic analysis
Vulnerability management
security information and event management (SIEM)
Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
Security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR)
Firewall, intrusion prevention and denial of service (DoS) mitigation
forensics analysis
awareness and training
Why Use Incident Response Software?
Planning
Alerting
Isolation
Remediation
Investigation
Benefits of Incident Response Software
Faster security incident response
Simplifies incident alerting and response workflows
Gathers valuable forensic and threat information
Minimizes the impact of security incidents to critical systems
Incident Response Software Features
Workflow management
Incident database
Incident alerting
Incident reporting
Incident logs
Threat intelligence
Security orchestration
Automated remediation
Workflow automation
Incident Response Software Tools Vendors List
- IBM Security QRadar
- LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform
- Sumo Logic
- Rapid7 InsightIDR
- Proofpoint Threat Response Auto-Pull (TRAP)
- AlienVault USM (from AT&T Cybersecurity)
- D3 Security
- Swimlane
- DERDACK Enterprise Alert
- SIRP
- Resolve
- Cyber Triage
- Vectra AI
- IBM Resilient Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) Platform
- TheHive
- FireEye Redline
- Blumira Automated Detection & Response
- Defendify Cybersecurity Platform
- ServiceNow Security Operations
- Proofpoint Threat Response
- StealthDEFEND
- Darktrace Antigena Network
- Cybereason Defense Platform
- McAfee Active Response
- SmartEvent Event Management
- The Respond Analyst
- Activu vis|ability
- CA Compliance Event Manager
- CimSweep
- Cofense Reporter
- FortiEDR
IBM Security QRadar
IBM QRadar is a top security information and event management (SIEM) solution for security intelligence for threat detection and prioritization. IBM Qradar platform gives helps security teams comprehensive real-time visibility to gain actionable insights as it collects log events, applications, user activities and behaviours.
IBM Security QRadar features
- Comprehensive Visibility
- Eliminate manual tracking
- Real-time threat detection
- Regulation Compliance
LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform
Sumo Logic
Rapid7 InsightIDR
Proofpoint Threat Response Auto-Pull (TRAP)
AlienVault USM (from AT&T Cybersecurity)
D3 Security
Swimlane
DERDACK Enterprise Alert
SIRP
Resolve
Cyber Triage
Vectra AI
IBM Resilient Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) Platform
TheHive
FireEye Redline
Blumira Automated Detection & Response
Defendify Cybersecurity Platform
ServiceNow Security Operations
Proofpoint Threat Response
StealthDEFEND
Darktrace Antigena Network
Cybereason Defense Platform
McAfee Active Response
SmartEvent Event Management
The Respond Analyst
Activu vis|ability
CA Compliance Event Manager
CimSweep
Cofense Reporter
FortiEDR
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