Gerard Johansen

An understanding of how digital forensics integrates with the overall response to cybersecurity incidents is key to securing your organization's infrastructure from attacks. This updated second edition will help you perform cutting-edge digital forensic activities and incident response.

After focusing on the fundamentals of incident response that are critical to any information security team, you'll move on to exploring the incident response framework. From understanding its importance… Show more

An understanding of how digital forensics integrates with the overall response to cybersecurity incidents is key to securing your organization's infrastructure from attacks. This updated second edition will help you perform cutting-edge digital forensic activities and incident response.

After focusing on the fundamentals of incident response that are critical to any information security team, you'll move on to exploring the incident response framework. From understanding its importance to creating a swift and effective response to security incidents, the book will guide you with the help of useful examples. You'll later get up to speed with digital forensic techniques, from acquiring evidence and examining volatile memory through to hard drive examination and network-based evidence. As you progress, you'll discover the role that threat intelligence plays in the incident response process. You'll also learn how to prepare an incident response report that documents the findings of your analysis. Finally, in addition to various incident response activities, the book will address malware analysis, and demonstrate how you can proactively use your digital forensic skills in threat hunting.

By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to efficiently investigate and report unwanted security breaches and incidents in your organization. Show less

An examination of threat hunting methods using Windows Event Logs.

An overview of the Digital Forensics techniques applied to hunting threats.

An overview of digital forensic and incident response tools and techniques aimed at beginners or those with an interest in these topics.

An in depth treatment of the Kali Linux penetration testing OS that includes a review of tools and techniques for penetration testing.

An overview of some of the hardware and software options available for pen-testing wireless networks using a Linux Operating System.

A step by step guide to utilizing the Social Engineering Toolkit found within the Kali Linux distribution.

A basic tutorial of the scanning program NMAP

An in depth look at the preparation and execution of a physical penetration test.