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How do you simulate an incident response?

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Simulating an incident response is a valuable way to test your team's readiness, skills, and processes for handling real cyberattacks. It can also help you identify gaps, weaknesses, and areas for improvement in your incident response plan. In this article, you will learn how to simulate an incident response in six steps, from planning to reporting.

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Design a challenging scenario:

Crafting a realistic cyberattack scenario forces your team to engage with potential threats actively. By simulating complex incidents, you'll expose weaknesses and improve your incident response strategies.
Expose and address weaknesses:

Pay close attention to how your team deals with single points of failure, communication breakdowns, and slow escalation paths. Identifying these issues during a simulation equips you to tighten up your response plan in real life.

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1 Define your objectives

Before you start simulating an incident response, you need to define your objectives and scope. What are you trying to achieve with the simulation? What type of incident do you want to simulate? How realistic and complex do you want it to be? How will you measure the success and effectiveness of the simulation? These questions will help you set clear and realistic goals and expectations for your team and stakeholders.

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Ashley Sawatsky

developer relations @ rootly (ex - shopify, disney)
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A well-designed simulation should expose weaknesses in your response. Look for things like: - Single points of failure - Gaps in process - Bad process (this is even worse than no process) - Communication breakdowns - Misalignment - Broken escalation paths - Slowdowns

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Ankit Bishnoi

Digital Forensics & Incidence Response | Threat Analyst | Cyber Crime Intervention Officer | Forensics Expert | InfoSec Speaker
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Core Simulation – Includes planning, facilitation and reporting, with cyber incident response experts (Gold Teaming) Optional Legal – Includes privacy and breach counsel expertise Optional PR – Includes public relations, crisis and reputation management Optional Security – Includes vulnerability and penetration testing (Red, Blue and Purple Teaming) Start by asking yourself the following questions... What is our current level of maturity within the Incident Response lifecycle? Do we have an up to date Incident Response Plan? Have we recently tested our Incident Response Plan? Have we conducted a post-incident review of any previous incidents, applied lessons learned and made improvements to our plan?

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Uwe Grams

Cyber-Krisenmanager, Incident Response, BSI 200-4 Autor; zuh?ren - verstehen - umsetzen
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Das Ziel ist eine Organisation auf die Bew?ltigung eines Cyberangriffs vorzubereiten. Innerhalb einer übung oder eines Tests sollten sowohl alle Rollentr?ger als auch die einzelnen Prozesse berücksichtigt werden. Um die Funktionsf?higkeit von Prozessen und Abl?ufen zu überprüfen k?nnen einzelne Tests wie z.B. eine Alarmierung des BlueTeams durchgeführt werden. Für die Zusammenarbeit des IT-Stabes und des Krisenstabes sind vielleicht Stabsrahmenübungen notwendig. Insgesamt sollte vor jeder Konzeptionierung überlegt werden, welche einzelnen Ziele verfolgt werden. Der CISO muss dann nur sicherstellen, dass durch den Mix vieler übungen zum Schluss alle Prozesse, Abl?ufe und Rollen in übungen überprüft werden konnten.

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2 Design your scenario

Next, you need to design your scenario, which is the story and context of the simulated incident. You can use existing threat intelligence, past incidents, or industry best practices to create a realistic and relevant scenario. You should also consider the impact, severity, and scope of the scenario, as well as the roles, responsibilities, and resources of your team and other parties involved. You can use tools like ATT&CK Navigator or Cyber Kill Chain to map out the steps and techniques of the scenario.

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Uwe Grams

Cyber-Krisenmanager, Incident Response, BSI 200-4 Autor; zuh?ren - verstehen - umsetzen
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Szenarien sollten anhand bestehender Risiken und bereits geübter Vorf?lle ausgerichtet werden. Im Cyberkontext sollte z.B. initial die Bew?ltigung eines Ransomwarevorfalles geübt werden, da hier die Eintrittswahrscheinlichkeit sehr hoch ist. Weiterhin sollten unbedingt beteiligte Bereiche mit hinzugezogen werden. Beispielsweise übt die IT und ein kritischer Fachbereich oder der Krisenstab und der IT-Stab die Bew?ltigung der ersten 3 Tage.

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3 Prepare your environment

Once you have your scenario, you need to prepare your environment for the simulation. This means setting up the infrastructure, systems, and data that will be affected by the scenario. You can use a separate or isolated network, or a virtual or cloud-based environment, to avoid disrupting your normal operations and security. You should also ensure that you have the necessary tools and permissions to monitor, analyze, and respond to the scenario, such as SIEM, EDR, or IR platforms.

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Simulation environments need to be prepared to practice various scenarios you have imagined. A cyber range is a good example of a platform to implement the use case scenarios and learn from them. You can also have separate infrastructure either on-prem or on the cloud for environment preparation. Necessary tools and training also play and important role.

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Ashley Sawatsky

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Incident simulations can be a huge part of building a positive culture of reliability and resilience in your organization. Part of preparing the environment should also include setting the right tone for participants before the simulation. Make sure participants know this isn’t a pass/fail test or a performance exercise. It’s designed to push systems and processes to their limits. This should be done in a way that leaves people feeling more confident and prepared for the real thing. Demanding perfection is a good way to create a culture of fear around incidents and encourage people to hide their mistakes rather than learn from them openly.

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Uwe Grams

Cyber-Krisenmanager, Incident Response, BSI 200-4 Autor; zuh?ren - verstehen - umsetzen
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IT-Umgebungen k?nnen beispielsweise zur überprüfung einzelner Abl?ufe oder Erkennungsmuster vorbereitet werden. Darüber hinaus k?nnen Tools aus Penetrationstests eingesetzt werden um in einer Echtumgebung das Eindringen von Angreifern zu simulieren. Grunds?tzlich scheitert es h?ufig schon an den einfachen organisatorischen und prozessualen Punkten. Aus diesem Grund würde ich empfehlen die überprüfung in Tools erst nach den Grundlagen wie z.B. - Welches Team wird aktiv und sind die Rollentr?ger geschult - Wie arbeitet man wenn die IT-Landschaft bewusst runtergefahren wurde - Wie werden Schichten eingeteilt - Welche Dienstleister kann ich im Cyberangriff hinzuziehen und welche Daten brauchen diese um effektiv zu arbeiten.

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4 Execute your simulation

Now you are ready to execute your simulation, which is the most challenging and exciting part of the process. You can either run the simulation yourself, or hire a third-party service or red team to act as the adversary. You should follow the steps and techniques of your scenario, and try to emulate the behavior and tactics of a real attacker. You should also document and record the actions and events of the simulation, as well as the responses and decisions of your team.

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Uwe Grams

Cyber-Krisenmanager, Incident Response, BSI 200-4 Autor; zuh?ren - verstehen - umsetzen
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Die Begleitung sollte immer durch Spezialisten durchgeführt werden. Cyberangriffe treten selten auf, folglich k?nnen hier normalerweise keine Erfahrungen in der Praxis gewonnen werden. Die übungen oder Tests sollten dann sehr real anhand der bestehenden Risiken ausgerichtet werden. Beispielsweise, kann ich mein BlueTeam am Freitagabend aktivieren und wie lange dauert es bis die Mitarbeiter effektiv einen Vorfall eind?mmen k?nnen.

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5 Evaluate your performance

After you finish the simulation, you need to evaluate your performance and results. You should review the data and evidence collected during the simulation, and compare them with your objectives and metrics. You should also solicit feedback and input from your team and stakeholders, and identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of your incident response. You should use tools like After Action Reports or Lessons Learned Reports to document and summarize your findings and recommendations.

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#??0??3?? ?? Host a Question and Answer session, plus tell a story, and add in some humor: Q: How did the hacker get in? A: Someone left their Windows open. Q: How did hacker get away? A: Used the backdoor and ransomware. Q: Why couldn't the witness identify the hacker? A: Used Spyware and Subnet Mask to hide identity. Q: How did the hacker get caught? A: CSIRT used a Bug, to lure in Scattered Spider, and they got stuck in the Web. A2: The CSIRT used Python to Byte...well, let's just say that a little bird (a.k.a. Parrot) did some squawking, but now they are done talking. Q: What happened to the hacker after getting caught? A: Police made them WannaCry by clearing their cookies. A2: FBI made their Heartbleed by deleting their cache.

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Uwe Grams

Cyber-Krisenmanager, Incident Response, BSI 200-4 Autor; zuh?ren - verstehen - umsetzen
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Wichtig, in der Nachbesprechung/Auswertung geht es nicht darum die Entscheidungen hinsichtlich Richtig oder Falsch einzuwerten. Es geht darum ob durch die Methoden, Prozesse, Vorbereitungen die Ziele erreicht werden k?nnen. Eine Nachbereitung ist immer elementarer Bestandteil einer übung oder eines Tests. Innerhalb dieser Nachbesprechung sollte sowohl qualitativ erfasst werden, ob die Ziele (z.B. die F?higkeit zur Bew?ltigung von Cybervorf?llen) auch erreicht wurden. Darüber hinaus sollte eine qualitative Steigerung gefordert werden (Reifegraddenken).

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6 Report your findings

The final step of simulating an incident response is to report your findings and recommendations to your management and stakeholders. You should present the objectives, scenario, results, and evaluation of the simulation, as well as the key takeaways and action items for improving your incident response. You should also communicate the value and benefits of the simulation, and how it can help you enhance your security posture and resilience against cyberattacks.

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Nombeh Ngeh

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Simulate incident response through exercises like tabletop scenarios, simulated phishing, and red teaming to enhance organizational readiness and capabilities.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Allan Gallegos Vinces

Jefe Seguridad Informatica
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Tienen el mismo efecto(reporte de hallazgos) en realizar un Table Top que una simulacion tecnica que incluya personas procesos y tecnologia? Cuales serian las diferencias en los resultados si dejamos de lado las debilidades tecnicas de la infraestructura? Existe algun link que puedan compartir para estos ejercicios tipo Table Top?

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1 Define your objectives

2 Design your scenario

3 Prepare your environment

4 Execute your simulation

5 Evaluate your performance

6 Report your findings

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