Outline:
Incident Response Process
Logs Overview
Logs Usage at Various Stages of the Response Process
How Log from Diverse Sources Help
Log Review, Monitoring and Investigative processes
Standards and Regulation Affecting Logs and Incident Response
Incident Response vs Forensics
Case Studies
Log Analysis Mistakes
The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of first responders to cybersecurity incidents. It describes the evolving threat landscape including advanced persistent threats and emerging vulnerabilities. It outlines the methodology first responders should follow including emergency assessment, containment, eradication, restoration, and handing off to further response teams. Key steps in the process are identifying security incidents, containing the threat scope, removing the threat through various eradication techniques, restoring critical systems, and ensuring follow up response and lessons learned.
The document discusses how to create an effective security response plan to avoid a corporate meltdown. It recommends identifying critical assets and an incident response team with clear roles. The plan should include components like an escalation matrix, formal incident reporting, communication protocols, and regular testing. It emphasizes identifying all response team members, communicating the plan to staff, and updating it over time to address changing security needs and technologies.
This document discusses incident response and preparing for security incidents. It covers topics like preparing systems and networks, establishing response processes, creating an incident response team and toolkit. The document outlines the steps for initial response, including assessing the incident and gathering volatile evidence. It then discusses formulating a response strategy, performing detailed analysis, and using the results to fix vulnerabilities and improve security. The goal is to properly handle incidents while preserving evidence and learning from what happened.
The document discusses logging, monitoring, auditing, and the importance of management review controls. It provides details on:
- What a security audit involves, including assessing physical, software, network, and human aspects of an information system.
- How security auditing works by testing adherence to internal IT policies and external standards/regulations.
- The purpose of monitoring security logs to detect anomalies and threats, given the large volume of logs generated.
- The benefits of logging, monitoring and reporting which include stronger governance, oversight, security and compliance.
- How management review controls are important for an effective control environment and ensuring accuracy of key security documents.
1. Security operations aim to increase collaboration across teams to integrate security practices throughout the development lifecycle. This helps ensure stronger security.
2. Key goals of security operations include earlier detection of threats, increased transparency, continuous security improvements, and raising threat awareness across teams.
3. Security operation centers are responsible for continuous network monitoring, incident response, forensic analysis, and maintaining threat intelligence to help prevent and respond to security events.
SANS Ask the Expert: An Incident Response Playbook: From Monitoring to Opera...AlienVault
As cyber attacks grow more sophisticated, many organizations are investing more into incident detection and response capabilities. Event monitoring and correlation technologies and security operations are often tied to incident handling responsibilities, but the number of attack variations is staggering, and many organizations are struggling to develop incident detection and response processes that work for different situations.
In this webcast, we'll outline the most common types of events and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that naturally feed intelligent correlation rules, and walk through a number of different incident types based on these. We'll also outline the differences in response strategies that make the most sense depending on what types of incidents may be occurring. By building a smarter incident response playbook, you'll be better equipped to detect and respond more effectively in a number of scenarios.
The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of first responders to cybersecurity incidents. It describes the evolving threat landscape including advanced persistent threats and emerging vulnerabilities. It outlines the methodology first responders should follow including emergency assessment, containment, eradication, restoration, and handing off to further response teams. Key steps in the process are identifying security incidents, containing the threat scope, removing the threat through various eradication techniques, restoring critical systems, and ensuring follow up response and lessons learned.
The document discusses how to create an effective security response plan to avoid a corporate meltdown. It recommends identifying critical assets and an incident response team with clear roles. The plan should include components like an escalation matrix, formal incident reporting, communication protocols, and regular testing. It emphasizes identifying all response team members, communicating the plan to staff, and updating it over time to address changing security needs and technologies.
This document discusses incident response and preparing for security incidents. It covers topics like preparing systems and networks, establishing response processes, creating an incident response team and toolkit. The document outlines the steps for initial response, including assessing the incident and gathering volatile evidence. It then discusses formulating a response strategy, performing detailed analysis, and using the results to fix vulnerabilities and improve security. The goal is to properly handle incidents while preserving evidence and learning from what happened.
The document discusses logging, monitoring, auditing, and the importance of management review controls. It provides details on:
- What a security audit involves, including assessing physical, software, network, and human aspects of an information system.
- How security auditing works by testing adherence to internal IT policies and external standards/regulations.
- The purpose of monitoring security logs to detect anomalies and threats, given the large volume of logs generated.
- The benefits of logging, monitoring and reporting which include stronger governance, oversight, security and compliance.
- How management review controls are important for an effective control environment and ensuring accuracy of key security documents.
1. Security operations aim to increase collaboration across teams to integrate security practices throughout the development lifecycle. This helps ensure stronger security.
2. Key goals of security operations include earlier detection of threats, increased transparency, continuous security improvements, and raising threat awareness across teams.
3. Security operation centers are responsible for continuous network monitoring, incident response, forensic analysis, and maintaining threat intelligence to help prevent and respond to security events.
SANS Ask the Expert: An Incident Response Playbook: From Monitoring to Opera...AlienVault
As cyber attacks grow more sophisticated, many organizations are investing more into incident detection and response capabilities. Event monitoring and correlation technologies and security operations are often tied to incident handling responsibilities, but the number of attack variations is staggering, and many organizations are struggling to develop incident detection and response processes that work for different situations.
In this webcast, we'll outline the most common types of events and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that naturally feed intelligent correlation rules, and walk through a number of different incident types based on these. We'll also outline the differences in response strategies that make the most sense depending on what types of incidents may be occurring. By building a smarter incident response playbook, you'll be better equipped to detect and respond more effectively in a number of scenarios.
You have spent a ton of money on your security infrastructure. But how do you string all those things together so you can achieve your goals of reducing time to response, detecting, preventing threats. And most importantly, having your security team serve your business and mission. Learn how to organize your security resources to get the best benefit. See a live demonstration of operationalizing those resources so your security teams can do more for your organization.
This document discusses risk management for information security. It defines risk management as identifying and controlling risks to an organization. The key components of risk management are risk identification, risk assessment, and risk control. Risk identification involves inventorying assets, identifying threats and vulnerabilities. Risk assessment evaluates the likelihood and impact of risks. Risk control strategies include avoidance, transference, mitigation and acceptance of risks. The goal is to reduce residual risks to a level acceptable for the organization.
Tips to Remediate your Vulnerability Management ProgramBeyondTrust
In this presentation from her webinar, renowned cybersecurity expert Paula Januszkiewicz delves into what a truly holistic vulnerability management program should look like. When all parts are correctly established and working together, organizations can dramatically dial down their risk exposure. This presentation covers:
- The key phases and activities of the vulnerability management lifecycle
- The tools you need for an effective vulnerability management program
- How to prioritize your VM needs
- How an effective VM program can help you measurably reduce risk and meet compliance objectives
You can watch the full webinar here: https://www.beyondtrust.com/resources/webinar/tips-remediate-vulnerability-management-program
This document discusses operations security principles and controls. It covers general security concepts like accountability, separation of duties, and least privilege. It then details various technical, physical, and administrative controls for securing hardware, software, data, communications, facilities, personnel, and operations. The goals are to prevent security issues, detect any violations, and enable recovery of systems and data if problems occur. Key areas covered include access controls, backup and disaster recovery, change management, and configuration management.
Are existing compliance requirements sufficient to prevent data breaches? This session will provide a technical assessment of the 2019 Capital One data breach, illustrating the technical modus operandi of the attack and identify related compliance requirements based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Attendees will learn the unexpected impact of corporate culture on overall cyber security posture.
This talk was presented at RSA Conference 2021 (Session RMG-T15) on May 18, 2021.
Original paper available for download at SSRN: Novaes Neto, Nelson and Madnick, Stuart E. and Moraes G. de Paula, Anchises and Malara Borges, Natasha, A Case Study of the Capital One Data Breach (28/04/2020). https://ssrn.com/abstract=3570138
PCI DSS and Logging: What You Need To Know by Dr. Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
This document summarizes key points from a presentation about PCI DSS logging requirements and best practices. The presentation covers:
1. The main PCI DSS logging requirement (Requirement 10) and what it entails, such as collecting, storing, protecting, and reviewing logs.
2. Common myths and mistakes organizations make around PCI logging, such as thinking a log management tool alone ensures compliance.
3. The importance of establishing a log review process to detect security issues and satisfy PCI requirements, including reviewing logs daily using automated tools.
"Backoff" Malware: How to Know If You're InfectedTripwire
The US-CERT organization recently updated its Alert TA14-212A, which warns that Point-of-Sale (POS) memory-scraping malware has been found in 3 separate forensic investigations. The Secret Service estimates over 1000+ businesses of all types that accept credit card transactions may be affected. Most may not know it yet.
Join us to learn key “Indicators of Compromise” (IOCs) for Backoff, and what you can do about it.
This document provides an overview of information security based on ISO 27001. It defines key terms like information, information security, risk, threats and vulnerabilities. It discusses the people, processes, and technologies involved in information security. It also summarizes the main clauses of ISO 27001 for implementing an information security management system, including establishing policies, controls, documentation, and user responsibilities.
Is your organization ready to respond to an incident? More specifically, do you have the people, process, and technology in place that is required to cope with today's threats?
This webinar will provide practical steps on how to assess your organization's risks, threats, and current capabilities through a methodical and proven approach. From there, it will detail the people, process, and technology considerations when standing up or revitalizing an incident response (IR) program.
Specifically it will cover the four pillars of a modern IR function:
- Identify what must be protected
- Scope potential breach impact to the organization
- Define IR management capabilities
- Determine likely threats and their potential impact
Our featured speakers for this webinar will be:
- Ted Julian, Chief Marketing Officer, Co3 Systems
- Richard White, Solutions Principal, HP
The Importance of Security within the Computer EnvironmentAdetula Bunmi
The document discusses the importance of security procedures and policies within a computer center. It outlines standard operating procedures that should be implemented, including change control processes, safety regulations, security policies, deployment procedures, and more. The document also discusses the need for computer room security to protect assets, data, employees, and the organization's reputation. Methods for preventing hazards like fires, floods and sabotage are also important. Computer systems auditing helps evaluate security controls and ensures the computer systems are protecting assets and operating effectively.
Building a Product Security Practice in a DevOps WorldArun Prabhakar
This document discusses building a product security practice in a DevOps world. It outlines key product security capabilities that enterprises should establish throughout the product lifecycle, including threat modeling, secure coding, software composition analysis, penetration testing, and continuous monitoring. It also discusses the importance of establishing governance around product security through defining roles, processes, and controls for different functions like business, operations, and security. The goal is to integrate software and product lifecycles in a coherent manner so that final products are secure without slowing down development.
Identifying Code Risks in Software M&AMatt Tortora
Strategic fit and table stakes KPIs aren't the only things acquirers evaluate during the software M&A process. A software code review is one of the many components that is often overlooked by sellers.
As an information security professional, it is your role to take on the cybersecurity challenges in your organization. That is where a solid understanding of Risk Management comes in. Risk Management is a lot like a chess game. To succeed you need to understand the risks ahead and be able to plot future scenarios, to weigh up the relative impacts and then plan accordingly. Scroll through this slideshare to learn about 4 essential frameworks.
This document discusses various aspects of physical security for assets. It covers classifying physical assets, conducting physical vulnerability assessments, choosing secure site locations, securing assets with physical controls like locks and entry systems, implementing physical intrusion detection methods like CCTV, alarms, and mantraps, and the importance of authentication and authorization controls.
This document provides summaries of several information security frameworks and standards, including:
- ISO/IEC 27002:2005 which provides guidelines for information security management across 10 security domains.
- ISO/IEC 27001:2005 which specifies requirements for establishing an Information Security Management System using a PDCA model.
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard which consists of 12 requirements to enhance payment data security.
- COBIT which links IT initiatives to business requirements and defines management control objectives across 34 IT processes.
It also briefly outlines US regulations including Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, HIPAA, and FISMA which aim to improve corporate disclosures, define healthcare information
Cyber incident response or how to avoid long hours of testimony David Sweigert
This document discusses how to plan for and respond to data breaches. It outlines several ways that data breaches can be discovered, including calls from law enforcement or finding an organization's data unexpectedly online. It emphasizes the importance of pre-incident planning, such as establishing legal counsel, identifying data assets, and having response plans and forensic vendors prepared. Reactive "knee jerk" responses are not recommended. The document also notes potential issues that can arise with law enforcement priorities, avoiding brand damage, and post-incident conduct questions. Proper planning, reasonable security measures, and independent validation are advised to mitigate risks and issues that may come up during discovery.
Secrets to managing your Duty of Care in an ever- changing world.
How well do you know your risks?
Are you keeping up with your responsibilities to provide Duty of Care?
How well are you prioritising Cybersecurity initiatives?
Liability for Cybersecurity attacks sits with Executives and Board members who may not have the right level of technical security knowledge. This session will outline what practical steps executives can take to implement a Cybersecurity Roadmap that is aligned with its strategic objectives.
Led by Krist Davood, who has spent over 28 years implementing secure mission critical systems for executives. Krist is an expert in protecting the interconnectedness of technology, intellectual property and information systems, as evidenced through his roles at The Good Guys, Court Services Victoria and Schiavello.
The seminar will cover:
• Fiduciary responsibility
• How to efficiently deal with personal liability and the threat of court action
• The role of a Cybersecurity Executive Dashboard and its ability to simplify risk and amplify informed decision making
• How to identify and bridge the gap between your Cybersecurity Compliance Rating and the threat of court action
Cybersecurity Priorities and Roadmap: Recommendations to DHSJohn Gilligan
This document provides recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on cybersecurity priorities and a roadmap. It outlines a phased approach over several years to improve the overall cybersecurity posture. Phase I focuses on establishing a baseline of security across government systems through mandates and best practices. Phase II enhances security controls and expands training and collaboration. The roadmap calls for securing infrastructure, changing culture, improving the IT business model, developing the workforce, and advancing technologies over time to reduce vulnerabilities and attacks on critical systems.
This document provides a comprehensive checklist to help create or audit an IT security policy. The checklist covers a wide variety of topics including web browsing, usernames/passwords, email, file access permissions, backups, disaster recovery, physical security, and security for PCs/laptops. For each topic, it lists key planning items and considerations to develop a thorough policy that protects organizational assets and data.
My incident Response from Techfair 2016 in Jersey. The talk explores how incident response could to comply with the requirements set out in the Jersey Financial Services Commission Dear CEO letter on cyber security.
Computer Forensics: First Responder Training - Eric Vanderburg - JurInnovEric Vanderburg
This document provides an overview of a three-day computer forensics training hosted by JurInnov Ltd. It introduces the trainers and covers topics including understanding computing environments, collecting electronically stored information, forensic analysis demonstrations, and types of cases where computer forensics are useful. The document outlines concepts like what computer forensics is, sources of electronically stored information, reasons for using computer forensics, how computers operate, and methods for collecting, imaging, and analyzing various types of digital evidence from computers, networks, phones and other devices.
You have spent a ton of money on your security infrastructure. But how do you string all those things together so you can achieve your goals of reducing time to response, detecting, preventing threats. And most importantly, having your security team serve your business and mission. Learn how to organize your security resources to get the best benefit. See a live demonstration of operationalizing those resources so your security teams can do more for your organization.
This document discusses risk management for information security. It defines risk management as identifying and controlling risks to an organization. The key components of risk management are risk identification, risk assessment, and risk control. Risk identification involves inventorying assets, identifying threats and vulnerabilities. Risk assessment evaluates the likelihood and impact of risks. Risk control strategies include avoidance, transference, mitigation and acceptance of risks. The goal is to reduce residual risks to a level acceptable for the organization.
Tips to Remediate your Vulnerability Management ProgramBeyondTrust
In this presentation from her webinar, renowned cybersecurity expert Paula Januszkiewicz delves into what a truly holistic vulnerability management program should look like. When all parts are correctly established and working together, organizations can dramatically dial down their risk exposure. This presentation covers:
- The key phases and activities of the vulnerability management lifecycle
- The tools you need for an effective vulnerability management program
- How to prioritize your VM needs
- How an effective VM program can help you measurably reduce risk and meet compliance objectives
You can watch the full webinar here: https://www.beyondtrust.com/resources/webinar/tips-remediate-vulnerability-management-program
This document discusses operations security principles and controls. It covers general security concepts like accountability, separation of duties, and least privilege. It then details various technical, physical, and administrative controls for securing hardware, software, data, communications, facilities, personnel, and operations. The goals are to prevent security issues, detect any violations, and enable recovery of systems and data if problems occur. Key areas covered include access controls, backup and disaster recovery, change management, and configuration management.
Are existing compliance requirements sufficient to prevent data breaches? This session will provide a technical assessment of the 2019 Capital One data breach, illustrating the technical modus operandi of the attack and identify related compliance requirements based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Attendees will learn the unexpected impact of corporate culture on overall cyber security posture.
This talk was presented at RSA Conference 2021 (Session RMG-T15) on May 18, 2021.
Original paper available for download at SSRN: Novaes Neto, Nelson and Madnick, Stuart E. and Moraes G. de Paula, Anchises and Malara Borges, Natasha, A Case Study of the Capital One Data Breach (28/04/2020). https://ssrn.com/abstract=3570138
PCI DSS and Logging: What You Need To Know by Dr. Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
This document summarizes key points from a presentation about PCI DSS logging requirements and best practices. The presentation covers:
1. The main PCI DSS logging requirement (Requirement 10) and what it entails, such as collecting, storing, protecting, and reviewing logs.
2. Common myths and mistakes organizations make around PCI logging, such as thinking a log management tool alone ensures compliance.
3. The importance of establishing a log review process to detect security issues and satisfy PCI requirements, including reviewing logs daily using automated tools.
"Backoff" Malware: How to Know If You're InfectedTripwire
The US-CERT organization recently updated its Alert TA14-212A, which warns that Point-of-Sale (POS) memory-scraping malware has been found in 3 separate forensic investigations. The Secret Service estimates over 1000+ businesses of all types that accept credit card transactions may be affected. Most may not know it yet.
Join us to learn key “Indicators of Compromise” (IOCs) for Backoff, and what you can do about it.
This document provides an overview of information security based on ISO 27001. It defines key terms like information, information security, risk, threats and vulnerabilities. It discusses the people, processes, and technologies involved in information security. It also summarizes the main clauses of ISO 27001 for implementing an information security management system, including establishing policies, controls, documentation, and user responsibilities.
Is your organization ready to respond to an incident? More specifically, do you have the people, process, and technology in place that is required to cope with today's threats?
This webinar will provide practical steps on how to assess your organization's risks, threats, and current capabilities through a methodical and proven approach. From there, it will detail the people, process, and technology considerations when standing up or revitalizing an incident response (IR) program.
Specifically it will cover the four pillars of a modern IR function:
- Identify what must be protected
- Scope potential breach impact to the organization
- Define IR management capabilities
- Determine likely threats and their potential impact
Our featured speakers for this webinar will be:
- Ted Julian, Chief Marketing Officer, Co3 Systems
- Richard White, Solutions Principal, HP
The Importance of Security within the Computer EnvironmentAdetula Bunmi
The document discusses the importance of security procedures and policies within a computer center. It outlines standard operating procedures that should be implemented, including change control processes, safety regulations, security policies, deployment procedures, and more. The document also discusses the need for computer room security to protect assets, data, employees, and the organization's reputation. Methods for preventing hazards like fires, floods and sabotage are also important. Computer systems auditing helps evaluate security controls and ensures the computer systems are protecting assets and operating effectively.
Building a Product Security Practice in a DevOps WorldArun Prabhakar
This document discusses building a product security practice in a DevOps world. It outlines key product security capabilities that enterprises should establish throughout the product lifecycle, including threat modeling, secure coding, software composition analysis, penetration testing, and continuous monitoring. It also discusses the importance of establishing governance around product security through defining roles, processes, and controls for different functions like business, operations, and security. The goal is to integrate software and product lifecycles in a coherent manner so that final products are secure without slowing down development.
Identifying Code Risks in Software M&AMatt Tortora
Strategic fit and table stakes KPIs aren't the only things acquirers evaluate during the software M&A process. A software code review is one of the many components that is often overlooked by sellers.
As an information security professional, it is your role to take on the cybersecurity challenges in your organization. That is where a solid understanding of Risk Management comes in. Risk Management is a lot like a chess game. To succeed you need to understand the risks ahead and be able to plot future scenarios, to weigh up the relative impacts and then plan accordingly. Scroll through this slideshare to learn about 4 essential frameworks.
This document discusses various aspects of physical security for assets. It covers classifying physical assets, conducting physical vulnerability assessments, choosing secure site locations, securing assets with physical controls like locks and entry systems, implementing physical intrusion detection methods like CCTV, alarms, and mantraps, and the importance of authentication and authorization controls.
This document provides summaries of several information security frameworks and standards, including:
- ISO/IEC 27002:2005 which provides guidelines for information security management across 10 security domains.
- ISO/IEC 27001:2005 which specifies requirements for establishing an Information Security Management System using a PDCA model.
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard which consists of 12 requirements to enhance payment data security.
- COBIT which links IT initiatives to business requirements and defines management control objectives across 34 IT processes.
It also briefly outlines US regulations including Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, HIPAA, and FISMA which aim to improve corporate disclosures, define healthcare information
Cyber incident response or how to avoid long hours of testimony David Sweigert
This document discusses how to plan for and respond to data breaches. It outlines several ways that data breaches can be discovered, including calls from law enforcement or finding an organization's data unexpectedly online. It emphasizes the importance of pre-incident planning, such as establishing legal counsel, identifying data assets, and having response plans and forensic vendors prepared. Reactive "knee jerk" responses are not recommended. The document also notes potential issues that can arise with law enforcement priorities, avoiding brand damage, and post-incident conduct questions. Proper planning, reasonable security measures, and independent validation are advised to mitigate risks and issues that may come up during discovery.
Secrets to managing your Duty of Care in an ever- changing world.
How well do you know your risks?
Are you keeping up with your responsibilities to provide Duty of Care?
How well are you prioritising Cybersecurity initiatives?
Liability for Cybersecurity attacks sits with Executives and Board members who may not have the right level of technical security knowledge. This session will outline what practical steps executives can take to implement a Cybersecurity Roadmap that is aligned with its strategic objectives.
Led by Krist Davood, who has spent over 28 years implementing secure mission critical systems for executives. Krist is an expert in protecting the interconnectedness of technology, intellectual property and information systems, as evidenced through his roles at The Good Guys, Court Services Victoria and Schiavello.
The seminar will cover:
• Fiduciary responsibility
• How to efficiently deal with personal liability and the threat of court action
• The role of a Cybersecurity Executive Dashboard and its ability to simplify risk and amplify informed decision making
• How to identify and bridge the gap between your Cybersecurity Compliance Rating and the threat of court action
Cybersecurity Priorities and Roadmap: Recommendations to DHSJohn Gilligan
This document provides recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on cybersecurity priorities and a roadmap. It outlines a phased approach over several years to improve the overall cybersecurity posture. Phase I focuses on establishing a baseline of security across government systems through mandates and best practices. Phase II enhances security controls and expands training and collaboration. The roadmap calls for securing infrastructure, changing culture, improving the IT business model, developing the workforce, and advancing technologies over time to reduce vulnerabilities and attacks on critical systems.
This document provides a comprehensive checklist to help create or audit an IT security policy. The checklist covers a wide variety of topics including web browsing, usernames/passwords, email, file access permissions, backups, disaster recovery, physical security, and security for PCs/laptops. For each topic, it lists key planning items and considerations to develop a thorough policy that protects organizational assets and data.
My incident Response from Techfair 2016 in Jersey. The talk explores how incident response could to comply with the requirements set out in the Jersey Financial Services Commission Dear CEO letter on cyber security.
Computer Forensics: First Responder Training - Eric Vanderburg - JurInnovEric Vanderburg
This document provides an overview of a three-day computer forensics training hosted by JurInnov Ltd. It introduces the trainers and covers topics including understanding computing environments, collecting electronically stored information, forensic analysis demonstrations, and types of cases where computer forensics are useful. The document outlines concepts like what computer forensics is, sources of electronically stored information, reasons for using computer forensics, how computers operate, and methods for collecting, imaging, and analyzing various types of digital evidence from computers, networks, phones and other devices.
The document provides an overview of the Incident Command System (ICS) for responding to emergencies. It describes the basic features and management functions of ICS including command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance/administration. It also outlines steps for incident notification, situation analysis, developing an incident action plan, and transferring command responsibility.
The document discusses reading and writing files in Python. It explains that files allow data to be persisted beyond a program's execution and are used to store data on storage devices like hard disks. The main steps for reading and writing files are to open the file, use it (read from or write to it), and close the file. It also provides examples of opening file streams in read and write modes, and using methods like read(), readline(), and write() to interact with files.
6 Keys to Preventing and Responding to Workplace ViolenceCase IQ
We like to think that the workplace is safe. But in reality, people bring their problems and, sometimes, associated violence, to the workplace. From bullying and simple assaults to unexpected aggression and active shooters, no organization is completely safe. Workplace violence training provides a pragmatic approach to workplace violence and bullying prevention.
This document discusses the open source ticketing system RT and its extension RTIR, which is designed for incident response teams. It provides an overview of their features such as tickets, queues, custom fields, scripts, and access control. RTIR adds additional functionality for incident response like tracking incidents and investigations, data detectors, research tools, and integration with other systems. The document also discusses using RT and RTIR for free and getting involved in their communities.
The document outlines the six stages of incident response: 1) Preparation, 2) Identification, 3) Containment, 4) Eradication, 5) Recovery, and 6) Lessons Learned. It describes the key activities and goals at each stage, including establishing an incident response team and plan, identifying and containing incidents, removing malicious content, restoring systems, and documenting lessons to improve future response. The goal is to effectively manage security incidents by following best practices at each phase of the incident response lifecycle.
This document discusses computer forensic software. It begins by defining forensic science and its application in criminal investigations and law. Computer forensics is described as applying investigative techniques to gather and analyze digital evidence from computing devices in a way that can be presented in a court of law. The benefits of computer forensics for various groups are outlined. The typical steps in a computer forensic investigation including acquisition, analysis, and reporting are explained. Popular forensic software like Encase and Access Data are introduced, noting their features for versatility, flexibility, robustness, and ability to handle different file types and operating systems.
computer forensics: consists of history, their need, types of crime, how experts work, rules of evidence, forensic tools, tools based on different categories.
extremely detailed ppt, consists of information difficult to find. very useful for paper presentation competitions.
Ce hv6 module 57 computer forensics and incident handlingVi Tính Hoàng Nam
The incident response team will take several steps to investigate the denial of service attack on OrientRecruitmentInc's web server. They will first isolate the compromised system to contain the attack. The team will then analyze logs and files on the system to identify the source and technical details of the attack. Finally, the team will work to restore normal operations by fixing vulnerabilities and installing patches, while also preparing a report on their findings and response for management.
Computer forensics is the scientific process of preserving, identifying, extracting, and interpreting data from computer systems, networks, wireless communications, and storage devices in a way that is legally admissible. It involves using special tools to conduct a forensic examination of devices, networks, internet activities, and images in order to discover potential digital evidence. Common computer forensic tools are used to recover deleted files, analyze financial and communications records, and investigate crimes like fraud, identity theft, and child pornography.
Computer forensics involves the collection, analysis and presentation of digital evidence for use in legal cases. It combines elements of law, computer science and forensic science. The goal is to identify, collect and analyze digital data in a way that preserves its integrity so it can be used as admissible evidence. This involves understanding storage technologies, file systems, data recovery techniques and tools for acquisition, discovery and analysis of both volatile and persistent data. Computer forensics practitioners must be aware of ethical standards to maintain impartiality and integrity in their investigations.
An Introduction to Computer Forensics Field ... Some Information's about the Field .. Some Demos ... How to be a Forensic expert ... Forensics Steps .... Dark Side of Forensics .... and lot more great Information's .....
Chfi V3 Module 01 Computer Forensics In Todays Worldgueste0d962
This document provides an overview of computer forensics. It discusses the history of forensics, defines computer forensics, and outlines the objectives and benefits of forensic readiness. The document also describes common computer crimes, reasons for cyber attacks, and the stages of a forensic investigation. The overall goal of the document is to familiarize the reader with computer forensics concepts and their application in today's world.
Digital Evidence in Computer Forensic InvestigationsFilip Maertens
The document discusses digital evidence and its importance in investigations. It defines different types of digital evidence and outlines challenges and best practices for acquiring, handling, and preserving digital evidence. Specifically, it covers defining digital evidence, why it is important, challenges involved, general methodologies including seizure practices and safe acquisition methods, and safeguarding digital evidence. The presentation provides guidance to law enforcement on properly obtaining and securing digital evidence.
Computer forensics involves identifying, preserving, analyzing, and presenting digital evidence from computers or other electronic devices in a way that is legally acceptable. The main goal is not only to find criminals, but also to find evidence and present it in a way that leads to legal action. Cyber crimes occur when technology is used to commit or conceal offenses, and digital evidence can include data stored on computers in persistent or volatile forms. Computer forensics experts follow a methodology that involves documenting hardware, making backups, searching for keywords, and documenting findings to help with criminal prosecution, civil litigation, and other applications.
The document outlines a typical weekday and weekend schedule. On weekdays, the person wakes up at 4:00 am, takes a shower, gets dressed, eats breakfast, brushes their teeth, combs their hair, catches the bus at 5:00 am, arrives at their classroom at 6:30 am, gets home at 4:30 pm, does homework, watches TV, eats dinner at 7:00 pm, brushes their teeth and sleeps at 9:00 pm. On weekends, they wake up later at 8:30 am, watch TV, brush their teeth, eat breakfast at 9:30 am, do housework, take a shower at 1:30 pm, have lunch at 2:00 pm
This document describes a student's daily routine and activities on Saturdays. It discusses what the student does each morning like eating breakfast, watching TV, and going to school. The afternoon is spent rock climbing, which the student enjoys but finds difficult. In the evenings, the student usually goes out with friends to movies or a coffee shop near their house to have fun.
The document discusses security incident response readiness over time as technologies and threats have evolved. It analyzes survey results from 106 organizations across industries on their security incident preparation. Key findings include: over 70% have a cybersecurity strategy but lack business alignment; budget increases are expected but skills need improving; phishing is a top attack method; and collaboration on incidents needs strengthening through information sharing. The document advocates a strategic, framework-based approach to security incident response focusing on protection, detection, response, and recovery capabilities.
Logs for Information Assurance and Forensics @ USMAAnton Chuvakin
This is my presentation on "Logs for Information Assurance and Forensics", which was given to 2 of the USMA @ West Point, NY classes in April 2006. It sure was fun! Now I know where all the smart college students are :-)
Before start testing web site it’s very important to know about which all testing methods needs to cover.
# The current state of the penetration test practice is far from optimal
# Automating them may bring them to a new level of quality
# But in doing so we will face many technical problems
# It may be a new challenge for the IS industry in the near future
The document discusses six common mistakes made in security log management: 1) not logging at all, 2) not looking at the logs, 3) storing logs for too short a time, 4) prioritizing log records before collection, 5) ignoring logs from applications, and 6) treating logs from different systems in silos. It emphasizes the importance of centralized log management to enable security investigations, incident response, auditing and regulatory compliance.
NIST 800-92 Log Management Guide in the Real WorldAnton Chuvakin
This presentation will introduce the first ever standard on log management - NIST 800 - 92 guide. It will then offer a guide walk through to highlight the critical areas of standardization. The majority of the remaining time will be spent on explaining how to use the guide in the real world if you are a security manager or a security pro.
SOC presentation- Building a Security Operations CenterMichael Nickle
Presentation I used to give on the topic of using a SIM/SIEM to unify the information stream flowing into the SOC. This piece of collateral was used to help close the largest SIEM deal (Product and services) that my employer achieved with this product line.
An introduction to Security in Control Systems.
Includes a brief description of what a Control System is, and what the basic constraints that are encountered when attempting to secure these systems
Log management and compliance: What's the real story? by Dr. Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
Title: Log management and compliance: What's the real story? by Dr. Anton Chuvakin
One of the problems in making an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) strategy work with compliance initiatives is that compliance needs accountability at a very granular level. Consequently, IT shops are turning to log management as a solution, with many of those solutions being deployed for the purposes of regulatory compliance. The language however, regarding log management solutions can sometimes be vague which can lead to confusion. This session will lend some clarity to the regulations that affect log management. Topics will include:
Best practices for how to best mesh compliance ECM and compliance strategies with log management
Tips and suggestions for monitoring and auditing access to regulated content, with a focus on Microsoft Sharepoint logging.
An examination of a handful of the regulations affecting how organizations view log management and information security including The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), ISO 27001, The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), HIPAA and the HITECH Act.
Data Security Solutions @ISACA LV Chapter Meeting 15.05.2013 SIEM based …Andris Soroka
World's #1 SIEM technology in GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance). QRadar Risk Manager provides organizations with a pre-exploit solution that allows network security professionals to assess what risks exist during and after an attack, while also answering many "What if?" questions ahead of time, which can greatly improve operational efficiency and reduce network security risks.
Audit logs and trails provide important security and compliance information about systems and networks. They can be used to detect threats, investigate incidents, and ensure regulatory compliance. However, simply collecting logs is not enough - they must be consistently analyzed through a log review program to extract meaningful insights and optimize security decisions. Common mistakes include not actually reviewing logs, storing logs for too short a time period, and not normalizing logs to facilitate analysis across different sources.
This document discusses internal controls for computerized accounting information systems. It describes general controls that apply across systems, such as policies for access, backup procedures, and segregation of duties. It also discusses application controls that operate within specific systems or processes to ensure proper authorization, recording, completeness and accuracy of transactions. Examples provided include input and output edit checks, sequence checks, and comparison of control totals. Threats to internal controls like fraud or system errors are also mentioned.
CSI NetSec 2007 Six MIstakes of Log Management by Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
The document discusses six common mistakes in log management: 1) Not logging at all, 2) Not looking at the logs, 3) Storing logs for too short a time, 4) Prioritizing log records before collection, 5) Ignoring logs from applications, and 6) Only looking at what is known to be bad. It provides an overview of why logs are important, what types of events are typically logged, and regulations around logging. Basic approaches to log analysis are also outlined.
Logs for Incident Response and Forensics: Key Issues for GOVCERT.NL 2008Anton Chuvakin
The document discusses the importance of logs for incident response and forensics investigations. It outlines different types of logs that can be useful, such as firewall logs, server logs, database logs, and antivirus logs. It also discusses challenges of interpreting logs and using them as evidence. The key challenges include authenticating log data, determining time and location, and dealing with false or manipulated log entries.
Logs for Incident Response and Forensics: Key Issues for GOVCERT.NL 2008guestc0c304
The document discusses the importance of logs for incident response and forensics investigations. It outlines different types of logs that can be useful, such as firewall logs, server logs, database logs, and antivirus logs. It also discusses challenges of interpreting logs and using them as evidence, such as issues with timestamps and attributing actions to individuals. A case study example highlights how logs can be misinterpreted without careful analysis.
This document provides a summary of general security principles and operational controls for securing critical systems and resources. It discusses controls related to accountability, authorization, logging, separation of duties, least privilege, and layered defenses. Specific controls mentioned include personnel reviews, password management, activity logging, problem reporting procedures, access restrictions, and separation of operational and security duties.
Log Management For e-Discovery, Database Monitoring and Other Unusual UsesAnton Chuvakin
The document discusses expanding uses for log management beyond classic security and compliance purposes. It outlines several potential use cases including security analysis, troubleshooting, monitoring user behavior, performance management, and database auditing. Specifically, it describes how log management can help with regulatory compliance, security investigations, and monitoring administrator and end-user activity.
The document outlines a systematic approach to risk assessment that includes analyzing infrastructure, security requirements, threats, risks, and developing a risk treatment plan. It discusses applying this methodology to risk assessments of SCADA environments. Key challenges with SCADA assessments include long lifecycles, different impacts of incidents, new interconnections, and constraints during technical testing. The document also provides some examples of common issues found during SCADA assessments, such as insecure protocols, physical access problems, and a general lack of security processes and awareness.
Future of SOC: More Security, Less OperationsAnton Chuvakin
"Future of SOC: More Security, Less Operations" was originally presented by Dr Anton Chuvakin in March 2024 at a virtual conference in Finland
The future of SOC looks less like its past. AI is part of the future, but engineering-led approach to SOC is more critical
Detection and Response of the future will be more heavily automated
SOC Meets Cloud: What Breaks, What Changes, What to Do?Anton Chuvakin
SOC Meets Cloud: What Breaks, What Changes, What to Do?
originally presented at Mandiant mWise 2023 by Dr Anton Chuvakin of Google Cloud Office of the CISO
Cloud changes everything (does it though?), including how we do threat detection and incident response in the SOC. As we continue to transform our attack surfaces, how do we make sure our detection and response are done "the cloud way"? There were also cases where both business and IT migrated to the cloud, but security was left behind and had to approach cloud challenges with on-premise tools and practices. How should a SOC born before cloud deal with cloud? What to watch for? What changes? What breaks? What stays the same?
Meet the Ghost of SecOps Future by Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
Meet the Ghost of SecOps Future by Anton Chuvakin
Meet the Ghost of SecOps Future
Today’s SOC has an increasingly difficult job protecting growing and expanding organizations. The landscape is changing and the SOC needs to change with the times or risk falling behind the evolution of business, IT, and threats.
But you have choices! Your future fate is not set in stone and can be changed: some optimize what they have without drastic upheaval, while others choose to truly transform their detection and response.
Join us as we show you a vision of what the SOC will look like in the near future and how to choose the best course of action today.
Originally aired at https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/2023-dec-security-talks
Video https://youtu.be/KbQbuFAPY2c?si=0llv1v_CkVtvsyms
SOC Lessons from DevOps and SRE by Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
SOC Lessons from DevOps and SRE by Dr Anton Chuvakin - RSA 2023 Google Cloud sideshow presentation focused on using select DevOps and SRE lessons to make your SOC better
20 years of SIEM was prepared for the SANS webinar https://www.sans.org/webcasts/anton-chuvakin-discusses-20-years-of-siem-what-s-next/ and offers Anton's reflection on SIEM past and future
10X SOC - SANS Blue Summit Keynote 2021 - Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
Can We REALLY 10X the SOC? by Dr Anton Chuvakin
Many organizations promise to transform your security operations center (SOC) with technology, advice or their personnel. However, what does it take to really transform your SOC to be ready for future threats? Is this an impossible problem? Is this something that can be only done by well funded organizations? Let's explore these and other questions in this talk.
https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-training-events/blue-team-summit-2021/#agenda
SOCstock 2020 Groovy SOC Tunes aka Modern SOC TrendsAnton Chuvakin
Dr. Anton Chuvakin discusses how security operations centers (SOCs) have evolved and modernized. He outlines three forces driving the need for modern SOCs: expanding attack surfaces, security talent shortages, and an overload of alerts. Key aspects of a modern SOC include organizing teams by skills rather than levels, structuring processes around threats instead of alerts, conducting threat hunting, using multiple data sources for visibility beyond just logs, and leveraging automation and third-party services. Modern SOCs also focus on detection engineering through content versioning, quality assurance of detections, reuse of detection content, and metrics to improve coverage. Chuvakin recommends that SOCs handle alerts but not focus solely on them, automate routines to free
The document discusses how a security operations center (SOC) must adapt to monitor organizations that use cloud-native technologies. While the core functions of a SOC remain, aspects like tools, data sources, skills, and processes must change. Specifically, a cloud-native SOC would focus on detection engineering over analyst roles, integrate more closely with development teams, and rely heavily on automation, observability data, and security tools tailored for cloud platforms. The key is for a SOC to modernize its functions while still fulfilling its primary mission of threat detection and response.
Modern SOCs face expanding attack surfaces, security talent shortages, and too many alerts from numerous tools. A modern SOC organizes teams by skills rather than levels, structures processes around threats instead of alerts, performs threat hunting, uses multiple visibility tools including logs and network data, and automates tasks through SOAR. It consumes and creates threat intelligence, elegantly uses third-party services, and does not treat incidents as rare or center itself around a single tool like a SIEM. A modern SOC recommends handling alerts but recognizing that is not the entire role, making analysts and engineers collaborate, hiring skills over levels, automating routines, and keeping fuzzy tasks for humans while using third parties for some tasks.
Anton's 2020 SIEM Best and Worst Practices - in BriefAnton Chuvakin
This document outlines best and worst practices for security information and event management (SIEM) systems according to Dr. Anton Chuvakin. Some key worst practices include failing to properly define SIEM requirements, assuming the SIEM will run itself without support, and expecting vendors to decide what to log and detect. The best practices include taking a use case approach, starting with simple quick wins, deploying in phases while continually learning and expanding, taking log collection seriously, and preparing to create your own detection content.
To run a successful SIEM operation, you must develop the necessary people, processes, and long-term commitment beyond just purchasing tools. Key factors include defining clear use cases to solve security problems, establishing processes for configuration, monitoring, analysis, and response, and ensuring the program evolves through continuous review and integration with other technologies. Without the proper planning and operationalization, SIEM implementations are at risk of common pitfalls like remaining input-driven or failing to mature beyond the initial deployment.
Dr. Anton Chuvakin provides an overview of SIEM architecture and operational processes. He notes that while a SIEM tool can be purchased, developing a full security monitoring capability requires growing people and maturing processes over time. The document outlines key aspects of deploying, running, and evolving a SIEM program, including common pitfalls to avoid, such as failing to define an initial scope or assuming the SIEM will run itself. It emphasizes taking an "output-driven" approach focused on solving security problems.
Dr. Anton Chuvakin discusses the future of security information and event management (SIEM) technologies in 2012. He outlines five areas where SIEM is likely to expand: 1) collecting and analyzing more context data, 2) sharing intelligence between SIEM systems, 3) monitoring emerging environments like virtual systems, cloud, and mobile, 4) developing new analytic algorithms to better detect threats, and 5) expanding to monitor application security in addition to infrastructure security. Chuvakin advises organizations to start integrating more context data, collecting security feeds, and expanding SIEM coverage to prepare for these evolving capabilities.
This presentation discusses security analytics, including defining the concept, choosing a path to success, tooling options, and best practices. Security analytics involves analyzing data using advanced methods to achieve useful security outcomes, such as detecting threats better or prioritizing alerts. Success requires an analytic mindset and willingness to explore data. Options for tooling include buying pre-built solutions, building custom capabilities, or partnering with outside experts. The presenter provides examples of user behavior analytics and network traffic analysis tools.
Five Best and Five Worst Practices for SIEM by Dr. Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
End-User Case Study: Five Best and Five Worst Practices for SIEM
Implementing SIEM sounds straightforward, but reality sometimes begs to differ. In this session, Dr.
Anton Chuvakin will share the five best and worst practices for implementing SIEM as part of security
monitoring and intelligence. Understanding how to avoid pitfalls and create a successful SIEM
implementation will help maximize security and compliance value, and avoid costly obstacles,
inefficiencies, and risks
Five Best and Five Worst Practices for SIEM by Dr. Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
End-User Case Study: Five Best and Five Worst Practices for SIEM
Implementing SIEM sounds straightforward, but reality sometimes begs to differ. In this session, Dr.
Anton Chuvakin will share the five best and worst practices for implementing SIEM as part of security
monitoring and intelligence. Understanding how to avoid pitfalls and create a successful SIEM
implementation will help maximize security and compliance value, and avoid costly obstacles,
inefficiencies, and risks
Practical Strategies to Compliance and Security with SIEM by Dr. Anton ChuvakinAnton Chuvakin
This document outlines strategies for using security information and event management (SIEM) technology to achieve compliance and security objectives. It discusses using SIEM for log collection, normalization, correlation, alerting and reporting to meet compliance regulations. It recommends starting with basic SIEM capabilities focused on compliance, then expanding use cases over time to address more security needs beyond just compliance. The document provides examples of pragmatic best practices for evolving one's SIEM usage, including starting with baby steps, focusing on traditional SIEM uses, and operationalizing regulations on an ongoing basis.
SIEM stands for Security Information and Event Management. It involves collecting, aggregating, normalizing and retaining logs and other security-related data from across an organization. SIEM performs analysis on this data through correlation, prioritization and notification/alerting. It also provides reporting and workflow capabilities for security teams. While SIEM promises improved security through these functions, it requires careful planning, scoping, requirements development and ongoing focus to avoid failures and ensure value.
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Building RAG with self-deployed Milvus vector database and Snowpark Container...Zilliz
This talk will give hands-on advice on building RAG applications with an open-source Milvus database deployed as a docker container. We will also introduce the integration of Milvus with Snowpark Container Services.
“An Outlook of the Ongoing and Future Relationship between Blockchain Technologies and Process-aware Information Systems.” Invited talk at the joint workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems (BC4IS) and Blockchain for Trusted Data Sharing (B4TDS), co-located with with the 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE), 3 June 2024, Limassol, Cyprus.
20 Comprehensive Checklist of Designing and Developing a WebsitePixlogix Infotech
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Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/building-and-scaling-ai-applications-with-the-nx-ai-manager-a-presentation-from-network-optix/
Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Audit records is sometimes viewed as a specific kind of log, related to process controls. However, we will treat them as the same for clarity. Some people even manage to define the “event” (as “observable occurrence”), but the ideas is pretty self-explanatory: event is something that happened. We have less crazy marketing terms than the “intrusion prevention” crowd, but I figured I’d mention those explicitly so there is no confusion. Confusions reigns supreme… Also: events, alerts, logs, records, etc. “ Audit of monitoring logs”? “Monitoring of audit logs”? “Logging of monitoring audit? Auditing – reviewing audit logs Message – some system indication that the event has transpired. Log or audit record – recorded message related to the event Log file – collection of the above records Logging – recording log records Alert – a message usually sent to notify an operator Device – a source of security-relevant logs etc
I did mention security data, events, etc on the previous slides. But what am I really talking about? In other words, what do we LOG and MONITOR? What is called “security data” in this presentation consists of various audit records (left), generated by various devices and softwares (right). It should be noted that business applications also generate security data, such as by recording access decisions or generating messages indicative of exploitation attempts.
Now, the above only covers system logs, not network or application-specific ones Does all of it has security relevance? You bet!
Those are some of the common messages/log records/alerts
Yes, specific will be covered later!
Underlies the logging and monitoring. So, now that we know it’s a good idea, how do we go about centralizing the data? Here is the plan. The whole process starts from the initial data generation, collection, preliminary analysis and possible volume reduction, secure (against attacks and DoS attacks) and reliable transportation to the central point. It is then followed by further processing before storage (for real-time cross-environment analysis) and long term trend analysis. Visualization of data also helps in the analysis and may be separated as another step (both real-time and historical visualization may sometimes reveals new properties of the collected data). Note that I skipped obvious things, such as filtering. We have a plan, but does it really that simple to follow it? Challenges abound. Some of the above challenges are inherent, but others can be and are overcome by Security Information Management solutions. Too much data is the main data volume problem. Hundreds of firewalls (not uncommon for a large environment) and thousands of desktop security applications have a potential of generating millions of records every day. Not enough data might hinder the response process in case the essential data was not collected or is not being recorded by the application or a security device. Visibility of data. Like in yesterday snort example, SOC missed the internal stuff. Cross NAT and cross-proxy data analysis. Diverse records problem is due to the lack of the universal audit standard; most applications log in whatever formats developed by their creators, thus leading to the massive analysis challenge. False alarms are common for network intrusion detections systems (NIDS). Those might be false positives (benign triggers) and false alarms (malicious triggers with no potential of harming the target) Duplicate data is due to multiple devices recording the same event in their own different ways. Hard to get data problem is less common and might hinder analysis in case some legacy software or hardware is in use. For example, getting the detailed mainframe audit records may be a challenge. Chain of custody concerns refer to higher security and handling standards that need to be in use if the data might end up in the court of law. So, now that we know it’s a good idea, how do we go about centralizing the data? Here is the plan. The whole process starts from the initial data generation, collection, preliminary analysis and possible volume reduction, secure (against attacks and DoS attacks) and reliable transportation to the central point. It is then followed by further processing before storage (for real-time cross-environment analysis) and long term trend analysis. Visualization of data also helps in the analysis and may be separated as another step (both real-time and historical visualization may sometimes reveals new properties of the collected data). Note that I skipped obvious things, such as filtering.
We have a plan, but does it really that simple to follow it? Challenges abound. Some of the above challenges are inherent, but others can be and are overcome by Security Information Management solutions. Too much data is the main data volume problem. Hundreds of firewalls (not uncommon for a large environment) and thousands of desktop security applications have a potential of generating millions of records every day. Not enough data might hinder the response process in case the essential data was not collected or is not being recorded by the application or a security device. Visibility of data. Like in yesterday snort example, SOC missed the internal stuff. Cross NAT and cross-proxy data analysis. Diverse records problem is due to the lack of the universal audit standard; most applications log in whatever formats developed by their creators, thus leading to the massive analysis challenge. False alarms are common for network intrusion detections systems (NIDS). Those might be false positives (benign triggers) and false alarms (malicious triggers with no potential of harming the target) Duplicate data is due to multiple devices recording the same event in their own different ways. Hard to get data problem is less common and might hinder analysis in case some legacy software or hardware is in use. For example, getting the detailed mainframe audit records may be a challenge. Chain of custody concerns refer to higher security and handling standards that need to be in use if the data might end up in the court of law. Also: Volume is getting even higher Audit data standards don’t exist Binary and text logs Undocumented formats Free form logs Same events described differently Different level of detail in collected data Now, how many folks only use one security device type and only from single vendor? Not many. Most companies have multiple types of devices from multiple vendors. And a weird mix it is! Now, we move away from homogenous data of one device type to multi-vendor diverse device data centralization, which brings lots of new challenges. Advantages of cross-device analysis will also be shown further in the presentation. Heterogeneous environment brings forth new problems and also boosts some of the old ones, familiar from single device centralization. For example, more peculiar file formats need to be understood and processed to get to the big picture. Volume just gets out of control, firewalls spew events, IDSs pitch in, etc. Horrendous, eh?
How to plan a response strategy to activate when monitoring?
You actually can log and not monitor. No slide set is valid w/o a compliance slide. “ Too much stuff out there – why even bother?” Situational awareness What is going on? New threat discovery Unique perspective from combined logs Getting more value out of the network and security infrastructures Get more that you paid for! Extracting what is really actionable automatically Measuring security (metrics, trends, etc) Compliance and regulations
Including spyware And other internal abuses
One of the primary aims of a traditional forensic investigation is to reconstruct past events in an attempt to answer the ‘what happened’ question. To achieve this aim forensic investigators treat the scene as the witness examining the environment as a source of trace evidence (Chisum and Turvey, 2000). In principle a witness is potentially a useful source of evidence. The witness may be able to recount the sequence of events that took place thereby assisting the reconstruction of the scenario for the investigation. In the digital world where activity is conducted by processes, the ‘scene’ is the entire computing system including the processor, the memory, secondary storage devices, applications and so forth. Historically, investigators have typically studied storage devices like hard disks as they are usually the only source of preserved evidence. Although interactions among computing processes do not drop bodily properties akin to hair or blood, their interaction with and use of resources may leave traces that can be used to help reconstruct past events. In trying to ask ‘what happened’, computer forensic investigations tend to concentrate on the state of the filesystem including slackspace and virtual memory space for traces of deleted data or indications of the nature of programs previously run on the system (Yasinsac 2001). From a forensic point of view perhaps the most significant advantage of the computing scene over the real world scene is the computing system’s provision of an event log. The log is an ongoing record of events taking place in the operating system. In addition, since event logs are collected as part of the routine course of system operation they are generally considered ‘direct evidence’ and may be admissible in court (Casey 2000, p.46). At first the provision of a readily available history of computing activity appears to have the capacity to resolve the problem of reconstructing past events. However, the event logging mechanism of computing systems has proven to be largely unsuitable for forensic purposes and rarely used in litigation. Evidentially, the weight of the information contained in the event log does not readily conform to the requirements of a forensic investigation. In fact although the weighting criteria of the investigator’s evidence extraction process has been somewhat discussed (Sommer 1998), the weighting of the system’s own evidence extraction facility (event logs) has been relatively left unexplored in scientific research. SOMMER’S CRITERIA With the traditional forensic investigation process in mind we present Sommer’s criteria for the weighting of non-testimonial evidence. Sommer identifies three main attributes – authenticity, accuracy and completeness (Sommer, 1998 cites Miller, 1992): (1) Accurate: free from any reasonable doubt about the quality of procedures used to collect the material, analyse the material if that is appropriate and necessary and finally to introduce it into court – and produced by someone who can explain what has been done.. (2) Complete: tells within its own terms a complete story of particular set of circumstances or events (3) Authentic: specifically linked to the circumstances and persons alleged Sommer expands these attributes for more technical types of evidence and presents five main tests designed to assess the reliability of the evidence derived from digital environments (Sommer 1998). Sommer expands these attributes for more technical types of evidence and presents five main tests designed to assess the reliability of the evidence derived from digital environments (Sommer 1998). 1. Computer’s Correct Working Test Sommer argues that the computer must be shown to be behaving “correctly” or “normally”. In cases where the computer is acting simply as an information store then such a requirement may be easy to satisfy. However if the computer is providing a service such as a database query function and given the investigation is related to precisely that function then it must be tested and shown to be “correct” or “ normal”. 2. Provenance of Computer Source Test The evidence collected that is deemed relevant to the investigation must be proven to be taken from the specific computer and from nowhere else. 3. Content/Party Authentication Test The evidence collected must be relevant i.e. linked to the incident or parties accused in the investigation. 4. Evidence Acquisition Test: The information evidence must have been gathered accurately, must be free from contamination, and must be complete (note this refers back to the three main attributes of non-testimonial evidence). 5. Continuity of Evidence/Chain of Custody Test A full account of what happened to the retrieved evidence after it was extracted must be provided. Frequently, all of the individuals involved in the collection and transportation of evidence may be requested to testify in court. Thus, to avoid confusion and to retain complete control of the evidence at all times, the chain of custody should be kept to a minimum (Casey 2000 cites Saferstein, 1998, p 58)
“• Log Forensics provides indexing and "Google-like" search algorithms for near-instant data retrieval, searching terabytes of data in seconds in order to find critical information for investigations and legal proceedings.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_forensics Computer forensics is application of the scientific method to digital media in order to establish factual information for judicial review. This process often involves investigating computer systems to determine whether they are or have been used for illegal or unauthorized activities. Mostly, computer forensics experts investigate data storage devices, either fixed like hard disks or removable like compact disks and solid state devices . Computer forensics experts: Identify sources of documentary or other digital evidence Preserve the evidence Analyze the evidence Present the findings http://computer-forensics.safemode.org/ What is Computer Forensics? Computer forensics, sometimes known as Digital Forensics , is often described as "the preservation, recovery and analysis of information stored on computers or electronic media". It often embraces issues surrounding Digital Evidence with a significant legal perspective, and is sometimes viewed as a Four Step Process . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_evidence Digital evidence or electronic evidence is any probative information stored or transmitted in digital form that a party to a court case may use at trial .
Challenges with log forensics…
“ Computer Records and the Federal Rules of Evidence”, Orin S. Kerr, USA Bulletin, (March 2001) http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/usamarch2001_4.htm Challenges to the authenticity of computer records often take one of three forms. First, parties may challenge the authenticity of both computer-generated and computer-stored records by questioning whether the records were altered, manipulated, or damaged after they were created. Second, parties may question the authenticity of computer-generated records by challenging the reliability of the computer program that generated the records. Third, parties may challenge the authenticity of computer-stored records by questioning the identity of their author. E.g. Computer records can be altered easily, and opposing parties often allege that computer records lack authenticity because they have been tampered with or changed after they were created. For example, in United States v. Whitaker , 127 F.3d 595, 602 (7th Cir. 1997), the government retrieved computer files from the computer of a narcotics dealer named Frost. The files from Frost's computer included detailed records of narcotics sales by three aliases: "Me" (Frost himself, presumably), "Gator" (the nickname of Frost's co-defendant Whitaker), and "Cruz" (the nickname of another dealer). After the government permitted Frost to help retrieve the evidence from his computer and declined to establish a formal chain of custody for the computer at trial, Whitaker argued that the files implicating him through his alias were not properly authenticated. Whitaker argued that "with a few rapid keystrokes, Frost could have easily added Whitaker's alias, 'Gator' to the printouts in order to finger Whitaker and to appear more helpful to the government." Id. at 602. The courts have responded with considerable skepticism to such unsupported claims that computer records have been altered. Absent specific evidence that tampering occurred, the mere possibility of tampering does not affect the authenticity of a computer record. See Whitaker , 127 F.3d at 602 (declining to disturb trial judge's ruling that computer records were admissible because allegation of tampering was "almost wild-eyed speculation . . . [without] evidence to support such a scenario"); United States v. Bonallo , 858 F.2d 1427, 1436 (9th Cir. 1988) ("The fact that it is possible to alter data contained in a computer is plainly insufficient to establish untrustworthiness."); United States v. Glasser , 773 F.2d 1553, 1559 (11th Cir. 1985) ("The existence of an air-tight security system [to prevent tampering] is not, however, a prerequisite to the admissibility of computer printouts. If such a prerequisite did exist, it would become virtually impossible to admit computer-generated records; the party opposing admission would have to show only that a better security system was feasible."). Id. at 559. This is consistent with the rule used to establish the authenticity of other evidence such as narcotics. See United States v. Allen , 106 F.3d 695, 700 (6th Cir. 1997) ("Merely raising the possibility of tampering is insufficient to render evidence inadmissible."). Absent specific evidence of tampering, allegations that computer records have been altered go to their weight, not their admissibility. See Bonallo , 858 F.2d at 1436.