One of our most popular blog posts covers the skills and qualifications required to be a successful penetration tester, so we decided to follow up with a similar post outlining the skills and qualifications incident response professionals need. It’s a commonly known fact that cyber security is a growing industry and organizations are always looking for new talent. Incident… Read More
Author: Macie Thompson
The Top 3 Open Source Tools for AWS Incident Response
Welcome to our third blog on incident response in the cloud. The first two posts primarily focused on the built-in capabilities from cloud service providers that can help your incident response efforts. We also discussed how to configure your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment to take advantage of those features. Today, we are going to look at some tools that are… Read More
How to Prepare Your AWS Environment in Advance of a Cyber Security Incident
In a previous blog, I covered four cloud features that can help incident response teams. In today’s blog, I’m focusing on how to prepare your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment so you can reduce your stress levels if and when you have an actual cyber security incident. Incident response can be extremely stressful, especially when you find an… Read More
Incident Response in the Cloud: 4 Ways to Improve Your Investigation and Containment Capabilities
Dealing with the aftermath of an incident in a cloud environment can be a daunting scenario given the challenges that cloud infrastructure security presents. Depending on how many systems and applications you host in various cloud environments (including through your third-party connections), a single incident can have far-reaching consequences. Moreover, without physical access to your systems, lack… Read More