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INCIDENT RESPONSE A very basic Overview

INCIDENT RESPONSE A very basic Overview. Dan Mares Mares and Company, LLC. FedCIRC and DOE. Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC) http://www.fedcirc.gov/ This is the DOE incident site. Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC)

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INCIDENT RESPONSE A very basic Overview

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  1. INCIDENT RESPONSEA very basic Overview • Dan Mares • Mares and Company, LLC

  2. FedCIRC and DOE • Federal Computer Incident Response Center (FedCIRC) • http://www.fedcirc.gov/ • This is the DOE incident site. • Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) • Contains bulletins and lists of vulnerabilities. • http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/index.html

  3. Responding • Responding to incidents will involve both management and technical personnel. • Do you have a team setup? • Information security officer (manager) • First you must determine if an incident has occurred. • Report incidents of a federal “interest” to the FedCIRC. • It is almost redundant to say, Incidents will often involve violation of some state or federal law. (Especially 18USC1030). So law enforcement should be contacted at the appropriate time.

  4. Some numbers • Reported to the FedCIRC • From: • http://www.fedcirc.gov/incidentAnalysis/incidentStatistics.html • Jan 2004, 855,000 reported incidents. • 2003, 1.4+ million. • 2002, 490,000

  5. Definitions • Incident: What is an incident? • An incident is the (real or potential) act of violating an explicit or implied security policy. • This (FedCERT) definition relies on the existence of a security policy. • An incident may also be considered an “attack” on the organization. • An “adverse” event relating to information system. • An "event" is any observable occurrence in a system and/or network • http://all.net/books/ir/nswc/P5239-19.html

  6. Incidents • These may include but are not limited to: • Increased Access: attempts (either failed or successful) to gain unauthorized access to a system or its data. • Denial of Service: unwanted disruption or denial of service. • Theft of Resources: the unauthorized use of a system for the processing or storage of data. • Corruption: changes to system hardware, firmware, or software characteristics without the owner's knowledge, instruction, or consent. • Disclosure: Disclosure or distribution of information. • Is it internal or external?

  7. Small Steps to Incident Response • Detect • Is something happening (happened). • Is it malicious or unintentional? • I.e someone cutting through a cable, or accidentally erasing data? • Assess the (potential) damage. • What is this costing you, in time and $$$.

  8. Triage and Contain the problem. • Take steps to mitigate further losses. • Its status: • Is it ongoing? • Has it stopped? (are you sure?) • What is the likelihood of it coming back? • Its scope. • How much of your enterprise is/was effected. (what is the impact?)

  9. Internal or External. • Gather evidence. • Preserve its integrity for prosecution, and analysis. • Save the evidence (archive it). • Recover from the incident • Determine what/how to fix the problem. • Implement fixes. • Check to see if the fixes are appropriate.

  10. Why? • Why do “incidents” occur? • Malicious • Sabotage • Terrorism - Politics • Ex (disgruntled) employee • $$$$ (financial gain, theft) • Hacking • Industrial espionage. • International espionage.

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