The Problem Just like many corporations, my corporation recently had to scramble for solutions to move our workforce to their homes for COVID-19. For our emergency work from home solution, we used VMWare’s Horizon software for the majority of our workers. This worked great, but there was a small subset that had specialized software on […]
If you’ve been paying attention to the Cisco world since Cisco Live US 2019, you have probably heard a lot about the changes to the Cisco Certification program. The changes are now the rule of the land and we’re starting to get a better picture of how things will work going forward. You Get a […]
On December 17th, 2019, Cisco released a Field Notice that could ruin a lot of people’s holiday vacations. The Field Notice says that any IOS device prior to 15.6(03)M07, 15.7(03)M05, 15.8(03)M03, or 15.9(03)M; and IOS-XE prior to 16.9.1 has a bug with the self-signed certificate. The bug is that they are set to expire on […]
Sometimes I run across a tidbit that isn’t really a full blog article, but it’s still something important. I’m going to refer to these as Packet Fragments. Today’s fragment is about the Cisco ASA. Especially when doing software upgrades I want to make sure that I’m on the correct unit before typing my commands. Instead […]
Describe these concepts as they are documented in NIST SP800-86: evidence collection order, data integrity, data preservation, volatile data collection Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations (210-255) The best way to study for this objective is to read or at least read the highlights of the NIST document. Here are some of my notes. Evidence Collection Order […]
Define these activities as they relate to incident handling Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations (210-255) Identification Continuous monitoring of the environment by the SOC allows for identification of true positive incidents. This monitoring can come from multiple sources including IPS/IDS, Firewalls, Endpoint Agents and the SIEM. Once detected and confirmed the incident is sent to the […]
Apply the NIST.SP800-61 r2 incident handling process to an event Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations (210-255) The NIST.SP800-61 r2 incident handling process document contains several example scenarios. These are all contained in Appendix A of the document. Below are some of the suggested questions for each phase from section A-1 of the document. Preparation: Would the […]
Classify intrusion events into these categories as defined by the Cyber Kill Chain Model Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations (210-255) The cyber kill chain model outlines all of the steps necessary for a cyber attack to be successful. If the chain is broken, the attack will fail. The cyber kill chain is also an ordered list […]
Compare and contrast deterministic and probabilistic analysis Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations (210-255) Deterministic Analysis Deterministic analysis uses data that is known beforehand. One example is using port-based analysis to establish what application is being used in network communication. Basically, deterministic analysis uses known facts. Probabilistic Analysis Probabilistic analysis looks at all possibilities and tries to […]
Identify a correlation rule to distinguish the most significant alert from a given set of events from multiple data sources using the firepower management console Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations (210-255) The Cisco Firepower Management Center has the ability for custom correlation rules. These rules can be created to trigger based on many different attributes. Once […]
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