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Automation incident response process creating effective long term plan.pdf
Automation Incident Response Process Creating Effective Long Term Plan

Whitepaper on planning and implementing automation in incident response lifecycles.

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  • Q: How does the 'OODA Loop' concept apply to automating incident response?
    A: It emphasizes that automation should speed up the 'Observe' and 'Act' phases to disrupt the adversary's cycle faster than they can adapt.
  • Q: What specific criteria should be used to select processes for automation?
    A: Processes that are high-volume, repetitive, well-documented, and have a low risk of negative impact if an automated action fails.
  • Q: Why is 'Context' critical when automating the containment phase?
    A: Blind automation (e.g., blocking an IP) without context can disrupt critical business functions; context ensures the asset's role is understood before action.
  • Q: What is the 'Human-in-the-loop' requirement for critical decisions?
    A: While data collection can be fully automated, high-impact decisions like taking a core server offline should require human validation.
  • Q: How does the document suggest measuring the ROI of automation?
    A: By calculating the reduction in 'Mean Time to Respond' (MTTR) and the equivalent analyst hours saved per incident.
  • Q: What is the risk of automating bad processes?
    A: Automation magnifies inefficiencies; a flawed manual process becomes a faster, high-volume flaw when automated.
  • Q: How should 'Playbooks' evolve with automation?
    A: They must transition from static documents to dynamic, machine-readable workflows that can be executed by SOAR platforms.
  • Q: What role does 'Threat Intelligence' play in automated detection?
    A: It provides the indicators (IOCs) that automated systems use to filter noise and trigger high-fidelity alerts.
  • Q: What is the recommended approach to handling 'False Positives' in an automated system?
    A: Implement a feedback loop where analyst dispositions ('False Positive') automatically tune the detection logic to prevent recurrence.
  • Q: How does automation support 'Scalability' in incident response?
    A: It decouples the volume of alerts from the number of analysts, allowing the SOC to handle spikes in activity without linear staffing increases.

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