RSA NetWitness Platform Analysis 11.3

On-demand

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Summary

This instructor-led course provides experience using the features and functions of RSA NetWitness Platform to to respond to and investigate incidents.

Overview

This instructor-led classroom-based course provides hands-on experience using the RSA NetWitness Platform to investigate and remediate security incidents. The course consists of about 50% hands-on lab work, following a practical methodology from the incident queue through investigation, event reconstruction, damage assessment, and documentation using real-world use cases.

Audience

Level 1 and Level 2 analysts relatively new to RSA NetWitness Platform, who wish to increase their familiarity with the tool’s features and functions within the context of incident response and analysis.

Duration

2 days

Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills

Students should have familiarity with the basic processes of cybersecurity forensic analysis, including some knowledge of network architecture, the TCP/IP stack, networking protocols, and integrating log & network traffic to perform analysis on network-based security events.

Students should have completed the following courses (or have equivalent knowledge) prior to taking this training:

RSA NetWitness Platform Foundations

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Describe SOC roles and models
• Describe the Investigative Methodology
• Identify types of incidents
• Describe the Incident Response process
• Use analysis tools and techniques to investigate an incident
• Document the incident
• Use the incident response process and tools to investigate an incident using packets
• Use the incident response process and tools to investigate an incident using logs
• Use the incident response process and tools to investigate an incident using packets and endpoint
• Use the incident response process and tools to investigate an incident using logs, packets and endpoint

Course Outline

Analysis Tools and Processes

SOC Analyst

• Security Operations Roles
• SOC Models
• Escalation Workflow

Investigative Methodology

• Asking the Right Questions
• Phase 1: Triage
• Phase 2: Root Cause Analysis
• Phase 3: Scoping Operations
• Incident Types
• Incident Response Process
• Prioritizing Incidents

Incident Response Tools

• Monitoring the Respond Interface
• Assigning an Incident
• Reviewing Threat Intelligence
• Obtaining Event Details
• Reviewing Logs
• What Should You Look For?
• Obtaining Additional Information
• Performing Analysis
• Investigating Events
• Creating Meta Groups, Queries, Custom Column Groups, and Profiles
• Viewing Encrypted Traffic
• Documenting the Incident
• Closing/Escalating/Remediating the Incident
• Analysis Methodology

Investigating Metadata

NetWitness Metadata

• Layered Contextual Approach
• Traffic Directionality
• Network Layer Context Meta
• Endpoint Process Meta
• Endpoint Registry Meta
• Endpoint Network-Process Meta
• Windows Security Event Log Meta
• Meta Groups
• Compromise Meta
• Session, Service and File Characteristics

Identifying Anomalies

• Services
• Protocol Anomalies: HTTP

Threat Examples

• Phishing
• Malware
• Lateral Movement
• Webshells
• Command Control
• Data Exfiltration

Analysis Use Cases

• Responding to a Phishing incident using Packets
• Responding to a Suspicious Activities incident using Logs
• Responding to a Drive-by Download incident using Packets and Endpoint
• Responding to an Apache Struts Exploit incident using Packets, Logs and Endpoint

On-demand

In order to register for a class, you need to first create a Dell Education account

If you need further assistance, contact us