Certified: The Security+ Prepcast

An effective incident response program starts with well-defined policies and procedures that guide every action, role, and escalation during a security event. In this episode, we explore the componen…

Policies and standards are the written expression of an organization’s security expectations—and in this episode, we explore how they’re developed, communicated, and enforced. We cover essential poli…

Security governance is the blueprint for how an organization manages its security strategy, aligns it with business goals, and ensures accountability across all levels of operation. In this episode, …

Packet captures are the most detailed and revealing form of network data available to defenders—showing not just what happened, but exactly how it happened, byte by byte. In this episode, we explain …

A well-designed dashboard can turn complex security data into fast, actionable insight—and in this episode, we explore how visualization tools help analysts, engineers, and executives understand the …

Vulnerability scan data is only useful when it’s collected, organized, and presented in a way that drives action—and this episode explains how automated reporting transforms raw scan results into ope…

In this continuation of our log analysis discussion, we shift from collection to interpretation—examining how different data sources support threat detection, forensic investigation, and compliance r…

Logs are the record books of your infrastructure, capturing who did what, when, and where—and in this episode, we explore how to extract value from them. We start with common log types including fire…

Once digital evidence is collected, preserving it and producing it responsibly are the next critical steps—and in this episode, we focus on maintaining evidentiary integrity through preservation and …

Capturing and reporting digital evidence is a delicate process that must be repeatable, verifiable, and legally defensible. In this episode, we focus on how to perform data acquisition properly—wheth…

When a security incident occurs, understanding what happened—and proving it—requires digital forensics. In this episode, we cover foundational concepts of digital forensics, including data acquisitio…

Stopping an incident isn’t enough—you have to understand how it happened and whether something deeper is still lurking. This episode explores root cause analysis and threat hunting as advanced invest…

A well-written incident response plan is only useful if your team knows how to execute it—and the best way to build that confidence is through training and testing. In this episode, we explore variou…

Every incident is a learning opportunity, and the final step of the response lifecycle—lessons learned—ensures that your team emerges stronger, smarter, and better prepared. In this episode, we explo…

Following detection and analysis, the next phases in an incident response plan are containment, eradication, and recovery—critical steps that stop the spread of an attack and restore operations. Cont…

A strong incident response process can mean the difference between a contained event and a catastrophic breach—and in this episode, we break down the first half of the response lifecycle: preparation…

Continuing our discussion on automation pitfalls, this episode focuses on the risk of single points of failure, technical debt, and long-term support challenges. Centralized automation platforms can …

As powerful as automation is, it’s not without challenges—and in this episode, we dive into the complexity and cost considerations that come with security automation projects. Poorly scoped automatio…

Building on the first part of our automation series, this episode explores how security automation improves scalability, incident reaction time, and team productivity. We examine real-world examples …