Forensic Analysis
What is Forensic Analysis?
The detailed technical examination of digital evidence to determine the cause, scope, and impact of a security incident.
Frameworks that govern forensic analysis
What the standards actually require on forensic analysis
Requirements naming forensic analysis across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Forensic analysis capabilities. Control from BSI IT-Grundschutz framework, domain: BSI IT-Grundschutz: Incident Response.
BSI-21 · Forensic analysis capabilities →Forensic analysis capabilities. Implements CyFun RS.AN-1 / RS.AN-3: detection notifications are investigated and forensic analysis is performed.
BE-CF-21 · Forensic analysis capabilities →Upon request, the Contractor shall provide DoD with access to additional information or equipment necessary to conduct a forensic analysis of a reported cyber incident.
DFARS-7012-f · Access to additional information or equipment for forensic analysis →Produce log data that identifies user access unambiguously at tenant level to support forensic analysis after a security incident, and provide interfaces for conducting forensic analysis and taking backups of infrastructure components and their network communi...
C5-OPS-15 · Logging and Monitoring - Accountability →Retain previous versions of baseline configurations and change records for a defined period to support rollback, forensic analysis, audit, and trend analysis of configuration drift over time.
SecCM-CHANGE-5 · Retention of Configuration Records →Collect application, orchestrator, and runtime logs to a central platform with retention aligned to incident response needs. Ensure container short lifespans do not lead to log loss for forensic analysis.
SP800-190-3.16 · Container Logging and Visibility →Questions people ask about forensic analysis
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