Malware Analysis
What is Malware Analysis?
The process of examining malicious software to understand its behavior, origin, purpose, and potential impact, supporting incident response and threat intelligence.
Terms that appear alongside malware analysis
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as malware analysis. The number is how many controls name both.
- malware 3 shared controls
- ciso 2 shared controls
- remediation 2 shared controls
- incident response team 2 shared controls
- incident response 2 shared controls
- nist 2 shared controls
- information security 2 shared controls
- cybersecurity 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern malware analysis
What the standards actually require on malware analysis
Requirements naming malware analysis across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.
Audit + Drills + Training operationalise the Directions through ongoing assurance + cyber preparedness. (1) CERT-In Cyber Security Audit: organisations should undergo periodic cyber security audit by CERT-In Empanelled Information Security Auditing Organisatio...
CERTIN-Audit-Drills-Training-AwarenessProgram-CERTInExercises-CISO · CERT-In Audit + Cyber Security Drills + Training + Awareness + CERT-In Cyber Exercises + CISO + Information Security Auditor Empanelment →Incident Response capability is critical per FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines. (1) Incident Response Plan: (a) Documented IR Plan + per FFIEC IT Examination Handbook reference; (b) ISO/IEC 27035 Information Security Incident Management;
JP-FSA-CYB-Incident-Response-Playbooks-Containment-Eradication-Recovery-Post-Mortem-Tabletop-CSIRT · Japan FSA Cybersecurity Incident Response + Playbooks + Containment + Eradication + Recovery + Post-Mortem + Tabletop Exercises + CSIRT + FSA Notification + Customer Communication + Forensics + Lessons Learned →Define IR team structure with named roles, on call rota, and required skills including triage, forensics, malware analysis, and communications, with cross-functional representation.
PICERL-P-02 · Preparation: Incident Response Team Roles and Skills →Questions people ask about malware analysis
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