Description
Respond to AWS Security Incidents with Confidence and Speed
The AWS Incident Response Playbook provides detailed, step-by-step runbooks for the most common and critical security incidents that occur in AWS environments. When every minute counts during an active incident, your team needs clear procedures, not improvisation. This playbook ensures your organization can detect, contain, eradicate, and recover from security incidents quickly and effectively.
What’s Included
- 15 incident-specific runbooks: compromised IAM credentials, EC2 instance compromise, S3 data exposure, cryptomining, ransomware, and more
- Detection guidance with CloudTrail log queries and GuardDuty finding mappings for each incident type
- Containment procedures: IAM key deactivation, security group isolation, snapshot preservation
- Evidence collection checklist for forensic analysis and legal/compliance requirements
- Communication templates for internal stakeholders, executives, and external parties
- Post-incident review framework with root cause analysis and lessons learned documentation
- Incident severity classification matrix aligned with NIST SP 800-61
Who This Is For
- Security Operations teams responsible for AWS incident detection and response
- Cloud Engineers who are first responders when security alerts fire
- CISOs and Security Managers building or maturing their incident response program
- Compliance teams needing documented incident response procedures for audit evidence
Why Choose Citadel
These runbooks are built from real incident response engagements, not theoretical exercises. Citadel’s security architects have responded to compromised AWS environments across industries, and every procedure in this playbook reflects lessons learned from actual incidents. Your team gets proven response procedures that work when the pressure is on.
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