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Defensive Security Intro Room - Introducing defensive security and related topics, such as Threat Intelligence, SOC, DFIR, Malware Analysis, and SIEM.

Overview

Walkthrough

1. Introduction to Defensive Security

  • Which team focuses on defensive security?

=> Answer: blue team

2. Areas of Defensive Security

  • What would you call a team of cyber security professionals that monitors a network and its systems for malicious events?

=> Answer: Security Operations Center

  • What does DFIR stand for?

=> Answer: Digital Forensics and Incident Response

  • Which kind of malware requires the user to pay money to regain access to their files?

=> Answer: Ransomware

3. Practical Example of Defensive Security

  • What is the flag that you obtained by following along?

=> Answer: THM{THREAT-BLOCKED}