THE STARTING POINT
Three things to get right.
- Start with a specific hunting hypothesis and a bounded time window.
- Preserve the context needed to investigate a finding.
- Test response steps and document recovery as well as containment.
TRY THIS IN THE LAB
A question worth testing.
Investigate process telemetry from a lab endpoint. Compare command lines, parent processes, and timestamps before deciding whether a finding needs escalation.
Open the practice guideLeave a useful trail.
Write down your starting assumptions, scope, expected behavior, observed behavior, and evidence. A successful test should explain what happened and which question to investigate next.