Incident Responder

Acquire volatile memory, targeted triage artifacts, and full disk images from Windows systems while preserving forensic integrity and maintaining defensible chain of custody.

Investigate Linux and macOS endpoints — key log locations, persistence mechanisms, artifact collection, and the forensic differences from Windows that trip up Windows-centric responders.

Go beyond basic Volatility plugins — analyze kernel structures, detect rootkit manipulation, extract credentials from LSASS and browsers, and triage memory images at IR speed.

Analyze full packet captures with Wireshark and tshark, extract C2 communications, recover transferred files, and reconstruct attack timelines from network evidence.

Triage unknown binaries in minutes using static indicators (strings, PE header, imports) and dynamic analysis (sandbox detonation), identify malware families, and extract IOCs for IR scope expansion.

Execute a structured ransomware response: stop encryption spread, scope the blast radius, evaluate decryption options, negotiate or restore from backup, and prevent re-encryption.

Investigate and contain cloud-native incidents — compromised M365 tenants, AWS credential abuse, Azure AD breaches — using cloud-native logging, forensic tooling, and containment primitives.

Respond to AD compromise — detect Golden/Silver Ticket attacks, DCSync, and pass-the-hash; scope the credential blast radius; execute a defensible full AD remediation including the krbtgt reset sequence.

Navigate the legal dimensions of IR — chain of custody, evidence preservation, law enforcement engagement, attorney-client privilege, and mandatory breach notification timelines across GDPR, HIPAA, and state laws.

Build a structured attribution assessment from IR evidence — map TTPs to ATT&CK groups, apply the Diamond Model, quantify attribution confidence, and understand the limits of technical attribution.

Write IR reports that serve three audiences: the technical team (how it happened), legal/compliance (what is owed), and the board/executives (what it means for the business and what changes).

Build and mature an IR program: design tabletop exercises that surface real gaps, write playbooks that survive first contact, run blameless post-mortems, and measure IR capability improvement over time.