To ensure effective and consistent monitoring, reporting, and handling of information security incidents, incident management capability is necessary for rapid detection, minimizing loss and destruction, mitigating the weaknesses that were exploited, and restoring the organization’s services and systems.

SIRP’s Incident Management module helps analyze, respond, collaborate, and remediate time-sensitive incidents from inception till resolution to mitigate risks effectively and reduce response time.

The disposition on an incident record is the current status or the final outcome of an incident. SIRP’s Incident Management module comprises of following dispositions:

Through these dispositions, SIRP allows you to define a different set of fields and workflows, depending on the status and gathered data/evidence. The information to be supplied for each incident disposition is divided into the following sub-sections:

Alerts in SIRP are signals that indicate a possible attack. Alerts can be either manually added by an analyst or automatically ingested from a SIEM (Security Information Event Management) solution or security control.

To access Incident Management Alerts, go to the Main Menu, select Incident Management, and click on the Alerts tab.

Main Menu > Incident Management > Alerts

You can View, Edit, and/or Delete any record by clicking on the ellipsis displayed in the Actions column.

Investigation is the stage when an alert is evaluated and assessed by an analyst. All such alerts are displayed in the Investigations list, available in the Incident Management module.

To access Investigations, go to the Main Menu, select Incident Management, and click on Investigations.

Main Menu > Incident Management > Investigations

The analyst changes the disposition of an alert or an investigation to an Incident when his analysis results in the confirmation of an attack or when some resolution or fix is deemed necessary.

The Incidents module in SIRP allows you to document critical information about an attack. The SOC and relevant parties use this information to identify the scope of the attack and its remediation.

Note: Incidents are opened when a certain action or remediation is required on an alert. So, in the Incidents module, an Incident also acts as a “Case”.

Main Menu > Incident Management > Investigations

In the "All" disposition, all alerts are visible regardless of what stage they are in the Incident Response Lifecycle.

Within the "ACTIONS" column, an ellipsis button is available for each incident. Clicking on this button opens a dropdown menu, offering the following options:

Selecting this option opens a pop-up window named "Assign Tasks," revealing task details and assignees related to the incident.

Choosing this option redirects users to a detailed interface or a new page displaying all the details associated with the incident selected.

Allows you to Edit the Incident details.

Clicking on this button triggers a confirmation popup. Selecting 'OK' confirms the deletion of the intended record

Upon clicking this option, a pop-up window labeled 'Execute Playbook' appears. This window contains a dropdown list of all Enabled Playbooks within the SIRP. Users can select a playbook and execute it by clicking the 'Execute' button.

You can add an alert, investigation, or incident by clicking on the Create button displayed at the top of each page. For each disposition, SIRP divides and gathers the required data in five sub-sections:

By default, the status is set to Open. Once the remediation is performed, the SOC Manager or a Senior Analyst can change the status to Close.

Note: Administrator can customize these categories. For more information, refer to the SIRP Administration Guide.

Selecting Alert, Investigation, or Incident will show that record in the selected Disposition’s tab or stream.

Best Practice: Initially all incidents should be created as an Alert or Investigation by L1 Analyst. Depending on the results of the investigation, the senior analyst should confirm the activity and change the disposition to Incident.

Note: The administrator can customize these locations. For more information, refer to the SIRP Administration Guide.

After completing each step, press the Next button that is displayed at the bottom of the page.

The analysis section gathers the most critical piece of information. This is where the analyst supplies the details of his findings along with supporting arguments.

Note: The administrator can customize the list of Alert Types.

The Attachment icon allows you to attach relevant screenshots. For example, SIEM-filtered search results or initial alert details.

After adding all the information to the Remediation step, click on the Create button to save changes. This newly created record will be displayed in the stream of the selected Disposition i.e. Alerts, Investigations, or Incidents.

This tab visualizes and correlates artifacts within an incident with other modules. It is one of the most important features of SIRP which provides correlation to the SOC team in terms of occurrences of particular artifacts and the number of times they have been seen in other modules of SIRP.

SIRP helps define, prioritize, and drive standardized incident response activities according to a standard workflow. It allows an organization to streamline incident analysis and response procedures in a workflow format, such that each step to remediate the incident is available for an analyst, such as:

This keeps security analysts on the same page with interactive incident management.
​For example, without the availability of proper workflow, a newly hired analyst may take too much time or cause a human error, while investigating or closing an incident.

Standardized workflows help analysts gain greater visibility so that every member can be more effective individually and the team can be more efficient as a whole.

Moreover, an analyst can be assigned to tasks wherever their efforts are required.
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To access workflows, go to the Main Menu, select Incident Management, and click on Incidents. Select the Task under the Action column of the Incident.

In the Incident Management interface, users can efficiently manage multiple records through the convenient "Bulk Actions" feature located at the top right of the screen. This button serves as a dropdown menu, offering three primary options: Update, Delete, and Execute Playbook.

SIRP allows analysts to update the status of multiple incidents (alerts, incidents, and investigations) at once. It also provides the option to create custom tickets and update them.
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Select multiple items and click on the Bulk Update button at the top left of the Incident Management module.

This will open a pop-up window.

Enter the fields:

Click Save.

To delete specific records, users must first mark the checkboxes next to the desired entries. Subsequently, from the "Bulk Actions" dropdown, select the 'Delete' option. Triggering this action prompts a confirmation pop-up window. Upon selecting 'OK,' all marked records are permanently removed.

Executing playbooks on selected records involves a two-step process. Initially, users must mark the checkboxes adjacent to the records intended for playbook execution. Following this, navigate to the "Bulk Actions" dropdown and choose 'Execute Playbook'.

This action triggers a pop-up window labeled "Execute Playbook," featuring a dropdown field. Within this field, users can choose from a list of enabled playbooks. Subsequently, selecting a playbook and clicking the 'Execute' button initiates the playbook on the chosen records.

SIRP also provides the option to generate reports for a specified period. To generate a report, click on the Generate Reports option that is available at the top of the Incident Management module tabs.

Select your desired time-period and Disposition. Then click on the Generate button. The PDF report will be generated and opened in a new browser tab. From there you can save it on your machine.

You can also export the complete details in a PDF or Excel report by clicking on the Export button available at the top right corner of the details page.

Once an Alert, Investigation, or Incident is created, the relevant individuals from different departments can add comments, and SOC leads can assign workflow-based tasks by clicking on the View button available under the Actions column.

The Incident View page comprises different sections and tabs, which are discussed below:

This tab provides details associated with an incident. These may include the following:

The time serves as a comprehensive repository of the work history associated with a specific record, capturing a chronological sequence of events along with their corresponding dates and times. This feature provides users with valuable insights into the evolution and progression of the record's activities. To reach the timeline, the user must go to the Incident Management module, from Actions click on the VIEW button to view any record, and then at the bottom of the view screen there lies a Timeline tab.

The Timeline Tab offers two distinct views to accommodate varying user preferences:

For each event that transpires within the record, the Timeline Tab automatically generates logs. These logs capture crucial information about the event, ensuring transparency and accountability in the management of the record.

The dual-view functionality of the Timeline Tab enhances user flexibility, allowing them to choose between a chronological overview or a detailed log-based analysis based on their specific needs. This feature provides an invaluable tool for tracking and understanding the historical context of a record, facilitating effective record management.

This tab lists all the artifacts/IOCs related to the incident. Analysts can use this tab to execute automation actions on any of the artifacts. The execution results are displayed at the bottom of the page.

Artifacts with supported actions will be highlighted with a dropdown option. To execute a new action, click on any artifact and it will display a list of applications with supported actions for the artifact. Mouse over the desired application and click on the desired action.

This tab shows the list and details of all the assets tagged in the incident.

This tab displays the remediation suggestions (provided at the time of creating an incident). Whereas, the implemented remediation section specifies the actual remediation done.

Users can use this section to communicate by adding comments. Users can also embed images and attach files with their comments.

Depending on the phase (of the incident management lifecycle) at which the incident currently stands, and its category, tasks can be defined and assigned to a person or department either automatically or manually.

New tasks can be added by clicking on the Create Task button available on top within the Tasks tab.

Clicking on the button will open a popup with a form containing the following fields:

Click on the Create button to add the task to the task list.

This feature enables users to save their searches and filters to easily reload the same view in the future. Users can quickly apply saved filter templates instead of manually selecting each filter again.

Users can also set a default search for a specific container's disposition so that whenever they visit the same page again, they get the filtered data.

1. Navigate to Incident Management and then to any disposition.

2. From the search bar, apply filters and sorting preferences to the table records based on your requirements.

3. Once the desired filters and sorting options are applied, click on the "Save Search" button.

4. Add a name or label for the new saved search template to easily identify it in the future and click on the ‘Submit’ button to save.

5. The saved search will be added to the search field's dropdown list for future use.

There is a "Star" icon adjacent to each Saved search value in the dropdown list. Click on that Star icon to set that Search as a default one.

The default Saved Search is automatically applied whenever the user opens that particular Container's disposition.
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In the search field's dropdown list, there is a 'Reset' button. Clicking on it removes all the filters that were applied in the result of the Save search.

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Click on the 'Bin' icon adjacent to the Search name to delete the Saved search

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Note: You cannot delete a Saved search that is being used in one of the scheduled Reports. To delete it, first delete the Report schedule.