What Is Incident Timeline Analysis? | HiSEC Information Security Laboratory
Incident timeline analysis reconstructs the flow of an event by correlating files, logs, account activity, and network events in chronological order.
What Is Incident Timeline Analysis?
Incident timeline analysis reconstructs the flow of an event by correlating files, logs, account activity, and network events in chronological order.
Typical Sources
File creation, modification, and access times are reviewed together with operating system events, security logs, and authentication logs.; User activity, system changes, external access, and privilege escalation traces are arranged chronologically.
Purpose
The timeline helps determine intrusion timing, scope of damage, key actors, and response priorities.; It interprets incidents that cannot be explained by a single log source through correlation across multiple evidence sources.
Category
Lab Update
Topics
Timeline, Incident Response, Log Correlation