# Secops Incident Triage Forensics

> Security incident response: compromise triage, cloud instance and credential containment, forensic disk and memory capture with chain of custody, IAM session and key revocation, and SIEM correlation for threat hunting. Use when a host, container or cloud credential is suspected compromised, when a leaked access key found in a public repository has already been used, or when capturing evidence.

- Skill: `mchittineni/secops-incident-triage-forensics` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add mchittineni/secops-incident-triage-forensics`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/mchittineni/secops-incident-triage-forensics/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: mchittineni (https://skillmd.com/u/mchittineni)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/mchittineni/secops-incident-triage-forensics

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# SecOps Security Incident Triage & Compromise Containment

## When to Use This Skill

**Triggers — load this skill when:**

- A host, container, or credential is suspected compromised and must be contained
- Forensic evidence must be captured without destroying it
- Log/SIEM correlation is needed to scope attacker activity

**Route elsewhere when:**

- Availability-only outage with no security dimension -> `incident-management-and-postmortem`
- Detection rule authoring -> `container-runtime-security-falco`
- Post-incident hardening of posture -> `cloud-security-posture-cspm-cis`

## 1. Cloud Instance Compromise Triage Flow

```text
[Security Alert: Unauthorized C2 Traffic]
                    |
      1. Isolate Network (Do NOT power off)
                    |
      2. Snapshot Volatile Memory & EBS/Disks
                    |
      3. Revoke IAM Tokens & Rotate Credentials
                    |
      4. Forensic Analysis & Root Cause Determination
```

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## 2. Emergency Cloud Containment Commands (AWS)

```bash
# 1. Attach Quarantine Security Group (Deny All Ingress / Egress)
aws ec2 modify-instance-attribute \
  --instance-id i-0123456789abcdef0 \
  --groups sg-0quarantine-isolate

# 2. Snapshot Root EBS Volume for Forensic Analysis
aws ec2 create-snapshot \
  --volume-id vol-0123456789abcdef0 \
  --description "FORENSIC-SNAPSHOT-INCIDENT-2026-08-19" \
  --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=snapshot,Tags=[{Key=ChainOfCustody,Value=IncidentResponse}]'

# 3. Revoke active AWS IAM Session / Role Credentials
aws iam put-role-policy \
  --role-name CompromisedServiceRole \
  --policy-name DenyAllExceptIR \
  --policy-document '{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [{"Effect": "Deny", "Action": "*", "Resource": "*"}]
  }'
```

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## 3. Forensics Best Practices

- **Preserve Volatile Memory**: Do not reboot or terminate the instance before dumping RAM if rootkit investigation is required.
- **Maintain Chain of Custody**: Cryptographically hash (`sha256sum`) all forensic disk images and logs upon creation.
- **Out-of-Band Communication**: Conduct high-severity incident communication in dedicated, access-restricted out-of-band channels.