Lab Path
Incident Response literacy path on `$IR_LAB` — lab setup to mentor handoff with ethics gates at every station.
Visual · t34_lab_path
Lab path = visual IR chain on YOUR $IR_LAB. Original Cyberlium.
Draw the path from lab scope to mentor handoff — with stop signs at every payload shortcut and unauthorized prod IR lane.
Document literacy path: `$IR_LAB` setup → planning → playbooks → detection → containment → eradication/recovery → ransomware tabletop → comms/legal → PIR → capstone. Ethics gates: ransomware payloads, payment negotiation crime how-tos, unauthorized prod IR, unauthorized customer/regulator notifications, stranger network containment — refused paths labeled red. UTC milestones and artifact IDs per station. Mermaid or sketch chmod 600. Honest N/A if brief skipped live lab host — labeled. Defender breakpoint: where RoE or scope discipline prevented out-of-scope IR action.
1. Path stations
Setup, planning, playbooks, detection, containment, eradication, tabletop, comms, PIR, handoff — ten minimum stations.
Each station links evidence index row and module lesson ID.
Command guide
Try these commands — Path stations
═══ LINUX / BASH (SOC Analyst Triage) ═══
Filter system logs for security-relevant warnings and errors
Command — copy this
journalctl -p 3 -xb --no-pager | head -20
Search for suspicious persistent cron entries or service changes
Command — copy this
ls -lat /etc/cron.* /etc/systemd/system/ | head -15
═══ WINDOWS POWERSHELL ═══ Triage recent system service installations (Event 7045)
Command — copy this
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='System';Id=7045} -MaxEvents 5 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Format-Table TimeCreated, Message -WrapCheck open listening network connections with process owners
Command — copy this
Get-NetTCPConnection -State Listen | Select-Object LocalAddress, LocalPort, OwningProcess | Sort-Object LocalPort
Primary tools to practice this lesson: curl, grep. Reference sites: NIST SP 800-61 (https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-61/rev-2/final); CISA ransomware guide (https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware/ransomware-guide); FIRST (https://www.first.org/). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Ethics overlay
Red stops: payload creation, payment crime how-tos, unauthorized prod IR, unauthorized notifications, stranger network ops.
RoE branch always green start — `$IR_LAB` on separate labeled branch.
3. Integrity breakpoint
Mark where scope check prevented out-of-RoE IR or prod access.
One paragraph uplift from YOUR `$IR_LAB` path.
4. What you ship: lab path diagram
IR chain with ethics gates + UTC milestones — chmod 600.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Lab path diagram path.
6. Wrong vs right: stranger networks vs YOUR IR tabletop
Worked failure — same MSF word, opposite target. Right never needs a café Wi-Fi or classmate laptop.
- Wrong: Lab path includes ransomware payload build shortcut lane.
- Right: Lab path documented for $IR_LAB. Next: Evidence Pack.
Mission: lab path diagram
1) Map ten stations. 2) Add six ethics gates. 3) UTC milestones per station. 4) Link evidence index IDs.
Stuck? Ask Cyberlium AI Mentor
Ask Mentor: “Diagram vs numbered list for capstone?”
APPLY: Lab path documents:
APPLY: True or False: Payment crime how-to shortcut OK on path.
APPLY: Path ends at:
Evidence Pack
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Lab — Capstone
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Quiz — Incident Response Topic
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