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Lab — Playbooks
Pack IR team, playbook anatomy, and runbook hygiene cards — playbooks file from $IR_LAB only.
Visual · t34_playbooks_lab
Lab: playbooks pack. $IR_LAB only. Original Cyberlium.
Opening
Playbooks pack merges team to anatomy to runbook hygiene — paperwork before detection module.
Lessons 3-1–3-3 named IR team, playbook anatomy, and runbook hygiene. This lab merges three sections into one $IR_LAB playbooks artifact with M1 ethics and M2 planning cross-references. No ransomware payloads or stranger-network steps — playbook paperwork only. Next: Quiz — Team and Playbooks.
1. Lab contract: playbooks pack
Create $HOME/cyberlium-lab/t34-m03-l04-playbooks-lab.txt merging IR team, playbook anatomy, and runbook hygiene sections with $IR_LAB fictional phishing scenario and M1/M2 cross-references.
Optional: link one runbook step to a playbook phase from anatomy outline.
Command guide
Try these commands — Lab contract: playbooks pack
═══ TOOLS & WEBSITES ═══ Browse / read these (authorized learning only — stay in YOUR lab / program scope)
NIST SP 800-61 — https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-61/rev-2/final CISA — https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware SANS IR — https://www.sans.org/for-organizations/incident-response/
═══ INSTALL ═══
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
Command — copy this
sudo apt install python3
macOS:
Command — copy this
brew install python3
Windows: Download https://python.org/downloads/
═══ LINUX / macOS ═══
Command — copy this
export IR_LAB=${IR_LAB:-$HOME/cyberlium-lab/t34-ir}
cat > "$IR_LAB/playbooks/phishing-response-stub.md" <<'EOF'
# Phishing Response Playbook — YOUR lab stub
## Trigger: user reports suspicious email OR SOC alert
1. Classify severity (matrix); quarantine email in sandbox — YOUR mail lab
2. Search mail logs for same sender/subject hash
3. If clicked: isolate affected workstation — YOUR lab VLAN only
4. Reset creds if entered; preserve headers for analysis
5. Comms: internal awareness using comms/internal-status-template.md
Fictional scenario only — no live stranger mailbox access
EOFCommand — copy this
grep -E 'Trigger|severity|YOUR lab' "$IR_LAB/playbooks/phishing-response-stub.md"
ls "$IR_LAB/playbooks/"
python3 -c "print('Playbooks lab: anatomy template + hygiene + phishing stub')"═══ WINDOWS ═══
Command — copy this
Get-Content $HOME/cyberlium-lab/t34-ir/playbooks/playbook-anatomy-template.md | Select-String Containment
Primary tools to practice this lesson: grep, python3. Reference sites: NIST SP 800-61 (https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-61/rev-2/final); CISA (https://www.cisa.gov/stopransomware); SANS IR (https://www.sans.org/for-organizations/incident-response/). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Cross-check ethics
Grep for ransomware payload refs, stranger-network isolation commands, live victim credentials — remove. Confirm all scenarios are $IR_LAB fictional.
Runbook steps use tool placeholders — no production secrets.
3. Lock the proof
chmod 600 on the pack. Quiz next — then Detection Intake.
Playbook literacy feeds detection and analysis lessons in M4.
4. What you ship: playbooks pack for $IR_LAB
Merged team, anatomy, runbook sections. $IR_LAB named. NO stranger IR. chmod 600.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Date. Playbooks pack path. $IR_LAB named. File t34-m03-l04-playbooks-lab.txt chmod 600.
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
Include ransomware deployment steps. Skip runbook hygiene section.
Right
Write YOUR playbooks pack for $IR_LAB. chmod 600. Next: Quiz — Team and Playbooks.
Mission: freeze YOUR playbooks pack on disk
1) Merge M3 literacy sections. 2) Confirm zero payload or stranger-network refs. 3) Link M1/M2 cross-refs. 4) chmod 600.
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One governed playbooks pack beats ten stale wiki copy-pastes.
Knowledge Check
APPLY: This lab requires:
Multiple choice
Knowledge Check
APPLY: True or False: Playbooks pack must use fictional org and tool placeholders.
True or False
Knowledge Check
APPLY: Playbooks pack supports:
Multiple choice