SOC PLAYBOOK 2026 ATTACKER STEPS (WHAT THEY DO) AND DEFENDER STEPS

The playbook covers high-impact scenarios such as:
✅ API abuse and BOLA
✅ stolen JWT / refresh token abuse
✅ MFA fatigue attacks
✅ mailbox rule abuse
✅ LOLBins and PowerShell abuse
✅ insider data exfiltration
✅ VPN credential abuse
✅ cloud admin account abuse
✅ ransomware with valid credentials
✅ supply chain / vendor access abuse
✅ backup tampering
✅ log tampering
✅ shadow IT data leakage
✅ OAuth consent phishing
✅ container escape and cloud workload abuse

EACH SCENARIO CONNECTS:
📌 attacker steps,
📌 defender focus,
📌 detection signals,
📌 SIEM correlation logic,
📌 triage questions,
📌 response actions,
📌 and evidence collection.

A mature SOC is not defined only by technology. It is defined by whether analysts can move quickly from:

signal → context → decision → containment → evidence.

That is where real incident response discipline begins.

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