Implement Advanced Security Measures and Best Practices
Security Assessment Framework
Step 1: Comprehensive Security Audit
`
SLOS → Advanced → Security → Security Audit
`
Security Audit Report:
`json
{
“audit_timestamp”: “2024-12-31T11:00:00Z”,
“auditscope”: “fullsystem”,
“security_score”: 85,
“critical_findings”: 0,
“high_findings”: 2,
“medium_findings”: 5,
“low_findings”: 12,
“compliance_status”: {
“gdpr_security”: “compliant”,
“ccpa_security”: “compliant”,
“iso27001”: “partially_compliant”,
“pcidss”: “notapplicable”
},
“risk_assessment”: {
“overall_risk”: “medium”,
“databreachprobability”: “low”,
“impact_severity”: “high”
}
}
`
Step 2: Vulnerability Scanning
`
SLOS → Advanced → Security → Vulnerability Scan
`
Vulnerability Scan Results:
`json
{
“scan_engine”: “multiple”,
“scanners_used”: [“WPScan”, “Nikto”, “OpenVAS”],
“vulnerabilities_found”: [
{
“id”: “WP-VULN-001”,
“severity”: “high”,
“title”: “Outdated WordPress Core”,
“description”: “WordPress core is outdated”,
“cvss_score”: 7.5,
“affectedcomponent”: “wordpresscore”,
“remediation”: “updatewordpresscore”,
“exploit_available”: true
},
{
“id”: “SLOS-VULN-001”,
“severity”: “medium”,
“title”: “Weak Password Policy”,
“description”: “Password requirements are insufficient”,
“cvss_score”: 5.0,
“affectedcomponent”: “usermanagement”,
“remediation”: “implementstrongpassword_policy”,
“exploit_available”: false
}
],
“false_positives”: 3,
“scan_coverage”: “98%”
}
`
Step 3: Penetration Testing Setup
`
SLOS → Advanced → Security → Penetration Testing
`
Penetration Testing Configuration:
`json
{
“testingmethodology”: “owasptop_10″,
“test_types”: [
“network_scanning”,
“webapplicationtesting”,
“api_testing”,
“databasesecuritytesting”
],
“testing_schedule”: {
“frequency”: “quarterly”,
“last_test”: “2024-10-15”,
“next_test”: “2025-01-15”
},
“authorized_testers”: [
“internalsecurityteam”,
“certifiedpenetrationtesters”
],
“testing_scope”: {
“in_scope”: [
“consentmanagementapi”,
“admin_dashboard”,
“userdataportal”
],
“outofscope”: [
“thirdpartyservices”,
“external_integrations”
]
}
}
`
Advanced Access Control
Step 1: Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
`
SLOS → Advanced → Security → Access Control
`
RBAC Configuration:
`json
{
“roles_defined”: [
{
“rolename”: “complianceofficer”,
“permissions”: [
“readconsentdata”,
“managecookiesettings”,
“viewauditlogs”,
“generate_reports”
],
“restrictions”: [
“nodatadeletion”,
“nosystemconfiguration”
]
},
{
“rolename”: “dataprotection_officer”,
“permissions”: [
“fullconsentdata_access”,
“managedsrrequests”,
“configureprivacysettings”,
“viewallaudit_logs”
],
“restrictions”: []
},
{
“rolename”: “itadministrator”,
“permissions”: [
“system_configuration”,
“user_management”,
“security_settings”,
“backup_management”
],
“restrictions”: [
“noconsentdata_modification”
]
}
],
“permission_matrix”: {
“consent_data”: {
“read”: [“complianceofficer”, “dataprotection_officer”],
“write”: [“dataprotectionofficer”],
“delete”: [“dataprotectionofficer”]
},
“system_settings”: {
“read”: [“all_roles”],
“write”: [“it_administrator”],
“delete”: [“it_administrator”]
}
}
}
`
Step 2: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
`php
// Advanced MFA implementation
class AdvancedMFA {
private $mfamethods = [‘totp’, ‘sms’, ’email’, ‘hardwaretoken’];
public function setupMFA($user_id, $method = ‘totp’) {
$secret = $this->generateSecret();
switch ($method) {
case ‘totp’:
return $this->setupTOTP($user_id, $secret);
case ‘sms’:
return $this->setupSMS($user_id);
case ’email’:
return $this->setupEmail($user_id);
case ‘hardware_token’:
return $this->setupHardwareToken($user_id);
default:
return [‘success’ => false, ‘error’ => ‘Invalid MFA method’];
}
}
private function setupTOTP($user_id, $secret) {
require_once ‘vendor/phpqrcode/qrlib.php’;
$issuer = get_bloginfo(‘name’);
$account = getuserdata($userid)->user_email;
$url = “otpauth://totp/{$issuer}:{$account}?secret={$secret}&issuer={$issuer}”;
// Generate QR code
ob_start();
QRcode::png($url, null, QRECLEVELL, 6);
$qrcode = base64encode(obgetclean());
updateusermeta($userid, ‘slosmfa_secret’, $secret);
updateusermeta($userid, ‘slosmfa_method’, ‘totp’);
updateusermeta($userid, ‘slosmfa_enabled’, false); // Will be enabled after verification
return [
‘success’ => true,
‘method’ => ‘totp’,
‘qrcode’ => $qrcode,
‘secret’ => $secret,
‘verification_required’ => true
];
}
public function verifyMFA($user_id, $code) {
$method = getusermeta($userid, ‘slosmfa_method’, true);
$secret = getusermeta($userid, ‘slosmfa_secret’, true);
switch ($method) {
case ‘totp’:
return $this->verifyTOTP($secret, $code);
case ‘sms’:
return $this->verifySMS($user_id, $code);
case ’email’:
return $this->verifyEmail($user_id, $code);
default:
return false;
}
}
private function verifyTOTP($secret, $code) {
$time = floor(time() / 30);
$valid_codes = [];
// Check current and adjacent time windows
for ($i = -1; $i <= 1; $i++) {
$valid_codes[] = $this->generateTOTP($secret, $time + $i);
}
return inarray($code, $validcodes);
}
private function generateTOTP($secret, $time) {
$secret = base64decode(strreplace(‘ ‘, ”, $secret));
$time = pack(‘N‘, 0) . pack(‘N‘, $time);
$hash = hash_hmac(‘sha1’, $time, $secret, true);
$offset = ord($hash[19]) & 0xf;
$code = (ord($hash[$offset]) & 0x7f) << 24 |
(ord($hash[$offset + 1]) & 0xff) << 16 |
(ord($hash[$offset + 2]) & 0xff) << 8 |
(ord($hash[$offset + 3]) & 0xff);
return strpad($code % (10 ** 6), 6, ‘0’, STRPAD_LEFT);
}
}
`
Step 3: Session Security Management
`php
// Advanced session security
class SessionSecurityManager {
private $session_config = [
‘lifetime’ => 3600, // 1 hour
‘idle_timeout’ => 1800, // 30 minutes
‘maxsessionsper_user’ => 3,
‘regenerate_frequency’ => 300, // 5 minutes
‘secure_cookies’ => true,
‘http_only’ => true,
‘same_site’ => ‘strict’
];
public function initializeSecureSession() {
// Configure session settings
iniset(‘session.cookiesecure’, $this->sessionconfig[‘securecookies’]);
iniset(‘session.cookiehttponly’, $this->sessionconfig[‘httponly’]);
iniset(‘session.cookiesamesite’, $this->sessionconfig[‘samesite’]);
iniset(‘session.gcmaxlifetime’, $this->session_config[‘lifetime’]);
// Start session with security checks
if (sessionstatus() === PHPSESSION_NONE) {
session_start();
}
$this->validateSession();
$this->manageConcurrentSessions();
$this->regenerateSessionIfNeeded();
}
private function validateSession() {
$userid = getcurrentuserid();
// Check session fingerprint
$current_fingerprint = $this->generateSessionFingerprint();
$storedfingerprint = $SESSION[‘fingerprint’] ?? null;
if ($storedfingerprint && $storedfingerprint !== $current_fingerprint) {
// Session hijacking detected
$this->destroySession();
$this->logSecurityEvent(‘sessionhijackingattempt’, [
‘userid’ => $userid,
‘ipaddress’ => $SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’],
‘useragent’ => $SERVER[‘HTTPUSERAGENT’]
]);
wp_die(‘Session security violation detected.’);
}
$SESSION[‘fingerprint’] = $currentfingerprint;
// Check idle timeout
$lastactivity = $SESSION[‘last_activity’] ?? time();
if (time() – $lastactivity > $this->sessionconfig[‘idle_timeout’]) {
$this->destroySession();
wpredirect(wplogin_url());
exit;
}
$SESSION[‘lastactivity’] = time();
}
private function generateSessionFingerprint() {
return hash(‘sha256’, $SERVER[‘REMOTEADDR’] . $SERVER[‘HTTPUSER_AGENT’]);
}
private function manageConcurrentSessions() {
$userid = getcurrentuserid();
if (!$user_id) return;
global $wpdb;
// Clean expired sessions
$wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare(
“DELETE FROM wpslosuser_sessions
WHERE userid = %d AND lastactivity < %d",
$user_id,
time() - $this->session_config[‘lifetime’]
));
// Check active session count
$activesessions = $wpdb->getvar($wpdb->prepare(
“SELECT COUNT(*) FROM wpslosusersessions WHERE userid = %d”,
$user_id
));
if ($activesessions >= $this->sessionconfig[‘maxsessionsper_user’]) {
// Remove oldest session
$wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare(
“DELETE FROM wpslosuser_sessions
WHERE user_id = %d
ORDER BY last_activity ASC
LIMIT 1″,
$user_id
));
}
// Update current session
$wpdb->replace(‘wpslosuser_sessions’, [
‘sessionid’ => sessionid(),
‘userid’ => $userid,
‘ipaddress’ => $SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’],
‘useragent’ => $SERVER[‘HTTPUSERAGENT’],
‘last_activity’ => time(),
‘createdat’ => $SESSION[‘created_at’] ?? time()
]);
}
private function regenerateSessionIfNeeded() {
$lastregeneration = $SESSION[‘last_regeneration’] ?? 0;
if (time() – $lastregeneration > $this->sessionconfig[‘regenerate_frequency’]) {
sessionregenerateid(true);
$SESSION[‘lastregeneration’] = time();
}
}
private function destroySession() {
global $wpdb;
// Remove from database
$wpdb->delete(‘wpslosuser_sessions’, [
‘sessionid’ => sessionid()
]);
// Destroy PHP session
session_destroy();
$_SESSION = [];
}
public function forceLogoutUser($user_id) {
global $wpdb;
// Remove all sessions for user
$wpdb->delete(‘wpslosuser_sessions’, [
‘userid’ => $userid
]);
// Log the action
$this->logSecurityEvent(‘forced_logout’, [
‘targetuserid’ => $user_id,
‘adminuserid’ => getcurrentuser_id()
]);
}
private function logSecurityEvent($event, $details) {
global $wpdb;
$wpdb->insert(‘wpslossecurity_events’, [
‘event_type’ => $event,
‘details’ => json_encode($details),
‘ipaddress’ => $SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’],
‘useragent’ => $SERVER[‘HTTPUSERAGENT’],
‘createdat’ => currenttime(‘mysql’)
]);
}
}
`
Data Encryption at Rest
Step 1: Implement Database Encryption
`
SLOS → Advanced → Security → Data Encryption
`
Database Encryption Configuration:
`json
{
“encryptionmethod”: “aes256gcm”,
“keymanagement”: “awskms”,
“encrypted_tables”: [
“wpslosconsent_log”,
“wpslosuser_data”,
“wpslosaudit_log”
],
“encrypted_columns”: [
“personal_data”,
“ip_address”,
“user_agent”,
“consent_details”
],
“encryption_performance”: {
“encryption_overhead”: “5%”,
“decryption_overhead”: “3%”,
“keyrotationtime”: “2_hours”
}
}
`
Step 2: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
`sql
— Enable TDE for MySQL
INSTALL PLUGIN keyringfile SONAME ‘keyringfile.so’;
— Configure keyring
SET GLOBAL keyringfiledata = ‘/var/lib/mysql-keyring/keyring’;
— Create encrypted tablespace
CREATE TABLESPACE slosencryptedts
ADD DATAFILE ‘slosencryptedts.ibd’
ENCRYPTION = ‘Y’;
— Alter existing tables to use encrypted tablespace
ALTER TABLE wpslosconsent_log
TABLESPACE slosencryptedts;
ALTER TABLE wpslosuser_data
TABLESPACE slosencryptedts;
— Verify encryption
SELECT
TABLE_SCHEMA,
TABLE_NAME,
CREATE_OPTIONS
FROM information_schema.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
AND TABLENAME LIKE ‘wpslos_%’
AND CREATE_OPTIONS LIKE ‘%ENCRYPTION%’;
`
Step 3: Application-Level Encryption
`php
// Application-level encryption for sensitive data
class DataEncryptionManager {
private $cipher = ‘aes-256-gcm’;
private $keyrotationdays = 90;
public function encryptData($data, $context = ‘general’) {
$key = $this->getEncryptionKey($context);
$iv = random_bytes(16);
$tag = ”;
$encrypted = openssl_encrypt(
json_encode($data),
$this->cipher,
$key,
OPENSSLRAWDATA,
$iv,
$tag
);
return [
‘encrypteddata’ => base64encode($encrypted),
‘iv’ => base64_encode($iv),
‘tag’ => base64_encode($tag),
‘key_version’ => $this->getCurrentKeyVersion($context),
‘encrypted_at’ => time()
];
}
public function decryptData($encrypted_package, $context = ‘general’) {
$key = $this->getEncryptionKey($context, $encryptedpackage[‘keyversion’]);
$decrypted = openssl_decrypt(
base64decode($encryptedpackage[‘encrypted_data’]),
$this->cipher,
$key,
OPENSSLRAWDATA,
base64decode($encryptedpackage[‘iv’]),
base64decode($encryptedpackage[‘tag’])
);
if ($decrypted === false) {
throw new Exception(‘Decryption failed’);
}
return json_decode($decrypted, true);
}
private function getEncryptionKey($context, $key_version = null) {
$keys = getoption(‘slosencryption_keys’, []);
if ($key_version) {
return $keys[$context][$key_version] ?? null;
}
// Return current key
$currentversion = $keys[$context][‘currentversion’] ?? ‘v1’;
return $keys[$context][$current_version] ?? null;
}
private function getCurrentKeyVersion($context) {
$keys = getoption(‘slosencryption_keys’, []);
return $keys[$context][‘current_version’] ?? ‘v1’;
}
public function rotateEncryptionKeys() {
$contexts = [‘consentdata’, ‘userdata’, ‘audit_logs’];
foreach ($contexts as $context) {
$this->rotateKeyForContext($context);
}
updateoption(‘sloslastkeyrotation’, time());
}
private function rotateKeyForContext($context) {
$keys = getoption(‘slosencryption_keys’, []);
$newversion = ‘v’ . (intval(substr($keys[$context][‘currentversion’], 1)) + 1);
$new_key = $this->generateKey();
$keys[$context][$newversion] = $newkey;
$keys[$context][‘currentversion’] = $newversion;
// Keep only last 3 versions
$versions = array_keys($keys[$context]);
if (count($versions) > 4) { // current_version + 3 old versions
sort($versions);
$toremove = arrayslice($versions, 0, -4);
foreach ($to_remove as $version) {
unset($keys[$context][$version]);
}
}
updateoption(‘slosencryption_keys’, $keys);
// Re-encrypt data with new key (this would be done in background)
$this->scheduleDataReencryption($context, $new_version);
}
private function generateKey() {
return random_bytes(32); // 256-bit key
}
private function scheduleDataReencryption($context, $new_version) {
// Schedule background job to re-encrypt data
wpschedulesingleevent(time() + 60, ‘slosreencrypt_data’, [
‘context’ => $context,
‘newversion’ => $newversion
]);
}
}
`
Network Security Hardening
Step 1: Web Application Firewall (WAF)
`
SLOS → Advanced → Security → WAF Configuration
`
WAF Configuration:
`json
{
“waf_enabled”: true,
“waf_provider”: “modsecurity”,
“rule_sets”: [
“OWASPCoreRule_Set”,
“SLOSCustomRules”,
“WordPressSpecificRules”
],
“protection_levels”: {
“sql_injection”: “block”,
“xss”: “block”,
“csrf”: “log”,
“file_inclusion”: “block”,
“command_injection”: “block”
},
“custom_rules”: [
{
“id”: “SLOS-001”,
“description”: “Block direct access to consent API without authentication”,
“pattern”: “^/wp-json/slos/v1/consent”,
“action”: “deny”,
“conditions”: [“!authenticated_user”]
},
{
“id”: “SLOS-002”,
“description”: “Rate limit consent submissions”,
“pattern”: “^/wp-json/slos/v1/consent”,
“action”: “rate_limit”,
“limit”: “10perminute”
}
]
}
`
Step 2: SSL/TLS Hardening
`apache
Apache SSL/TLS hardening
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /path/to/certificate.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /path/to/private.key
SSLCertificateChainFile /path/to/intermediate.crt
# Disable weak protocols
SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.2 +TLSv1.3
# Strong cipher suites only
SSLCipherSuite ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
# HSTS
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security “max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload”
# Security headers
Header always set X-Frame-Options DENY
Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
Header always set X-XSS-Protection “1; mode=block”
Header always set Referrer-Policy “strict-origin-when-cross-origin”
# CSP
Header always set Content-Security-Policy “default-src ‘self’; script-src ‘self’ ‘unsafe-inline’; style-src ‘self’ ‘unsafe-inline'”
# Disable TRACE method
TraceEnable off
`
`nginx
Nginx SSL/TLS hardening
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name example.com;
ssl_certificate /path/to/certificate.crt;
sslcertificatekey /path/to/private.key;
ssltrustedcertificate /path/to/intermediate.crt;
# Disable weak protocols
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
# Strong cipher suites
ssl_ciphers ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
sslpreferserver_ciphers off;
# HSTS
add_header Strict-Transport-Security “max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload” always;
# Security headers
add_header X-Frame-Options DENY always;
add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff always;
add_header X-XSS-Protection “1; mode=block” always;
add_header Referrer-Policy “strict-origin-when-cross-origin” always;
# CSP
add_header Content-Security-Policy “default-src ‘self’; script-src ‘self’ ‘unsafe-inline’; style-src ‘self’ ‘unsafe-inline'” always;
# Disable unwanted methods
if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|HEAD|POST)$ ) {
return 405;
}
}
`
Step 3: DDoS Protection
`php
// DDoS protection implementation
class DDoSProtection {
private $redis;
private $rate_limits = [
‘api_calls’ => [‘limit’ => 100, ‘window’ => 60], // 100 calls per minute
‘page_views’ => [‘limit’ => 500, ‘window’ => 60], // 500 page views per minute
‘login_attempts’ => [‘limit’ => 5, ‘window’ => 300] // 5 login attempts per 5 minutes
];
public function __construct() {
$this->redis = new Redis();
$this->redis->connect(‘127.0.0.1’, 6379);
}
public function checkRateLimit($action, $identifier = null) {
$identifier = $identifier ?: $SERVER[‘REMOTEADDR’];
$key = “rate_limit:{$action}:{$identifier}”;
$current = $this->redis->get($key) ?: 0;
$limit = $this->rate_limits[$action][‘limit’];
$window = $this->rate_limits[$action][‘window’];
if ($current >= $limit) {
$this->logDDoSAttempt($action, $identifier);
return false; // Rate limit exceeded
}
// Increment counter
$this->redis->incr($key);
$this->redis->expire($key, $window);
return true;
}
public function detectAnomalousTraffic() {
$ip = $SERVER[‘REMOTEADDR’];
$useragent = $SERVER[‘HTTPUSERAGENT’];
// Check for suspicious patterns
$suspicious_patterns = [
‘rapid_requests’ => $this->checkRapidRequests($ip),
‘botbehavior’ => $this->detectBotBehavior($useragent),
‘unusual_headers’ => $this->checkUnusualHeaders(),
‘honeypot_triggers’ => $this->checkHoneypotTriggers()
];
$risk_score = 0;
foreach ($suspicious_patterns as $pattern => $detected) {
if ($detected) {
$risk_score += $this->getRiskWeight($pattern);
}
}
if ($risk_score > 50) {
$this->blockSuspiciousIP($ip);
$this->logDDoSAttempt(‘anomaloustraffic’, $ip, $riskscore);
}
return $risk_score;
}
private function checkRapidRequests($ip) {
$key = “requestslastminute:{$ip}”;
$requests = $this->redis->get($key) ?: 0;
if ($requests > 200) {
return true;
}
$this->redis->incr($key);
$this->redis->expire($key, 60);
return false;
}
private function detectBotBehavior($user_agent) {
$bot_patterns = [
‘/bot/i’,
‘/crawler/i’,
‘/spider/i’,
‘/scraper/i’
];
foreach ($bot_patterns as $pattern) {
if (pregmatch($pattern, $useragent)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
private function checkUnusualHeaders() {
$unusual_headers = [
‘X-Forwarded-For’ => count(explode(‘,’, $SERVER[‘HTTPXFORWARDEDFOR’] ?? ”)) > 3,
‘User-Agent’ => empty($SERVER[‘HTTPUSER_AGENT’]),
‘Accept-Language’ => empty($SERVER[‘HTTPACCEPT_LANGUAGE’])
];
return arraysum($unusualheaders) > 1;
}
private function checkHoneypotTriggers() {
// Check if hidden form fields were filled (honeypot technique)
return !empty($POST[‘websiteurl’]) || !empty($POST[‘phonenumber’]);
}
private function getRiskWeight($pattern) {
$weights = [
‘rapid_requests’ => 30,
‘bot_behavior’ => 20,
‘unusual_headers’ => 15,
‘honeypot_triggers’ => 25
];
return $weights[$pattern] ?? 10;
}
private function blockSuspiciousIP($ip) {
$key = “blocked_ips:{$ip}”;
$this->redis->setex($key, 3600, time()); // Block for 1 hour
// Add to firewall (would integrate with actual firewall)
$this->addToFirewall($ip);
}
private function addToFirewall($ip) {
// Integration with firewall management system
$command = “iptables -A INPUT -s {$ip} -j DROP”;
// Execute command securely
// exec(escapeshellcmd($command));
}
private function logDDoSAttempt($type, $identifier, $risk_score = null) {
global $wpdb;
$wpdb->insert(‘wpslossecurity_events’, [
‘eventtype’ => ‘ddosattempt’,
‘details’ => json_encode([
‘attack_type’ => $type,
‘identifier’ => $identifier,
‘riskscore’ => $riskscore,
‘useragent’ => $SERVER[‘HTTPUSERAGENT’],
‘requesturi’ => $SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’],
‘timestamp’ => time()
]),
‘ipaddress’ => $SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’],
‘useragent’ => $SERVER[‘HTTPUSERAGENT’],
‘createdat’ => currenttime(‘mysql’)
]);
}
}
`
Incident Response Planning
Step 1: Create Incident Response Plan
`
SLOS → Advanced → Security → Incident Response
`
Incident Response Plan:
`json
{
“plan_version”: “2.1”,
“last_updated”: “2024-12-31”,
“incident_categories”: [
“data_breach”,
“unauthorized_access”,
“malware_infection”,
“ddos_attack”,
“system_compromise”
],
“response_team”: {
“incidentresponsecoordinator”: “security@company.com”,
“technical_lead”: “it-admin@company.com”,
“legal_counsel”: “legal@company.com”,
“communications_lead”: “pr@company.com”,
“external_contacts”: [
“law_enforcement”,
“cyber_insurance”,
“forensic_experts”
]
},
“escalation_matrix”: {
“severity_levels”: {
“low”: “4hourresponse”,
“medium”: “1hourresponse”,
“high”: “30minuteresponse”,
“critical”: “immediate_response”
},
“notification_chain”: [
“technical_team”,
“management”,
“legal_team”,
“regulators”,
“affected_users”
]
}
}
`
Step 2: Implement Automated Response
`php
// Automated incident response system
class IncidentResponseSystem {
private $incident_types = [
‘databreach’ => [‘severity’ => ‘critical’, ‘autocontain’ => true],
‘unauthorizedaccess’ => [‘severity’ => ‘high’, ‘autocontain’ => true],
‘malwaredetected’ => [‘severity’ => ‘high’, ‘autocontain’ => true],
‘ddosattack’ => [‘severity’ => ‘medium’, ‘autocontain’ => true],
‘suspiciousactivity’ => [‘severity’ => ‘low’, ‘autocontain’ => false]
];
public function detectIncident($incident_type, $details) {
if (!isset($this->incidenttypes[$incidenttype])) {
return false;
}
$incidentconfig = $this->incidenttypes[$incident_type];
$incidentid = $this->createIncident($incidenttype, $details, $incident_config[‘severity’]);
// Execute automated response
if ($incidentconfig[‘autocontain’]) {
$this->executeAutomatedResponse($incidenttype, $details, $incidentid);
}
// Notify response team
$this->notifyResponseTeam($incidentid, $incidentconfig[‘severity’]);
return $incident_id;
}
private function createIncident($type, $details, $severity) {
global $wpdb;
$incident_data = [
‘incident_type’ => $type,
‘severity’ => $severity,
‘status’ => ‘active’,
‘details’ => json_encode($details),
‘detectedat’ => currenttime(‘mysql’),
‘ipaddress’ => $SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’],
‘useragent’ => $SERVER[‘HTTPUSERAGENT’]
];
$wpdb->insert(‘wpslosincidents’, $incident_data);
return $wpdb->insert_id;
}
private function executeAutomatedResponse($incidenttype, $details, $incidentid) {
switch ($incident_type) {
case ‘unauthorized_access’:
$this->respondToUnauthorizedAccess($details, $incident_id);
break;
case ‘malware_detected’:
$this->respondToMalware($details, $incident_id);
break;
case ‘ddos_attack’:
$this->respondToDDoS($details, $incident_id);
break;
case ‘data_breach’:
$this->respondToDataBreach($details, $incident_id);
break;
}
}
private function respondToUnauthorizedAccess($details, $incident_id) {
// Block the IP address
$this->blockIP($details[‘ip_address’]);
// Force logout user if applicable
if (isset($details[‘user_id’])) {
$session_manager = new SessionSecurityManager();
$sessionmanager->forceLogoutUser($details[‘userid’]);
}
// Log the response
$this->logIncidentResponse($incidentid, ‘blockedipandforced_logout’);
}
private function respondToMalware($details, $incident_id) {
// Quarantine affected files
$this->quarantineFiles($details[‘affected_files’]);
// Scan the system
$this->initiateSystemScan();
// Disable compromised accounts
if (isset($details[‘compromised_users’])) {
foreach ($details[‘compromisedusers’] as $userid) {
$this->disableUserAccount($user_id);
}
}
$this->logIncidentResponse($incidentid, ‘filesquarantinedsystemscan_initiated’);
}
private function respondToDDoS($details, $incident_id) {
// Enable DDoS protection
$this->enableDDoSProtection();
// Scale up resources if possible
$this->scaleResources();
// Notify CDN/network provider
$this->notifyCDNProvider($details);
$this->logIncidentResponse($incidentid, ‘ddosprotectionenabledresources_scaled’);
}
private function respondToDataBreach($details, $incident_id) {
// Isolate affected systems
$this->isolateSystems($details[‘affected_systems’]);
// Secure backups
$this->secureBackups();
// Notify legal authorities
$this->notifyAuthorities($details);
// Prepare breach notification
$this->prepareBreachNotification($details);
$this->logIncidentResponse($incidentid, ‘systemsisolatedbackupssecurednotificationsprepared’);
}
private function notifyResponseTeam($incident_id, $severity) {
$incident = $this->getIncident($incident_id);
$subject = “Security Incident Alert – {$severity} – ID: {$incident_id}”;
$message = $this->generateIncidentNotification($incident);
$recipients = $this->getNotificationRecipients($severity);
foreach ($recipients as $recipient) {
wp_mail($recipient, $subject, $message);
}
// Send SMS alerts for critical incidents
if ($severity === ‘critical’) {
$this->sendSMSAlerts($incident);
}
}
private function generateIncidentNotification($incident) {
return “
Security Incident Detected:
Incident ID: {$incident->id}
Type: {$incident->incident_type}
Severity: {$incident->severity}
Detected: {$incident->detected_at}
Details:
” . jsonencode(jsondecode($incident->details), JSONPRETTYPRINT) . “
Automated Response: ” . ($incident->autoresponsetaken ?: ‘None’) . “
Please review and take appropriate action.
“;
}
private function getNotificationRecipients($severity) {
$recipients = [
‘low’ => [‘security-team@company.com’],
‘medium’ => [‘security-team@company.com’, ‘it-admin@company.com’],
‘high’ => [‘security-team@company.com’, ‘it-admin@company.com’, ‘management@company.com’],
‘critical’ => [‘security-team@company.com’, ‘it-admin@company.com’, ‘management@company.com’, ‘legal@company.com’]
];
return $recipients[$severity] ?? $recipients[‘low’];
}
private function logIncidentResponse($incidentid, $responsetaken) {
global $wpdb;
$wpdb->update(
‘wpslosincidents’,
[‘autoresponsetaken’ => $response_taken],
[‘id’ => $incident_id]
);
}
// Helper methods for various response actions
private function blockIP($ip) { / Implementation / }
private function quarantineFiles($files) { / Implementation / }
private function initiateSystemScan() { / Implementation / }
private function disableUserAccount($user_id) { / Implementation / }
private function enableDDoSProtection() { / Implementation / }
private function scaleResources() { / Implementation / }
private function notifyCDNProvider($details) { / Implementation / }
private function isolateSystems($systems) { / Implementation / }
private function secureBackups() { / Implementation / }
private function notifyAuthorities($details) { / Implementation / }
private function prepareBreachNotification($details) { / Implementation / }
private function sendSMSAlerts($incident) { / Implementation / }
private function getIncident($id) { / Implementation / }
}
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