SOP-31: Boot / Firmware Persistence (Bootkit) Response
SOC analyst playbook for detecting and responding to boot-level and firmware persistence including MBR overwrites, UEFI implants, bcdedit BCD manipulation, and Secure Boot bypass. DeviceEvents MbrWrite, DeviceProcessEvents bcdedit.exe. KQL for Sentinel, SPL for Splunk.
Rudra Verma, Senior Security Architect & Researcher