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Practical Threat Detection Engineering

By : Megan Roddie, Jason Deyalsingh, Gary J. Katz
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Book Image

Practical Threat Detection Engineering

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By: Megan Roddie, Jason Deyalsingh, Gary J. Katz

Overview of this book

Threat validation is an indispensable component of every security detection program, ensuring a healthy detection pipeline. This comprehensive detection engineering guide will serve as an introduction for those who are new to detection validation, providing valuable guidelines to swiftly bring you up to speed. The book will show you how to apply the supplied frameworks to assess, test, and validate your detection program. It covers the entire life cycle of a detection, from creation to validation, with the help of real-world examples. Featuring hands-on tutorials and projects, this guide will enable you to confidently validate the detections in your security program. This book serves as your guide to building a career in detection engineering, highlighting the essential skills and knowledge vital for detection engineers in today's landscape. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills necessary to test your security detection program and strengthen your organization’s security measures.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Detection Engineering
5
Part 2: Detection Creation
11
Part 3: Detection Validation
14
Part 4: Metrics and Management
16
Part 5: Detection Engineering as a Career

Resources and further reading

The following resources provide lists of the sources discussed in this chapter, as well as further informational material related to threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK.

Threat intelligence sources and concepts

https://github.com/hslatman/awesome-threat-intelligence

This GitHub repository contains a variety of types of resources related to threat intel including sources, such as threat intel feeds, formats, frameworks, platforms, tools, research, standards, and books.

Online scanners and sandboxes

https://github.com/rshipp/awesome-malware-analysis#online-scanners-and-sandboxes

The Online Scanners and Sandboxes section of this GitHub repository provides a comprehensive listing of tools similar to VirusTotal that can be leveraged for the methods discussed in this chapter.

MITRE ATT&CK

Here are the sources that you can refer to for MITRE ATT&CK: