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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

5 (2)
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

Summary

In this chapter, we went into greater depth on the concept of threat intelligence and, specifically, its role in detection engineering. First, we introduced the types of threat intelligence at a very high level. We then looked at how we can leverage this threat intelligence during the Requirements Discovery, Triage, and Investigate phases of the detection engineering life cycle, using examples to solidify the concepts. Finally, we touched on threat assessments and how a threat assessment combined with threat intelligence can lead to important detection requirements.

In the next chapter, we will discuss performance management. This chapter will look at leveraging metrics to both identify the current state of your detection engineering program and road-map improvements to your program.