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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

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

A

abstraction map 268, 269

access, authentication, and authorization logs 80

actionability, of detection 18

Active Exploits score 107, 108

ad hoc tests 38

adversary activity simulation 203

Atomic Red Team 203, 204

CALDERA 204, 205

adversary tools detection 141

PsExec usage, example scenarios 141

alert determinations 260

antivirus (AV) 81

Apache logs 90

Atomic Red Team 203

additional exercises 212

CALDERA agent, deploying 213, 214

detections for multiple technique, validating 212

detections for single technique, validating 205

detections, reviewing in Elastic Stack 217-219

operation, starting 214-217

reference link 204

setup, for validating detection 205-208

validation, executing via 209-212

ATT&CK Navigator

reference link...