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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

The Detection Engineering Life Cycle

In Chapter 1, we introduced the foundational concepts that will be referenced throughout this book. With this baseline knowledge, we can begin diving further into detection engineering (DE) and its practical implementation. This chapter will cover the DE life cycle to help you understand the purpose of each phase. We will also consider the inputs and outputs of each phase to see how the different phases interact with each other for a holistic approach to DE.

To begin, we’ll introduce the DE life cycle and its subcomponents. Figure 2.1 shows the life cycle as a flow chart to help you understand the order of operations:

Figure 2.1 – DE life cycle

Figure 2.1 – DE life cycle

The top section shows the six primary phases, each of which we will dive into at a high level in the following sections of this chapter. The phases operate in sequence, aligning with the order shown in Figure 2.1, with the Test and Investigate phases potentially...