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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

Phase 1 – Requirements Discovery

The first task in the DE life cycle is to collect detection requirements. The Requirements Discovery phase can be initiated from multiple sources, as described here, and results in detection requirements, which will be passed onto the Triage phase for further evaluation. At a high level, we can analyze inputs and outputs for each phase. In this case, we have the following:

  • Input: Findings from detection requirement sources
  • Output: Detection requirement(s) with the details specified in the Characteristics of a complete detection requirement section

This section will outline various aspects of the Requirements Discovery phase, such as what a detection requirement should include and where those requirements come from. To start, we’ll examine the characteristics of a complete detection and provide a template so that you can gather such information in your organization. Then, we’ll dive into the sources that detection...