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Security Monitoring with Wazuh

By : Rajneesh Gupta
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Security Monitoring with Wazuh

By: Rajneesh Gupta

Overview of this book

Explore the holistic solution that Wazuh offers to improve your organization’s cybersecurity posture with this insightful guide. Security Monitoring with Wazuh is a comprehensive resource, covering use cases, tool integration, and compliance monitoring to equip you with the skills you need to build an enterprise-level defense system. The book begins by setting up an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), integrating the open-source tool Suricata with the Wazuh platform, and then explores topics such as network and host-based intrusion detection, monitoring for known vulnerabilities, exploits, and detecting anomalous behavior. As you progress, you’ll learn how to leverage Wazuh’s capabilities to set up Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR). The chapters will lead you through the process of implementing security monitoring practices aligned with industry standards and regulations. You’ll also master monitoring and enforcing compliance with frameworks such as PCI DSS, GDPR, and MITRE ATT&CK, ensuring that your organization maintains a strong security posture while adhering to legal and regulatory requirements. By the end of this book, you’ll be proficient in harnessing the power of Wazuh and have a deeper understanding of effective security monitoring strategies.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Part 1:Threat Detection
4
Part 2: Threat Intelligence, Automation, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting
9
Part 3: Compliance Management
12
Chapter 9: Glossary

Threat Intelligence and Analysis

According to a Ponemon Institute study (https://webroot-cms-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/9114/5445/5911/ponemon-importance-of-cyber-threat-intelligence.pdf), organizations with robust threat intelligence respond to cyberattacks 53% faster, highlighting its importance in threat analysis, incident response, and mitigation. Simply put, threat intelligence is data that is gathered, processed, and studied to figure out why a threat actor does what they do, who they attack, and how they do it. Threat intelligence data empowers security operations teams to proactively defend against potential security incidents, improving their ability to detect, analyze, and eradicate the threat effectively. When you integrate threat intelligence capabilities into the Wazuh platform, security operations center (SOC) analysts can get more context for each security alert. In this chapter, we aim to enhance Wazuh’s threat intelligence capabilities. To achieve this, we will leverage...