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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

Integrating Wazuh with TheHive

We will integrate Wazuh with TheHive to automatically send Wazuh alerts to TheHive. SOC analysts will then be able to investigate and respond to these alerts, as well as create cases if necessary. In this section, we will take the following steps:

  1. Install the TheHive Python script on the Wazuh manager.
  2. Create an integration Python script on the Wazuh manager.
  3. Create a Bash script on the Wazuh manager.
  4. Integrate TheHive server in Wazuh server configurations.
  5. Restart the manager.
  6. Visualize the alerts on TheHive.

Install TheHive Python script on the Wazuh manager

We will use a Python script that will enable custom integration of TheHive with the Wazuh manager. We’ll write in the following step which we will use as a reference. This module is operational as of the time of this writing after being tested with TheHive version 5.2.1.

Let’s first install the thehive4py module using the following command:

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