Free Download Practical Threat Detection Engineering
by Megan Roddie, Jason Deyalsingh, Gary J. Katz
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1801076715 | 328 pages | True/Retail PDF EPUB | 18.11 MB
Go on a journey through the threat detection engineering lifecycle while enriching your skill set and protecting your organization
Key Features
Gain a comprehensive understanding of threat validation
Leverage open source tools to test security detections
Harness open source content to supplement detection and testing
Book Description
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, projects, and self-assessment questions, this guide will enable you to confidently validate the detections in your security program.
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.
What you will learn
Understand the detection engineering process
Build a detection engineering test lab
Learn how to maintain detections as code
Understand how threat intelligence can be used to drive detection development
Prove the effectiveness of detection capabilities to business leadership
Learn how to limit attackers' ability to inflict damage by detecting any malicious activity early
Who this book is for
This book is for security analysts and engineers seeking to improve their organization's security posture by mastering the detection engineering lifecycle.
To get started with this book, you'll need a basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts, along with some experience with detection and alert capabilities.
Table of Contents
Fundamentals of Detection Engineering
The Detection Engineering Life Cycle
Building a Detection Engineering Test Lab
Detection Data Sources
Investigating Detection Requirements
Developing Detections Using Indicators of Compromise
Developing Detections Using Behavioral Indicators
Documentation and Detection Pipelines
Detection Validation
Leveraging Threat Intelligence
Performance Management
Career Guidance for Detection Engineers