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.
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
To get started with this book, you’ll need a basic understanding of cybersecurity concepts, along with some experience with detection and alert capabilities.