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The Detection Opportunity Cost

What should drive picking one detection idea over another?

May 1

The Detection Opportunity Cost

May 1

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Becoming a Detection Engineering Contractor, Part II— The Preparation

You want to become a contractor or an independent consultant in the Detection Engineering (DE) space? This series is for you.

Mar 26

Becoming a Detection Engineering Contractor, Part II— The Preparation

Mar 26

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Threat Hunting step-by-step: Collecting Web Shells 🐚 using Ephemeral Baselines

Turning a KQL hunting query into a Defender detection rule to spot unusual web server processes using simple statistics.

Feb 25

Threat Hunting step-by-step: Collecting Web Shells 🐚 using Ephemeral Baselines

Feb 25

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Baselines 101: Building Resilient, Frictionless SIEM Detections

How to leverage Enterprises' Circadian Window to spot unusual activity and potentially uncover cyber threats.

Feb 12

Baselines 101: Building Resilient, Frictionless SIEM Detections

Feb 12

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Becoming a Detection Engineering Contractor, Part I — The Motivation

So you wanna become a contractor (freelancer, independent consultant) in the Detection Engineering space? Here I share my impressions.

Jan 17

Becoming a Detection Engineering Contractor, Part I — The Motivation

Jan 17

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From Intelligence to Detection: A Workflow for Integrating CTI, IR, Hunting & Red Teams

In 2017, a former software tester suggested that I should consider shipping detection content by following the SDLC, and it seemed like a…

Nov 3, 2024

From Intelligence to Detection: A Workflow for Integrating CTI, IR, Hunting & Red Teams

Nov 3, 2024

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Is Security Analytics the key to High-Fidelity, Context-Rich Alerts?

Turning massive security alerts stream into a few manageable, stats-annotated, scored, aggregated Alert Sessions.

Oct 3, 2024

Is Security Analytics the key to High-Fidelity, Context-Rich Alerts?

Oct 3, 2024

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Sysmon: a viable alternative to EDR?

I've been recently engaged in workshops with distinct clients from completely different industries/verticals and this is a recurring topic.

Jul 4, 2024

Sysmon: a viable alternative to EDR?

Jul 4, 2024

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Data Science & Exploratory Data Analysis: the Panda versus the Pony!

Exploratory data analysis sits at the core of any insightful data work. Performing log analysis in search for threats is no different.

Jun 5, 2024

Data Science & Exploratory Data Analysis: the Panda versus the Pony!

Jun 5, 2024

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How to prioritize a Detection Backlog?

I started writing Medium stories in 2017 and the very first article was "How to rank Quick Wins", a fascinating topic that deserved another…

May 13, 2024

How to prioritize a Detection Backlog?

May 13, 2024

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I design and build detection and SIEM/EDR/XDR content for Enterprise #SecOps teams #DetectionEngineering http://opstune.com

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