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Course Overview

Networking is at the core of every modern enterprise whether on-premise or in the cloud. Locating intrusions and threats “on the wire” is an essential practice to every security program. A critical tool for scalable monitoring of hundreds and thousands of hosts is the intrusion detection system (IDS). Implementing solutions, such as Suricata as an IDS or inline as an intrusion prevention system (IPS) will help scale your security monitoring and response capabilities across vast networks regardless of the architecture. 

There are many tutorials, training, and documentation that describe the installation and basic usage of Suricata but don’t prepare security engineers and analysts to optimize the implementation with end-to-end lifecycle considerations on how to customize detections using Suricata and make robust detection use cases. Considerations for architectural planning, performance tuning, detection language syntax, and rule testing are also an important part of your success in the care and feeding of your detection engineering program. With hands-on guidance and modern detection implementations, Suricata can be a performant and affordable network IDS solution for many enterprises. 

This course will take you through architectural considerations, how the Suricata engine works, creating custom detections, and how to test those detections successfully for scalable utilization. 

The necessary resources for this course are in the "Resources" section of Video 1.1. You can also access them through this direct link - https://github.com/ec-council-learning/Mastering-Network-Intrusion-Defense

What You Will Learn

  • Understand deep level packet analytics and how network intrusion engines parse the data.
  • Apply PCAP analytics to writing tcpdump and wireshark filters for sizing and tuning of IDS engines.
  • Forensically carve files and indicators from PCAP streams for extended analysis in tools outside of Suricata.
  • Create custom detection use cases for Suricata and generate offensive payload for testing.
  • Develop GitHub based CI/CD runner scripts to automatically test and deploy your custom detections to Suricata.
  • Deploy Suricata as a monitoring IDS using Ubuntu VM and inline using PFsense VM and develop custom scripts for active response techniques.
  • Adapt packet filtering and analysis skills from Wireshark to Cloudflare WAF rules.

Program Curriculum

  • Understanding Traffic Capturing Mechanisms
  • Architecting and Designing Implementations
  • Creating Packet Captures and Filters
  • Examining the Suricata Engine
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Analyzing Traffic in Wireshark
  • Extracting Indicators from PCAPs
  • Inferring Behaviors from PCAPs
  • Forensically Carving Files from PCAPs
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Installing Necessary Packages
  • Applying Configuration Settings
  • Determining Runtime Modes
  • Ruleset Updates
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Understanding Rule Schema and Syntax
  • Creating in an Initial Rule
  • Using Content Modifiers in Rules
  • Optimizing for Performance
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Creating the Test Payload
  • Creating Scripts for Test Result States
  • Generate TTP Tests with Scripts
  • Modify Scripts for Additional Test States
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Adapting Detections for Other Tool Use Cases
  • Implementing CI/CD Pipeline Automation
  • Develop Active Response Scripts with Monitor Mode
  • Chapter 6 Quiz
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Instructor

Dennis Chow

Dennis Chow is an experienced security engineer and director for multiple Fortune 500 enterprises. He currently holds over 40+ active certifications and was a former Amazon Web Services (AWS) professional services consultant focused on security transformation and automation efforts. Dennis started his career in IT, followed by time in the SOC before moving to engineering, architecture, and leadership. During his 15+ years in the industry, Dennis has successfully taught and mentored multiple individuals from different backgrounds to become cybersecurity professionals. He has also led the initiative of setting the cyber threat intelligence sharing standards used by ISAACs today in the U.S. Healthcare vertical and is a published author on Detection Engineering and Red Team tool development.

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