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Course Outline
Open-Source SIEM Sovereignty for Government
- Analysis of compliance liabilities and cost structures associated with cloud-based SIEM log retention.
- Examination of Wazuh architecture: server, indexer, dashboard, and agents.
- Evaluation against Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic Security, and QRadar.
Deployment and Architecture
- Single-node and distributed deployment patterns.
- Utilization of Docker Compose and Kubernetes manifests.
- Hardware sizing: CPU, RAM, and disk IOPS requirements for log ingestion.
- Certificate and TLS configuration for secure component communication.
Agent Management
- Deploying agents via packages, Ansible, or Group Policy Objects.
- Agent enrollment, key exchange, and group assignment processes.
- Agentless monitoring via syslog, AWS S3, or API polling methods.
- Strategies for upgrading agents across large enterprise fleets.
Detection Engineering
- Decoders and rules for log parsing and event extraction.
- Mapping rules to MITRE ATT&CK categories.
- File integrity monitoring (FIM) and rootkit detection capabilities.
- Developing custom rules using XML and YAML syntax.
- Integrating threat intelligence from MISP, VirusTotal, and AlienVault.
Incident Response and Automation
- Active response mechanisms: firewall blocking, account disablement, and process termination.
- SOAR integration using Shuffle, n8n, or custom webhooks.
- Alert correlation and multi-stage attack chaining analysis.
- Case management workflows and evidence preservation protocols.
Compliance and Reporting
- Mapping to PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and NIST controls.
- Monitoring policies for password strength, encryption, and patching status.
- Scheduled report generation and data export functions.
- Maintaining audit trail integrity and detecting tampering.
Dashboards and Visualization
- Customizing Wazuh dashboards and creating widgets.
- Integrating Grafana for advanced visualization needs.
- Ensuring Kibana compatibility for legacy Elastic environments.
- Designing views for executive oversight and operational SOC use.
Maintenance and Scaling
- Managing indexer shards and implementing hot-warm-cold archiving.
- Establishing log retention policies and legal hold procedures.
- Disaster recovery planning and cluster rebuild strategies.
Requirements
- Intermediate proficiency in Linux and Windows system administration.
- Comprehensive understanding of SIEM concepts, including correlation, alerting, and log aggregation.
- Practical experience with the Elastic Stack or OpenSearch.
Target Audience
- Security operations centers seeking to transition from commercial SIEM solutions.
- Compliance teams requiring on-premise log retention capabilities.
- Government agencies requiring sovereign threat detection and monitoring infrastructure.
21 Hours
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