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Defensive Security with Kali Purple

You're reading from   Defensive Security with Kali Purple Cybersecurity strategies using ELK Stack and Kali Linux

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835088982
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Karl Lane Karl Lane
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Introduction, History, and Installation
2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cybersecurity FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Kali Linux and the ELK Stack 4. Chapter 3: Installing the Kali Purple Linux Environment 5. Chapter 4: Configuring the ELK Stack 6. Chapter 5: Sending Data to the ELK Stack 7. Part 2: Data Analysis, Triage, and Incident Response
8. Chapter 6: Traffic and Log Analysis 9. Chapter 7: Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems 10. Chapter 8: Security Incident and Response 11. Part 3: Digital Forensics, Offensive Security, and NIST CSF
12. Chapter 9: Digital Forensics 13. Chapter 10: Integrating the Red Team and External Tools 14. Chapter 11: Autopilot, Python, and NIST Control 15. Index 16. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix: Answer Key

IDS

An IDS is a network security tool that is designed to monitor network or other technological system activities for potential malicious activities and/or policy violations. They can identify unauthorized access, misuse of equipment or software, as well as potential security threats from anywhere within a network environment. The primary function of an IDS is to observe and report security incidents such as unauthorized access and policy violations, as mentioned previously. An active IDS also is expected to find and assist analysts with defense against malware or any other objects, real or virtual, along with their activities. In summary, they are meant to address anything that might pose a threat to the proper and desired function of the network system.

The key functions and abilities of an IDS are as follows:

  • Traffic monitoring
  • Anomaly detection
  • Signature-based detection
  • Real-time alerts
  • Log and event analysis
  • Network and host-based detection
  • ...
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