GUIDE · 6 min read
Detection Engineering 101
A good detection is high-fidelity, well-documented and tied to a real adversary technique. A bad one is a paste from a blog. Here's the workflow we use to build the first kind.
Start from the technique
Pick a MITRE ATT&CK sub-technique. Read the threat-intel reporting. Understand what the telemetry actually looks like.
Write, test, tune
Draft the rule, run it against historical logs, measure noise, tune until precision is acceptable. Document the why.
- Detection name + ATT&CK ID
- Data source + log fields used
- False-positive notes and tuning history
Test continuously
Use Atomic Red Team or Caldera to fire the technique on a schedule. If your detection breaks, you find out — before the adversary does.
Tools mentioned
SigmaSplunkSentinelAtomic Red TeamCaldera
⟩ takeaway
Detection engineering is software engineering. Version control, tests and code review apply.
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