Course

Tactical data

In this course, the student expands on the topic of data management to explore tactical data.

Course description

This course builds on the data management course. We will talk about the detection life cycle and how you can make the data you collect tactical. We will also discuss the data dictionary and data models, and the importance of each when crafting detections.

Syllabus

Detection life cycle

Video — 00:16:56

A look at triage, investigation and remediation.

Data dictionary and data models

Video — 00:13:40

The structure and relationship of data, OSSEM.

Crafting detections

Video — 00:21:18

Methods and techniques for engineering detections (Elastic SIEM demo).

Meet the author

Mark Viglione is a graduate of Penn State University. He has experience working at a Fortune 500 company as a cybersecurity engineer. Mark is the founder of Enigma Networkz, a SaaS cybersecurity data analytics company helping small to midsized organizations protect their environment from cyber threats. He is a member of Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s client portfolio program and has been a speaker at Penn State Berks LaunchBox events. He has also authored various cybersecurity related coursework and labs.

Mark holds multiple cybersecurity certificates: SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner), SANS GCIA (Certified Intrusion Analyst) and CompTIA CySA+ (Cybersecurity Analyst).

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