active-directoryActive Directory internals for detection engineering — Kerberos authentication flow (AS-REQ/TGT/TGS/service ticket), NTLM challenge-response mechanics, AD replication protocol (DRS/DCSync), trust types and delegation abuse (constrained/unconstrained/RBCD), Group Policy processing, AD Certificate Ser
amazon-web-servicesAWS security telemetry and internals for detection engineering — CloudTrail event structure (management vs data events, read-only vs write), IAM mechanics (roles, policies, assume-role chains, SCPs, permission boundaries), GuardDuty finding types, S3 access logging, VPC Flow Logs, Lambda execution m
carbon-black-cloudVMware Carbon Black Cloud Enterprise EDR authoring guidance — distinguishes process search query syntax (CBC search language) from watchlist feeds, scheduled searches, and live response. Covers indicator vs IOC discipline, watchlist subscription model, alert override / interrupt, sensor capability b
crowdstrike-falconCrowdStrike Falcon detection engineering — distinguishes Falcon Insight (Event Search / EAM) from Falcon Next-Gen SIEM (LogScale / CQL), covers Falcon Query Language idioms, Custom IOA / IOC discipline, Correlation Rules (detection-as-code), Falcon Fusion workflow automation, sensor coverage gaps ac
detection-engineeringDetection engineering lifecycle across the opentide threat → objective → rule sequence and the operational practice of converting validated hunting queries into production detection rules. Encodes hunting-vs-detection trade-offs, hunt-to-rule conversion (7-step process with FP reduction, entity mapp
email-and-collaborationM365 email and collaboration security telemetry for detection engineering — Exchange Online mail flow (transport rules, journaling, DLP), mailbox delegation and forwarding rules, OAuth app permissions on mailboxes, SharePoint/OneDrive external sharing, Teams guest access, Purview Unified Audit Log (
entra-idMicrosoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) — identity platform internals, telemetry, and attack detection. Covers the full Entra ID surface including sign-in logs (interactive, non-interactive, service principal, managed identity), audit logs, Identity Protection risk signals, Conditional Access evaluat
google-cloud-platformGoogle Cloud Platform security telemetry for detection engineering — Cloud Audit Logs structure (Admin Activity, Data Access, System Event, Policy Denied), IAM mechanics (roles, service accounts, workload identity federation, impersonation), GCP-specific attack patterns (service account key theft, c
harfanglabHarfangLab orb / EDR detection engineering — Sigma rule authoring in opentide's validated YAML schema (selections array, modifiers, conditional field validation), RHQL hunt query language, YARA file/memory scanning (opentide structure with imports, meta.context, auto-routing), full logsource categor
identity-providersCross-vendor identity mechanics for detection engineering — OAuth2/OIDC token flows (authorization code, client credentials, device code, ROPC), SAML assertion structure and forgery conditions (Golden SAML), Primary Refresh Token (PRT) mechanics, refresh token binding and lifetime, federation trust
kusto-query-languagePlatform-agnostic Kusto Query Language (KQL) patterns, optimisation rules, anti-patterns, and correlation techniques shared by Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender Advanced Hunting. Covers operator hierarchy, filter ordering, joins, summarise patterns, commenting discipline, false-positive engi
linux-internalsLinux operating system internals for detection engineering — process model (fork/exec, /proc filesystem, namespaces), user/group/capability model, auditd subsystem and rule authoring, eBPF hook points and security tools (Falco, Tetragon), systemd service model, PAM authentication, SSH key management
macos-internalsmacOS operating system internals for detection engineering — process model (XPC, launchd, posix_spawn), TCC (Transparency, Consent, and Control) framework, Gatekeeper and notarisation, code signing enforcement, System Extensions vs kernel extensions, Endpoint Security framework, persistence location
microsoft-azureAzure cloud infrastructure security telemetry for detection engineering — Azure Activity Log and Resource Manager operations, Azure RBAC model (roles, scopes, PIM), managed identity mechanics, Key Vault access patterns, storage account security, virtual machine and compute operations, network securi
microsoft-defender-endpointMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) Advanced Hunting authoring guidance — Device*/Email*/Identity* table schemas, Timestamp discipline, ProcessUniqueId vs PID for temporal joins, FileProfile() prevalence enrichment with null handling, AdditionalFields parsing, mandatory output columns for custom d
microsoft-sentinelMicrosoft Sentinel (Azure Log Analytics) hunting, analytic-rule, and detection authoring guidance — table-domain decision matrix, identity/cloud workload schemas (SigninLogs, AuditLogs, AzureActivity, OfficeActivity, CommonSecurityLog), TimeGenerated discipline, ResultType code patterns, NRT vs sche
mitre-attackMITRE ATT&CK mapping discipline and technique reference for opentide threats, objectives and detection rules — technique vs sub-technique selection, tactic assignment, multi-technique chaining, version pinning, revocation handling, coverage gap analysis, platform matrix awareness, and a locally sear
network-protocolsNetwork protocol internals for detection engineering — DNS resolution chain and tunnelling indicators, TLS handshake and certificate anomalies, SMB authentication and lateral movement surface, HTTP/S C2 patterns (beaconing, jitter, domain fronting), LDAP bind and search patterns, RDP session mechani
okta-identityOkta identity platform detection guidance — System Log event schema (eventType taxonomy, actor/target/outcome structure), session token mechanics, authentication flows (FastPass, FIDO2, delegated auth), admin API abuse patterns, ThreatInsight signals, Okta-to-Entra federation trust chains, and Okta-
opentide-objectiveAuthors opentide Detection Objective objects — decomposing a threat into discrete detection opportunities, writing signals as analyst-facing alert specifications, modelling data availability honestly, choosing a composition strategy, and linking upstream to threat vectors and downstream to detection
opentide-ruleAuthors opentide Detection Rule objects — structured descriptions, response procedures an analyst can actually follow, exclusion discipline, and per-platform configurations wired to the signals they implement. Covers platform capability differences, signal traceability, and anti-patterns distilled f
opentide-threatConverts threat intelligence into opentide Threat Vector objects — source hygiene, atomising reports into discrete adversary behaviours, gap analysis before modelling, then schema-backed YAML authoring. Covers terrain as preconditions rather than narrative, chaining between vectors, ATT&CK mapping,
opentide-visibilityModels the detection estate in the opentide visibility configuration — which assets generate logs, which log sources are actually collected and on which system, and which external vendor detections already cover ground. This configuration is upstream of Detection Objectives, because the allowed valu
sentinelone-singularitySentinelOne Singularity detection engineering — explicit distinction from Microsoft Sentinel, surface map across STAR Custom Logic (sensor-side behavioural rules), Deep Visibility (DVQL), Singularity Data Lake / PowerQuery (SDL alert configuration, scheduled queries, geo/math functions), exclusions
splunk-spl-processingSplunk Enterprise and Enterprise Security SPL authoring for detection engineering — index/sourcetype/time discipline, tstats/CIM acceleration, ESCU macro layers, ES correlation searches, notables, and RBA. Use when authoring or reviewing SPL, configurations.splunk blocks of detection rules, ES corre
threat-huntingThreat hunting hypothesis discipline using the ABLE framework (Actor, Behaviour, Location, Evidence), hypothesis quality scoring (confidence, relevance, priority, effort, scope), evidence-platform decision matrix, hypothesis archetypes (baseline anomaly, frequency-based, behavioural sequence), data-
windows-event-logsWindows native event log authoring guidance for detection engineering — Security, Sysmon, PowerShell, and system event channels. Covers critical Event IDs (4624/4625/4688/4697/4720/5140/7045), Sysmon EID 1-29 with configuration discipline, PowerShell ScriptBlock/Module logging, EVTX channel routing,
windows-internalsWindows operating system internals relevant for detection engineering — process creation chain (CreateProcess to token assignment), access token and privilege model (SeDebugPrivilege, integrity levels, UAC), DLL loading order and hijacking surface, service control manager architecture, COM/DCOM/WMI