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Manage Suricata 6 Rule Sets and Rule Sources

by Matt Glass

This course will teach you how to manage Suricata rule sets and rule sources to optimize your configuration and detection.

What you'll learn

Intrusion detection and prevention are an important part of any enterprise network security monitoring plan. In this course, Manage Suricata 6 Rule Sets and Rule Sources, you’ll learn to select and obtain pre-written rules. First, you’ll explore open-source rule sets. Next, you’ll discover how to leverage suricata-update to add rule sources. Finally, you’ll learn how to manage regular updates with cron. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Suricata needed to manage Suricata’s rule sets and rule sources using suricata-update.

About the author

Matt Glass is a Service Delivery Manager in Naples, Italy, working as a government contractor. Matt has 15 years of IT experience in a variety of roles. Consistently finding joy in developing the skills of others and helping their careers, he joined Pluralsight in 2017 to pass on the lessons he learned. Matt is married and the father of four children.

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