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Monitoring and Detection: User Behavior Analysis

In this lab, you’ll practice detecting anomalous user behavior using SIEM tools in a Linux environment. When you’re finished, you’ll have hands-on experience analyzing security events and generating reports on detected anomalies.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 1h 5m
Published
Clock icon Oct 01, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Detecting Anomalous Account Activity Using SIEM Tools

    In this challenge, you will use Kibana to detect abnormal account activity, including unauthorized privileged account changes and abnormal login times. This extended analysis will enhance your understanding of user behavior patterns and improve your anomaly detection skills.

  3. Challenge

    Monitoring Sensitive Data Access and Identifying Suspicious Commands

    In this challenge, you will use Kibana to detect unauthorized access to sensitive data and unusual commands that may indicate a security breach. In addition to detecting unauthorized access, you will also identify and analyze suspicious queries or commands that could indicate malicious activity. This includes detecting data exfiltration attempts or command execution patterns that suggest an insider threat or compromised account. You will also cross-reference these activities with prior anomalous login behaviors for a comprehensive analysis.

  4. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

Sean Wilkins is an accomplished networking consultant and writer for infoDispersion (www.infodispersion.com) who has been in the IT field for over 20 years working with several large enterprises.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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