Chapter 9: Visualizing, Correlating, and Alerting

In this final chapter of the second part of the book, Cybersecurity Monitoring, we are going to combine all our activities from the previous chapters to create a holistic cybersecurity monitoring view.

We start off with a discussion around what a holistic view of cybersecurity monitoring entails. Then, we will add the finishing touches to our cybersecurity data collection toolset by incorporating custom visualization, correlation, and alerting capabilities. Visualization, correlation, and alerting is what makes the security monitoring solution we implement more usable and allows us to customize the solution to our particular needs and environment, enabling us to make sure no stone is left unturned.

Finally, we will finish the chapter—and Section 2, Cybersecurity Monitoring—with the creation of an interactive dashboard that adds visualization, correlation, and alerting capabilities to our toolbox. The dashboard...