NSA Issues Tips for Better Logging, Threat Detection in LotL Incidents

NSA Issues Tips for Better Logging, Threat Detection in LotL Incidents

August 22, 2024 at 04:32PM

The NSA and international partners released a document outlining best practices for event logging and threat detection against threat actors using living-off-the-land techniques. It emphasizes improving security in cloud services, enterprise networks, and critical infrastructure, and highlights centralized log access, secure storage, and detection strategies for relevant threats. Directed at decision makers, technology operators, and network administrators.

From the meeting notes, I’ve gathered the following key information:

– The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a publication in collaboration with counterparts from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Korea.
– The publication details best practices for event logging and threat detection against threat actors using living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques.
– The focus areas for improved security include cloud services, enterprise networks, mobile devices, and operational technology (OT) networks.
– David Luber, NSA cybersecurity director, emphasized the importance of strengthening organizations’ resilience against LotL techniques through effective logging solutions.
– The guidelines are directed towards senior IT decision-makers, operational technology operators, and network administrators and operators. Key focuses include enterprise-approved logging policy, centralized log access and correlation, secure storage and log integrity, and detection strategy for relevant threats.

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