Company
Date Published
Author
Nimisha Saxena, Andréa Piazza
Word count
746
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The text discusses the integration of Sigma rules with Datadog Cloud SIEM to enhance security detection capabilities. Sigma, an open-source project, provides standardized detection rules to tackle a wide range of threat scenarios, benefiting from community expertise. The integration allows security teams to convert Sigma rules into Datadog's format, facilitating early-stage threat detection without creating detection logic from scratch. It involves using the Sigma CLI and Datadog plugin to convert and verify rules, ensuring accurate field mappings within Datadog's system. Once converted and validated, the rules can be imported into Datadog Cloud SIEM, allowing teams to modify and tailor them to their specific environment. This integration aims to improve detection coverage and expertise, with resources available for current and new Datadog users to get started.