Company
Date Published
Author
Ross Wolf • Elastic Security Intelligence & Analytics Team
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1710
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Summary

Elastic has launched a public GitHub repository, elastic/detection-rules, to enhance its Elastic Security product by collaborating with the community on threat detection rules. This initiative aims to stop threats at scale and support analysts by making detection rules development open-source and community-driven. The repository hosts rules that leverage the Elastic Common Schema, allowing them to function across multiple platforms like Linux, macOS, and Windows, and integrate with various query languages, including Kibana Query Language (KQL) and Lucene. Contributors can add new rules, which are tested for syntax and schema usage before being integrated into the detection engine. This collaborative approach not only enhances the detection capabilities by focusing on adversary behaviors, aligned with MITRE ATT&CK techniques, but also ensures that Elastic users receive the most effective and optimized rules. Elastic encourages community involvement by providing detailed guides and a command-line tool to facilitate rule creation and modification, while also maintaining a focus on performance and accuracy.