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Date Published
Author
Brandon Maxwell
Word count
960
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Brandon Maxwell, Detection & Response Manager at Auth0, outlines how the team leverages Tines to automate and enhance their Alert Development Lifecycle, with a focus on documentation and standardization using Palantir’s Alerting and Detection Strategies Framework. By automating as many tasks as possible, including phishing analysis and other alert processes, the team ensures effective and informed responses to security alerts. Alerts are enriched through the Tines platform, enabling better decision-making by correlating data from various sources. The process involves filtering out false positives, dynamically adjusting the severity of alerts, and deploying automated responses, such as quarantining phishing emails. Auth0's SecurityBot, developed using Tines, facilitates interaction with team members, prompting user verification and further automating responses based on user feedback. This approach, inspired by similar initiatives from companies like Dropbox and Slack, demonstrates a commitment to optimizing security operations through automation, while acknowledging the limitations of full automation in certain scenarios.