🛡️SOC : Security Operation Center

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"In the realm of cybersecurity, knowledge is your strongest defense."

🔥 What is SOC Bible?

SOC Bible is a comprehensive, end-to-end Security Operations Center cookbook that serves as the definitive guide for SOC analysts, security engineers, incident responders, and cybersecurity professionals. This repository contains curated knowledge, best practices, hunting queries, and industry-standard procedures to build, operate, and scale a world-class SOC.

✨ Why SOC Bible?

• 🎯 Battle-Tested Knowledge: Real-world scenarios and solutions from industry veterans

• 📚 Comprehensive Coverage: From SOC fundamentals to advanced threat hunting

• 🔍 Ready-to-Use Queries: Pre-built detection rules and hunting queries for major SIEM platforms

• 🏢 Industry Standards: Aligned with NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, and other security frameworks

• 🚀 Scalable Solutions: Designed for organizations of all sizes

• 🆓 Open Source: Community-driven and constantly evolving

📖 Table of Contents

• 🚀 Quick Start

• 📋 Repository Structure

• 🎯 Core Components

• 🔧 Tools & Technologies

• 🏃‍♂️ Getting Started

• 📚 Documentation

• 🗺️ Roadmap

• 🤝 Contributing

• 📄 License

🚀 Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/sivolko/soc-bible.git

# Navigate to the directory
cd soc-bible

# Explore the structure
ls -la

📋 Repository Structure

soc-bible/
├── 📁 fundamentals/          # SOC basics and foundational knowledge
├── 📁 playbooks/            # Incident response and operational playbooks
├── 📁 hunting-queries/       # Threat hunting queries for various platforms
├── 📁 detection-rules/       # Custom detection rules and signatures
├── 📁 frameworks/           # Industry frameworks and methodologies
├── 📁 tools-configs/        # Configuration templates for security tools
├── 📁 compliance/           # Compliance guidelines and checklists
├── 📁 case-studies/         # Real-world incident case studies
├── 📁 automation/           # SOAR playbooks and automation scripts
├── 📁 training/             # Training materials and lab exercises
└── 📁 resources/            # Additional resources and references

🎯 Core Components

🔍 Threat Hunting Arsenal

• KQL Queries: Advanced hunting queries for Microsoft Sentinel

• Splunk SPL: Comprehensive search queries for Splunk environments

• Elastic EQL: Event Query Language for Elasticsearch

• Sigma Rules: Platform-agnostic detection rules

📘 SOC Playbooks

• Incident Response: Step-by-step response procedures

• Threat Intelligence: TI collection and analysis workflows

• Malware Analysis: Safe analysis procedures and tools

• Forensics: Digital forensics methodologies

🛠️ Operational Excellence

• SOC Metrics: KPIs and measurement frameworks

• Shift Handovers: Standardized communication templates

• Escalation Procedures: Clear escalation matrices

• Tool Integrations: Configuration guides for major security tools

🔧 Tools & Technologies

SIEM Platforms

• Microsoft Sentinel / Azure Sentinel

• Splunk Enterprise Security

• IBM QRadar

• Elasticsearch (ELK Stack)

• Wazuh

• LogRhythm

Threat Intelligence Platforms

• MISP (Malware Information Sharing Platform)

• OpenCTI

• ThreatConnect

• Anomali ThreatStream

SOAR Solutions

• Phantom (Splunk)

• Microsoft Power Automate

• TheHive + Cortex

• IBM Resilient

🏃‍♂️ Getting Started

For SOC Analysts

1. Start with fundamentals/soc-analyst-guide.md

2. Review common playbooks in playbooks/

3. Practice with hunting queries in hunting-queries/

For SOC Managers

1. Check fundamentals/soc-management.md

2. Review metrics and KPIs in metrics/

3. Explore automation opportunities in automation/

For Security Engineers

1. Dive into tools-configs/ for setup guides

2. Review detection rules in detection-rules/

3. Check integration guides in integrations/

📚 Documentation

• SOC Fundamentals: Core concepts and principles

• Threat Hunting Guide: Advanced hunting techniques

• Incident Response: IR methodologies and procedures

• Tool Configuration: Setup and configuration guides

• API References: Integration and automation APIs

🗺️ Roadmap

🎯 Phase 1: Foundation (Q1 2025) ✅

• Core SOC fundamentals documentation

• Basic hunting queries collection

• Essential playbooks development

• Tool configuration templates

🚀 Phase 2: Advanced Content (Q2 2025) ⏳

• Advanced threat hunting techniques

• Machine learning integration guides

• Advanced persistent threat (APT) playbooks

• Cloud security monitoring guides

🔮 Phase 3: Automation & AI (Q3 2025) 📋

• SOAR automation templates

• AI-powered threat detection guides

• Custom AI prompts for SOC analysts

• Automated report generation tools

🌟 Phase 4: Community & Scale (Q4 2025) 📋

• Community contribution portal

• Interactive training modules

• Mobile-friendly documentation

• Multi-language support

🔥 Phase 5: Next Generation SOC (Q1 2026) 🔮

• Zero Trust architecture integration

• Quantum-safe cryptography guidance

• Extended Detection and Response (XDR) playbooks

• Cloud-native security operations

🎯 Featured Content

🔥 Most Popular Queries

• Brute Force Detection: Multi-platform detection rules

• Lateral Movement Hunting: Advanced TTPs identification

• Data Exfiltration Monitoring: Comprehensive monitoring approaches

• Privilege Escalation: Detection and response procedures

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions from the cybersecurity community! Here's how you can help:

Ways to Contribute

• 📝 Submit new hunting queries

• 🔧 Add tool configurations

• 📚 Improve documentation

• 🐛 Report bugs and issues

• 💡 Suggest new features

Contribution Process

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)

3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')

4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)

5. Open a Pull Request

Guidelines

• Follow the Contribution Guidelines

• Ensure all queries are tested and documented

• Include relevant MITRE ATT&CK mappings

• Use clear, descriptive commit messages

🛡️ Security

This repository contains security-related content intended for defensive purposes only. Please use responsibly and in accordance with:

• Your organization's security policies

• Applicable laws and regulations

• Ethical guidelines for cybersecurity professionals

📞 Community & Support

• 💬 Discussions: GitHub Discussions

• 🐛 Issues: Report Issues

• � LinkedIn: Shubhendu Shubham

• 🐦 Twitter: @sivolko

🙏 Acknowledgments

Special thanks to:

• The cybersecurity community for their continuous contributions

• MITRE Corporation for the ATT&CK framework

• NIST for cybersecurity guidelines

• All contributors who make this project possible

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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