{"page":{"pageid":1207,"slug":"skill-cybersec-implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection","title":"implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection skill (Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills)","content":"**What it does.** 'Implements SIEM detection use cases by designing correlation rules, Part of [[skills-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills]] (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills).\n\n| | |\n| --- | --- |\n| Upstream | [mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) |\n| Skill file | [skills/implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection/SKILL.md](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/blob/HEAD/skills/implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection/SKILL.md) |\n| License | Apache-2.0 (skill folder LICENSE) |\n| Author | mukul975 |\n| Fetched | 2026-09-10 |\n\n## Install\n\n- `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection`, or copy the skill folder into `~/.claude/skills/implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection/`.\n- Raw file: `curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection/SKILL.md`\n\n## SKILL.md (verbatim)\n\n```yaml\nname: implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection\ndescription: 'Implements SIEM detection use cases by designing correlation rules,\n  threshold alerts, and behavioral analytics mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques across\n  Splunk, Elastic, and Sentinel. Use when SOC teams need to expand detection coverage,\n  formalize use case lifecycle management, or build a detection library aligned to\n  organizational threat profile.\n\n  '\ndomain: cybersecurity\nsubdomain: soc-operations\ntags:\n- soc\n- siem\n- use-cases\n- detection-engineering\n- mitre-attack\n- splunk\n- elastic\n- sentinel\nversion: '1.0'\nauthor: mahipal\nlicense: Apache-2.0\nnist_ai_rmf:\n- MEASURE-2.7\n- MAP-5.1\n- MANAGE-2.4\natlas_techniques:\n- AML.T0070\n- AML.T0066\n- AML.T0082\nd3fend_techniques:\n- Token Binding\n- Restore Access\n- Password Authentication\n- Reissue Credential\n- Strong Password Policy\nnist_csf:\n- DE.CM-01\n- DE.AE-02\n- RS.MA-01\n- DE.AE-06\nmitre_attack:\n- T1078\n- T1685.002\n- T1685.005\n- T1566\n- T0816\n```\n\n# Implementing SIEM Use Cases for Detection\n\n## When to Use\n\nUse this skill when:\n- SOC teams need to build or expand their SIEM detection library from scratch\n- Threat assessments identify ATT&CK technique gaps requiring new detection rules\n- Detection engineers need a structured process for use case design, testing, and deployment\n- Compliance requirements mandate specific detection capabilities (PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX)\n\n**Do not use** for ad-hoc hunting queries — use cases are formalized, tested, and maintained detection rules, not exploratory searches.\n\n## Prerequisites\n\n- SIEM platform (Splunk ES, Elastic Security, or Microsoft Sentinel) with production data\n- ATT&CK Navigator for coverage gap analysis\n- Log sources normalized to CIM/ECS field standards\n- Use case documentation framework (wiki, Git repo, or detection engineering platform)\n- Testing environment with attack simulation tools (Atomic Red Team, MITRE Caldera)\n\n## Workflow\n\n### Step 1: Assess Detection Coverage Gaps\n\nMap current detection rules to ATT&CK and identify gaps:\n\n```python\nimport json\n\n# Load current detection rules mapped to ATT&CK\ncurrent_rules = [\n    {\"name\": \"Brute Force Detection\", \"techniques\": [\"T1110.001\", \"T1110.003\"]},\n    {\"name\": \"Malware Hash Match\", \"techniques\": [\"T1204.002\"]},\n    {\"name\": \"Suspicious PowerShell\", \"techniques\": [\"T1059.001\"]},\n]\n\n# Load ATT&CK Enterprise techniques\nwith open(\"enterprise-attack.json\") as f:\n    attack = json.load(f)\n\nall_techniques = set()\nfor obj in attack[\"objects\"]:\n    if obj[\"type\"] == \"attack-pattern\":\n        ext = obj.get(\"external_references\", [])\n        for ref in ext:\n            if ref.get(\"source_name\") == \"mitre-attack\":\n                all_techniques.add(ref[\"external_id\"])\n\ncovered = set()\nfor rule in current_rules:\n    covered.update(rule[\"techniques\"])\n\ngaps = all_techniques - covered\nprint(f\"Total techniques: {len(all_techniques)}\")\nprint(f\"Covered: {len(covered)} ({len(covered)/len(all_techniques)*100:.1f}%)\")\nprint(f\"Gaps: {len(gaps)}\")\n\n# Prioritize gaps by threat relevance\npriority_techniques = [\n    \"T1003\", \"T1021\", \"T1053\", \"T1547\", \"T1078\",\n    \"T1055\", \"T1071\", \"T1105\", \"T1036\", \"T1070\"\n]\npriority_gaps = [t for t in priority_techniques if t in gaps]\nprint(f\"Priority gaps: {priority_gaps}\")\n```\n\n### Step 2: Design Use Case Specification\n\nDocument each use case with a standardized template:\n\n```yaml\nuse_case_id: UC-2024-015\nname: Credential Dumping via LSASS Access\ndescription: Detects tools accessing LSASS process memory for credential extraction\nmitre_attack:\n  tactic: Credential Access (TA0006)\n  technique: T1003.001 - LSASS Memory\n  data_sources:\n    - Process: OS API Execution (Sysmon EventCode 10)\n    - Process: Process Access (Windows Security 4663)\nlog_sources:\n  - index: sysmon, sourcetype: XmlWinEventLog:Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational\n  - index: wineventlog, sourcetype: WinEventLog:Security\nseverity: High\nconfidence: Medium-High\nfalse_positive_sources:\n  - Antivirus products scanning LSASS\n  - CrowdStrike Falcon sensor\n  - Windows Defender ATP\n  - SCCM client\ntuning_notes: >\n  Maintain exclusion list for known security tools that legitimately access LSASS.\n  Review exclusions quarterly for newly deployed security products.\nsla: Alert within 5 minutes of detection\nowner: detection_engineering_team\nstatus: Production\ncreated: 2024-03-15\nlast_tested: 2024-03-15\n```\n\n### Step 3: Implement Detection Logic Across Platforms\n\n**Splunk ES Correlation Search:**\n```spl\n| tstats summariesonly=true count from datamodel=Endpoint.Processes\n  where Processes.process_name=\"lsass.exe\"\n  by Processes.dest, Processes.user, Processes.process_name,\n     Processes.parent_process_name, Processes.parent_process\n| `drop_dm_object_name(Processes)`\n| lookup lsass_access_whitelist parent_process AS parent_process OUTPUT is_whitelisted\n| where isnull(is_whitelisted) OR is_whitelisted!=\"true\"\n| `credential_dumping_lsass_filter`\n```\n\nOr using raw Sysmon data:\n```spl\nindex=sysmon EventCode=10 TargetImage=\"*\\\\lsass.exe\"\nGrantedAccess IN (\"0x1010\", \"0x1038\", \"0x1fffff\", \"0x40\")\nNOT [| inputlookup lsass_whitelist.csv | fields SourceImage]\n| stats count, values(GrantedAccess) AS access_flags by Computer, SourceImage, SourceUser\n| where count > 0\n```\n\n**Elastic Security EQL Rule:**\n```eql\nprocess where event.type == \"access\" and\n  process.name == \"lsass.exe\" and\n  not process.executable : (\n    \"?:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\svchost.exe\",\n    \"?:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\csrss.exe\",\n    \"?:\\\\Program Files\\\\CrowdStrike\\\\*\",\n    \"?:\\\\ProgramData\\\\Microsoft\\\\Windows Defender\\\\*\"\n  )\n```\n\n**Microsoft Sentinel KQL Rule:**\n```kql\nDeviceProcessEvents\n| where Timestamp > ago(1h)\n| where FileName == \"lsass.exe\"\n| where ActionType == \"ProcessAccessed\"\n| where InitiatingProcessFileName !in (\"svchost.exe\", \"csrss.exe\", \"MsMpEng.exe\")\n| project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName,\n          InitiatingProcessCommandLine, AccountName\n```\n\n### Step 4: Test with Attack Simulation\n\nValidate detection rules using Atomic Red Team:\n\n```bash\n# Install Atomic Red Team\nIEX (IWR 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/redcanaryco/invoke-atomicredteam/master/install-atomicredteam.ps1' -UseBasicParsing)\nInstall-AtomicRedTeam -getAtomics\n\n# Execute T1003.001 - Credential Dumping\nInvoke-AtomicTest T1003.001 -TestNumbers 1,2,3\n\n# Execute T1053.005 - Scheduled Task\nInvoke-AtomicTest T1053.005 -TestNumbers 1\n\n# Execute T1547.001 - Registry Run Key\nInvoke-AtomicTest T1547.001 -TestNumbers 1,2\n```\n\nVerify detection in SIEM:\n```spl\nindex=sysmon EventCode=10 TargetImage=\"*\\\\lsass.exe\"\nearliest=-1h\n| stats count by Computer, SourceImage, GrantedAccess\n| where count > 0\n```\n\nDocument test results:\n```\nTEST RESULTS — UC-2024-015\nAtomic Test T1003.001-1 (Mimikatz):      DETECTED (alert fired in 47s)\nAtomic Test T1003.001-2 (ProcDump):      DETECTED (alert fired in 32s)\nAtomic Test T1003.001-3 (Task Manager):  FALSE NEGATIVE (excluded by whitelist — expected)\nFalse Positive Rate (7-day backtest):     2 events (CrowdStrike scan — added to whitelist)\n```\n\n### Step 5: Deploy and Monitor Use Case Health\n\nTrack detection rule effectiveness:\n\n```spl\n-- Use case firing frequency\nindex=notable\n| stats count AS fires, dc(src) AS unique_sources,\n        dc(dest) AS unique_dests\n  by rule_name, status_label\n| eval true_positive_rate = round(\n    sum(eval(if(status_label=\"Resolved - True Positive\", 1, 0))) /\n    count * 100, 1)\n| sort - fires\n| table rule_name, fires, unique_sources, unique_dests, true_positive_rate\n\n-- Detection latency monitoring\nindex=notable\n| eval detection_latency = _time - orig_time\n| stats avg(detection_latency) AS avg_latency_sec,\n        perc95(detection_latency) AS p95_latency_sec\n  by rule_name\n| eval avg_latency_min = round(avg_latency_sec / 60, 1)\n| sort - avg_latency_sec\n```\n\n### Step 6: Maintain Use Case Library\n\nEstablish lifecycle management for all detection use cases:\n\n```\nUSE CASE LIFECYCLE\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n1. PROPOSED    → New detection need identified (threat intel, gap analysis, incident finding)\n2. DEVELOPMENT → Query written, false positive analysis, tuning\n3. TESTING     → Atomic Red Team validation, 7-day backtest\n4. STAGING     → Deployed in alert-only mode (no incident creation) for 14 days\n5. PRODUCTION  → Full production with incident creation and SOAR integration\n6. REVIEW      → Quarterly review of effectiveness, false positive rate, relevance\n7. DEPRECATED  → Technique no longer relevant or replaced by better detection\n```\n\n## Key Concepts\n\n| Term | Definition |\n|------|-----------|\n| **Use Case** | Formalized detection rule with documented logic, testing, tuning, and lifecycle management |\n| **Detection Engineering** | Practice of designing, testing, and maintaining SIEM detection rules as a software development discipline |\n| **Correlation Search** | SIEM query that combines events from multiple sources to identify attack patterns |\n| **False Positive Rate** | Percentage of alerts that are benign activity — target <20% for production use cases |\n| **Detection Latency** | Time between event occurrence and alert generation — target <5 minutes for critical detections |\n| **ATT&CK Coverage** | Percentage of relevant ATT&CK techniques with at least one production detection rule |\n\n## Tools & Systems\n\n- **Splunk ES**: Enterprise SIEM with correlation searches, risk-based alerting, and Incident Review\n- **Elastic Security**: SIEM with detection rules, EQL sequences, and ML-based anomaly detection\n- **Microsoft Sentinel**: Cloud SIEM with KQL analytics rules, Fusion ML engine, and Lighthouse multi-tenant\n- **Atomic Red Team**: Open-source attack simulation framework for testing detection rules against ATT&CK techniques\n- **ATT&CK Navigator**: MITRE visualization tool for mapping and tracking detection coverage across techniques\n\n## Common Scenarios\n\n- **Post-Incident Use Case**: After a ransomware incident, build detection for the initial access vector discovered during investigation\n- **Compliance-Driven**: PCI DSS requires detection of admin account misuse — build use cases for 4672/4720/4732 events\n- **Threat-Intel Driven**: New APT group targets your sector — build use cases for their documented TTPs\n- **Red Team Findings**: Purple team exercise identifies blind spots — convert findings into production detection rules\n- **SIEM Migration**: Migrating from QRadar to Splunk — convert and validate all existing use cases on new platform\n\n## Output Format\n\n```\nUSE CASE DEPLOYMENT REPORT\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\nQuarter:      Q1 2024\nTotal Use Cases: 147 (Production: 128, Staging: 12, Development: 7)\n\nNew Deployments This Quarter:\n  UC-2024-012  Kerberoasting Detection (T1558.003)     — Production\n  UC-2024-013  DLL Side-Loading (T1574.002)            — Production\n  UC-2024-014  Scheduled Task Persistence (T1053.005)  — Production\n  UC-2024-015  LSASS Memory Access (T1003.001)         — Staging\n\nATT&CK Coverage:\n  Overall: 67% of relevant techniques (up from 61%)\n  Initial Access:      78%\n  Execution:           82%\n  Persistence:         71%\n  Credential Access:   65%\n  Lateral Movement:    58% (priority gap area)\n\nHealth Metrics:\n  Avg True Positive Rate:    74% (target: >70%)\n  Avg Detection Latency:     2.3 min (target: <5 min)\n  Use Cases Deprecated:      3 (replaced by improved versions)\n```\n\n## Other files in this skill\n\n- [LICENSE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection/LICENSE)\n- [references/api-reference.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection/references/api-reference.md)\n- [scripts/agent.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/implementing-siem-use-cases-for-detection/scripts/agent.py)\n\n## references/api-reference.md (verbatim)\n\n# API Reference: Implementing SIEM Use Cases for Detection\n\n## Libraries\n\n### attackcti (MITRE ATT&CK)\n- **Install**: `pip install attackcti`\n- `attack_client()` -- Initialize ATT&CK data client\n- `get_techniques()` -- All techniques for coverage calculation\n- `get_groups()` -- Threat groups for threat-informed use cases\n\n### splunk-sdk (Splunk Integration)\n- **Install**: `pip install splunk-sdk`\n- `splunklib.client.connect()` -- Connect to Splunk instance\n- `service.jobs.create(query)` -- Execute detection rule SPL\n\n## Use Case Lifecycle\n\n| Phase | Activities |\n|-------|-----------|\n| Design | Map to ATT&CK, define data sources, write detection logic |\n| Test | Validate with Atomic Red Team, measure FP/TP rates |\n| Deploy | Push to SIEM with alerting and SLA configuration |\n| Tune | Refine based on FP feedback, add exclusions |\n| Retire | Deprecate when superseded or no longer relevant |\n\n## Key ATT&CK Techniques for Use Cases\n\n| ID | Name | Tactic |\n|----|------|--------|\n| T1110 | Brute Force | Credential Access |\n| T1021.002 | SMB/Windows Admin Shares | Lateral Movement |\n| T1059.001 | PowerShell | Execution |\n| T1048.003 | Exfiltration over DNS | Exfiltration |\n| T1003.001 | LSASS Memory | Credential Access |\n| T1098 | Account Manipulation | Persistence |\n| T1486 | Data Encrypted for Impact | Impact |\n\n## Sigma Rule Format\n- **Spec**: https://sigmahq.io/docs/basics/rules.html\n- Fields: `title`, `logsource`, `detection`, `level`, `tags`\n- Tools: `sigma-cli` for converting to Splunk SPL, Elastic EQL, Sentinel KQL\n- Repository: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma\n\n## Detection Quality Metrics\n- True Positive Rate: Target >70%\n- False Positive Rate: Target <30%\n- Mean Time to Detect (MTTD): Varies by severity\n- Coverage: Percentage of ATT&CK techniques with detections\n\n## External References\n- ATT&CK Techniques: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/enterprise/\n- Sigma Rules: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma\n- Atomic Red Team: https://github.com/redcanaryco/atomic-red-team\n- Splunk ES Detections: https://research.splunk.com/detections/\n- Elastic Detection Rules: https://github.com/elastic/detection-rules\n\nBack to [[skills-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills]] or 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