🤖 A functional SIEM system teaches you how modern security platforms work. Not a toy, not enterprise-grade but something in between that actually works and teaches real concepts. It is a crucial tool in incident response, so why not make it?
- Start with working simple systems (Gall's Law)
- Build components that can be extended
- Learn by doing, not by reading vendor docs
- ML and automation as first-class citizens, not afterthoughts
Every SIEM (though it can vary) does five fundamental things:
- Data Collection & Normalization - Gather security data from everywhere
- Storage & Indexing - Store billions of events, search in milliseconds
- Detection & Analysis - Find threats in the noise
- Response & Orchestration - Act on threats automatically
- Intelligence & Visualization - Present the story to analysts
Each pillar gets its own chapter in Dezible. Each chapter builds a working component.