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This skill provides a structured framework for implementing patch management in Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) environments. It addresses the critical balance between cybersecurity remediation and maintaining continuous operational safety and availability. Key components include risk-based patch prioritization, vendor compatibility testing, staged deployment through test environments, managing maintenance windows, and implementing compensating controls for unpatchable assets.

This skill guides the integration of gitleaks and trufflehog into CI/CD pipelines. It automates the detection of hardcoded secrets, such as API keys, passwords, and tokens, preventing their accidental deployment. By integrating scans as a mandatory pre-deployment gate, organizations enforce strong security policies and maintain compliance.

This skill guides the implementation of security chaos engineering experiments. It involves deliberately degrading or disabling security controls (like WAF, firewalls, or log pipelines) in a controlled environment to rigorously verify the detection, alerting, and response capabilities of the Security Operations Center (SOC). Users learn to use tools like boto3 and Python to simulate failure scenarios and assess system resilience and compliance posture.

This guide demonstrates how to programmatically create, validate, and exchange complex structured threat intelligence objects (Indicators, Malware, Campaigns) using the STIX 2.1 standard and the stix2 Python library. It covers the full lifecycle of intelligence sharing, including defining patterns and publishing data via TAXII 2.1, making it essential for building sophisticated Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs) and integrating with SIEM/SOAR systems.

This guide details how to implement advanced SIEM correlation rules to detect sophisticated Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). By chaining multiple event types—including Windows authentication events, process execution telemetry, and network connection logs—across hosts, users can surface complex attack sequences that are invisible to single-event detections. It utilizes Splunk SPL and Sigma rule formats for robust security posture enhancement.

This skill automates the entire phishing incident response lifecycle using the Splunk SOAR REST API. It processes reported emails, extracts indicators of compromise (IOCs) like URLs and IPs, creates incident containers, attaches artifacts, and triggers automated playbooks for deep analysis and reporting. It is essential for security operations teams needing robust, programmatic incident handling and compliance alignment.

This guide details how to implement sophisticated Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) playbooks using Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR. It demonstrates full lifecycle automation, such as phishing incident investigation, requiring enrichment of URLs, IPs, and files, followed by automated containment actions (e.g., blocking senders, purging mailboxes). Mastering this allows SOC teams to drastically reduce Mean Time To Respond (MTTR) by automating detection, analysis, and remediation steps across multiple security tools.

In-toto is a CNCF standard project used to verify the integrity of software supply chains. It generates cryptographically signed attestations (link metadata) at every stage of the CI/CD pipeline, proving exactly what artifacts were produced and who authorized the process. This is crucial for securing container builds and ensuring compliance against tampering.

This skill outlines how to configure rsyslog for robust, centralized log collection. It covers establishing high-availability syslog infrastructure using TLS encryption, X.509 certificate authentication, and reliable disk-assisted queuing. Learn to generate and deploy both server and client configurations for secure, segregated, and reliable security operations logging.

This skill guides Security Operations Center (SOC) teams through structured threat modeling using the MITRE ATT&CK framework. It enables mapping adversary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) against organizational assets to identify critical detection coverage gaps, prioritize defensive investments, and improve overall security posture. Ideal for risk assessment, purple teaming, and compliance planning.

Automate comprehensive vulnerability management by deploying and operating Greenbone/OpenVAS. This skill guides the use of the python-gvm library to programmatically manage the entire scanning lifecycle: creating scan targets, executing complex vulnerability scans via the Greenbone Management Protocol (GMP), monitoring progress, and parsing detailed XML reports into actionable JSON findings. Ideal for security assessments and compliance checks.

This skill implements an automated system to monitor and alert on vulnerabilities that exceed their defined remediation Service Level Agreements (SLAs). It supports severity-based timelines, complex escalation workflows (e.g., PagerDuty, email), and generates comprehensive compliance reports, ensuring continuous adherence to security best practices.