Monitoring activities

Networks, systems and applications should be monitored for anomalous behavior and appropriate actions should be taken to evaluate potential information security incidents.

Purpose

To detect anomalous behavior and potential security incidents.

Implementation Guidance

Implement security monitoring tools (SIEM/SOC)

Define monitoring rules and alerts

Monitor for indicators of compromise

Investigate security alerts promptly

Tune monitoring systems to reduce false positives

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Wazuh

Open-source SIEM and XDR platform. Best free option for comprehensive security monitoring.

Datadog

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AWS GuardDuty

Managed threat detection service for AWS. Automatically monitors for malicious activity.

BetterStack

Modern uptime monitoring and incident management. Great UX and affordable pricing for startups.

ISO 27001 Services from the Directory

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Anecdotes

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AuditBoard

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Bitsecura

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