IDS Configuration for Beginners - Nick leghorn
Channel: BSides SATX
Date: 2018-07-04

IDS Configuration for Beginners - Nick leghorn

Whether you're securing your home network or a corporate campus an Intrusion Detection Sensor (IDS) is a great tool to detect and identify threats on your network such as brute force attacks, malware infections, and active intrusions by malicious actors. In this talk we will discuss where to place your IDS for maximum effectiveness, a brief discussion of some IDS solutions on the market, and walk through a basic IDS configuration live on stage.

- What is an IDS?
- Common network designs
- IDS placement for maximum effectiveness
- IDS options: COTS versus open source DIY
- DIY IDS: Hardware selection
- DIY IDS: Installing all you'll need
- DIY IDS: Suricata basic configuration
- DIY IDS: Configuration demonstration
- Next steps: 

BSides San Antonio 2018
June 16 at St. Mary's University