Episode 68 — Lead SIEM Operations: Parsing, Correlation, Use-Case Quality, and Maintenance
This episode explains how to run SIEM operations so the platform delivers detection value over time, a topic commonly assessed on the exam through questions about monitoring maturity, tuning discipline, and operational leadership. You will learn why parsing and normalization are foundational, how to build correlations that match real attacker behaviors, and how to define use cases with clear triggers and response steps so alerts translate into consistent action. We cover continuous maintenance tasks such as source health checks, content updates, enrichment, and noise reduction, plus why false positives erode analyst confidence and cause important events to be ignored. A scenario examines a critical alert buried by noise and shows how systematic tuning and use-case lifecycle management prevent recurrence. Troubleshooting considerations include inconsistent log quality, broken parsing after system changes, missing context like asset criticality and user role, and metrics that reward alert count instead of improved outcomes, emphasizing leadership oversight and measurable improvement. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
