Live Stream: Threat hunting with Suricata 8 (and Peter Manev)

Hey all, next Tuesday, August 26th, Mr @pevma is Dr Josh Stroschein’s guest for a live stream on Unveiling the Next Generation of Threat Detection with Suricata 8.

Watch it live, save the date:

August 26th
6 PM UTC

https://www.youtube.com/live/LrxU5hjd1UU?feature=shared

Peter Manev, a Suricata Project evangelist, a threat hunter and a co-founder and chief strategy officer (CSO) of Stamus Networks, joins the live stream to dive into the groundbreaking new features of Suricata 8. This major release represents a significant leap forward in network security, building on the already robust foundation of previous versions. Peter will provide an in-depth look at key enhancements, including the new experimental firewall mode, the ability to use Suricata as a library for custom applications, and the overhaul of Lua scripting for increased flexibility. We’ll also explore the performance improvements, the addition of 8 new protocols, and the expansion of the ruleset language with 107 new keywords. Don’t miss this opportunity to get a firsthand look at how Suricata 8 is shaping the future of network detection and prevention. Peter has over 20 years experience in creating, paticipating and helping Open Source projects and is also one of the lead developers of SELKS / ClearNDR Community, the popular turnkey open-source based implementation of Suricata IDS/IPS/NSM.

He is a co-author of the The Security Analyst’s Guide to Suricata book - (Suricata for Analysts - the Book | Stamus Networks) written with Eric Leblond. Peter often engages in private or public training events in the area of advanced deployment and threat hunting at conferences, workshops or live-fire cyber exercises such as FOSDEM, Crossed Swords, Locked Shields, DeepSec, Troopers, DefCon, Suricon, SharkFest, RSA, Flocon, MIT Lincoln Lab and others.