Alert Triage and Validation

Alert Triage and Validation

Effective alert triage separates real incidents from false positives:

Triage Decision Framework:

1. Source Credibility: How reliable is the detection source?
2. Alert Fidelity: How specific and actionable is the alert?
3. Environmental Context: Is this normal for the affected system?
4. Threat Intelligence: Are there known campaigns targeting similar activity?
5. Business Impact: What's the potential damage if this is real?

Initial Validation Steps:

• Review raw logs and events
• Check system baselines
• Correlate with other data sources
• Verify with system owners
• Search for similar patterns