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Kibana: OpenSOC CTF Tool Demo

Tim Johnson

Demonstrates using Kibana to query, visualize, and analyze security event logs during the OpenSOC defense CTF.

Summary

OpenSOC Incident Response CTF

OpenSOC is a defense capture-the-flag competition designed to train and evaluate practical incident response skills within a realistic enterprise environment.

Centralized Log Analysis with Kibana

Kibana serves as the primary visualization and exploration interface for the Elastic Stack, enabling defenders to search through massive volumes of network and endpoint telemetry during an active breach.

Hands-On Investigation Workflows

The session covers constructing Lucene queries, building situational dashboards, and correlating disparate log sources to reconstruct attacker activities during the competition.

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