Mind map of blue teaming, with a central node branching into twelve domains grouped into defense and response, monitoring and tools, and intelligence and governance, each listing its key subtopics.

Blue Teaming
Defense & response Monitoring & tools Intelligence & governance
Blue Team Operations
  • Attack simulation
  • Detection engineering
  • Threat hunting
  • Continuous monitoring
  • Security automation
Threat Detection
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping
  • Signature detection
  • Threat intelligence
  • SIEM analysis
  • Behavior analysis
  • Anomaly detection
Incident Response
  • Incident identification
  • Incident analysis
  • Containment
  • Eradication
  • Recovery
  • Post-incident review
Vulnerability Management
  • Asset discovery
  • Vulnerability scanning
  • Risk assessment
  • Configuration hardening
  • Patch management
Security Monitoring
  • Security alerts
  • Threat detection
  • Endpoint monitoring
  • Security operations center (SOC)
  • Log monitoring
  • Network monitoring
Security Tools
  • Threat intelligence platforms
  • Network IDS / IPS
  • SIEM platforms
  • EDR platforms
  • SOAR platforms
Log Management
  • Centralized logging
  • Log correlation
  • Authentication logs
  • System logs
  • Application logs
  • Network logs
Network Security
  • Intrusion detection system (IDS)
  • Intrusion prevention system (IPS)
  • Firewall monitoring
  • Network traffic analysis
  • DNS monitoring
  • VPN monitoring
Compliance and Governance
  • Security policies
  • Security auditing
  • Security awareness training
  • Risk management
  • Regulatory compliance
Identity Security
  • Identity threat detection
  • Account monitoring
  • Access control
  • Multi-factor authentication
  • Privileged access management
Threat Intelligence
  • Adversary tracking
  • Malware analysis
  • Indicators of compromise (IOC)
  • Indicators of attack (IOA)
  • Threat feeds
Endpoint Security
  • Host intrusion detection
  • Endpoint detection and response (EDR)
  • Antivirus / anti-malware
  • Patch management
  • Device control

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