How-to Guides & Resources

Step-by-step guides for setup, optimization, and incident response with Xpernix.

Getting Started

How to Connect Your Log Sources to Xpernix

A step-by-step guide to connecting cloud, on-premises, and SaaS log sources to the Xpernix managed SIEM platform in under 15 minutes.

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Detection Engineering

Event types we support

Learn how to create, tune, and manage custom detection rules in Xpernix to reduce false positives and surface the alerts that matter to your environment.

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Detection Engineering

How to Configure Custom Alert Rules

Learn how to create, tune, and manage custom detection rules in Xpernix to reduce false positives and surface the alerts that matter to your environment.

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Operations

How to Read Your Security Dashboard

A guide to the Xpernix security dashboard — understanding alert queues, risk scores, trend charts, and compliance widgets to get daily security situational awareness.

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Incident Response

How to Respond to a Critical Alert

Step-by-step guide to responding to a Critical severity alert from Xpernix — how to triage, contain, investigate, and close an incident with your SOC team.

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Operations

How to Build a Real-Time Security Alerting Workflow

A practical guide to deciding which security events need immediate attention, routing alerts to the right people, and reducing attacker dwell time with real-time visibility.

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Detection Engineering

How to Define the Role of a Detection Engineer

A practical guide to understanding what detection engineers do, which skills they need, and how the role improves alert quality, coverage, and response outcomes.

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Operations

How to Configure AWS CloudTrail and Export to S3

A step-by-step guide to setting up AWS CloudTrail for your account, saving logs to S3, and the real-world challenges of querying them with Amazon Athena.

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