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Deconstructing universal data formats and 5-tuple correlation

Deconstructing universal data formats and 5-tuple correlation

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Deconstructing universal data formats and 5-tuple correlation

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- [Instructor] In incident response, the 5-tuple correlation is a technique used to analyze and correlate network data for the purpose of, of course, detecting, investigating, and responding to security incidents. The 5-tuple refers to the five key attributes of a network communication that can be used to uniquely identify a specific connection or flow. These are the five attributes, source IP address, so the IP address of the device initiating the connection, source port, the port used by the source device for the connection, destination IP address, the destination port, so the port used by the destination device for the connection, and then the protocol, whether it's TCP, UDP, ICMP, and so on. So by correlating these five attributes, security analysts and incident responders, and of course, the underlying tools, can identify and investigate connections or flows that may be associated with malicious activity. This can help you in detecting, understanding, and mitigating security…

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