Monitoring and alerting for data security breaches

Purpose

1.1 Automate monitoring of sensitive employment data and user activities in city systems to rapidly detect, alert, and respond to data security breaches, unauthorized access, or suspicious data movements.
1.2 Safeguard personally identifiable information (PII) of city jobseekers and staff by automating compliance logging, alerts, and escalation for employment data storage, access, and transfer.
1.3 Automator workflow for real-time automated threat detection and regulatory reporting to meet city, state, and national policies for employment services.

Trigger Conditions

2.1 Unauthorized data access attempts; automate incident flagging when user permissions are violated.
2.2 Data downloads or exports exceeding automated thresholds for volume, frequency, or location.
2.3 Automated detection of access after working hours/on weekends by staff accounts.
2.4 Automated anomaly alerts on failed login attempts or user lockouts.
2.5 Automated monitoring of changes to security groups, roles, or employment data schema.

Platform Variants

3.1 Splunk
• Feature/Setting: Real-time ‘Alert’ rules; automate using "Saved Search" + "Notable Events" API.
3.2 Microsoft Sentinel
• Feature/Setting: Configure "Analytics Rule" automation with "Incident" workflows and Azure Logic Apps integration.
3.3 AWS CloudWatch
• Feature/Setting: Set automated "Alarms" on data access logs; trigger alerts by configuring EventBridge rules on S3 bucket access logs.
3.4 Google Security Command Center
• Feature/Setting: Enable "Security Health Analytics"; automate findings notification with Pub/Sub API.
3.5 Datadog
• Feature/Setting: Security Signal rules for automated alerting with integration to PagerDuty, Webhooks.
3.6 Rapid7 InsightIDR
• Feature/Setting: "Custom Alerts" and automation via API with "Detections" configuration.
3.7 IBM QRadar
• Feature/Setting: Use “Offense” rules and automate offense notifications via REST API.
3.8 LogRhythm
• Feature/Setting: "AI Engine" rules for automating alerting and case creation, triggered by log events.
3.9 Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR
• Feature/Setting: Automated "Playbooks" for data breach events; use integration triggers.
3.10 AlienVault OSSIM
• Feature/Setting: "Data Source" monitoring and automated ticketing via SIEM rules.
3.11 ServiceNow Security Operations
• Feature/Setting: "Security Incident Response" automation, configure via Flow Designer.
3.12 PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Automated "Event Orchestration"; use REST API for breach alert notification.
3.13 Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automated "Incoming Webhooks" to send real-time alerts to security channels.
3.14 Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Use "/Messages" API; automate breach notifications by HTTP request.
3.15 SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: "Mail Send" API for automated alert email delivery to IT teams.
3.16 Proofpoint TAP
• Feature/Setting: "Threat Alerts" automation with webhook integration.
3.17 Cisco SecureX
• Feature/Setting: "Automated workflows" for breach response, integrate with orchestration APIs.
3.18 Okta
• Feature/Setting: Automate monitoring with "System Log API" and automated alert rules for suspicious logins.
3.19 Jira Service Management
• Feature/Setting: Automated ticket creation using REST API when a breach is detected.
3.20 Zoom
• Feature/Setting: Automate "Chatbot Notifications" to INFOSEC group for security events, via Zoom Apps API.
3.21 Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Automated "Webhook" bots for security alerts delivery into configured channels.
3.22 Elastic Stack (ELK)
• Feature/Setting: "Watcher" automation in Kibana for alerting based on query triggers.

Benefits

4.1 Accelerates breach detection and automates notification, reducing incident response time.
4.2 Automates regulatory compliance by recording evidence of monitoring, alerting, and actions taken.
4.3 Enables automators to reduce manual investigation, minimizing human error in city employment systems.
4.4 Automatedly escalates real threats to the right response teams, resulting in faster resolution and system resilience.
4.5 Supports automatable audit trails for all alerts, actions, and remediation activities for future investigations and reviews.