Intrusion detection alerts and escalations

Purpose

 1.1. Automated monitoring and escalation of physical or network intrusion events within an air force base environment.
 1.2. Real-time detection of unauthorized access or suspicious activity across digital and physical perimeters.
 1.3. Seamless multi-channel alerting to designated personnel for rapid mitigation and response.
 1.4. Ensures compliance with federal and defense-grade security protocols and audit trails.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. Motion or breach detected by perimeter security sensors (IoT).
 2.2. Unusual network activity spikes or unauthorized login attempts identified by SIEM tools.
 2.3. Access to restricted zones during non-authorized hours.
 2.4. Tampering with physical security devices (CCTV, keypads).
 2.5. Anomalous firewall logs or IDS/IPS signatures tripped.
 2.6. Notification from external threat intelligence feeds.

Platform Variants

 3.1. Microsoft Azure Sentinel
  - Feature/Setting: Alert Rules & Playbooks.
  - Configure Azure Logic Apps webhook for escalating critical incidents.
 3.2. AWS CloudWatch & GuardDuty
  - Feature/Setting: Alarm & Finding Notifications.
  - SNS topic triggers Lambda runbook or external endpoint.
 3.3. Splunk Enterprise Security
  - Feature/Setting: Correlation Search → Notable Events → Adaptive Response Actions.
  - Connect via HEC for downstream alerting logic.
 3.4. PagerDuty
  - Feature/Setting: Event Orchestration API.
  - Parse and escalate incident urgency based on data payload.
 3.5. ServiceNow Security Incident Response
  - Feature/Setting: Security Incident Triggered Workflow.
  - Configure flow designer for notifications/escalations.
 3.6. IBM QRadar
  - Feature/Setting: Offense Actions configured to send webhook.
  - Integrate with SOAR for escalations.
 3.7. Cisco SecureX
  - Feature/Setting: Orchestration Flow run on detection events.
  - Set up HTTP/s connector for automation.
 3.8. Securonix
  - Feature/Setting: Alert Escalation API.
  - Schedule push to security teams on event creation.
 3.9. Tenable.sc
  - Feature/Setting: Scan Trigger Notifications.
  - Webhook to automation endpoint for incident response.
 3.10. CrowdStrike Falcon
  - Feature/Setting: Real Time Response API.
  - Script triggers incident creation and escalation.
 3.11. Okta
  - Feature/Setting: System Log Event API.
  - On authentication anomaly, trigger security workflow.
 3.12. Twilio SMS
  - Feature/Setting: Programmable SMS API.
  - Deliver intrusion alert text instantly to security staff.
 3.13. Slack
  - Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks or Event API.
  - Post intrusion alert in security operations channel.
 3.14. Microsoft Teams
  - Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhook URL.
  - Instantly notify threat detection via Teams message.
 3.15. Discord
  - Feature/Setting: Webhook Integration.
  - Send real-time alert to dedicated incident channel.
 3.16. SendGrid
  - Feature/Setting: Mail Send API.
  - Escalate event details as email to chain of command.
 3.17. Atlassian Jira
  - Feature/Setting: REST API to auto-create incident tickets.
  - Assign and track response workflow in SecOps board.
 3.18. Proofpoint
  - Feature/Setting: Targeted Attack Protection API.
  - Alert on email-based intrusion attempts.
 3.19. Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
  - Feature/Setting: Playbook Automation.
  - Design triggers for security operation center notification/escalation.
 3.20. Google Chat
  - Feature/Setting: Webhook or Google Apps Script trigger.
  - Push alerts into dedicated security channel.

Benefits

 4.1. Accelerates detection-to-response time for intrusion threats.
 4.2. Reduces manual oversight load on base personnel.
 4.3. Ensures compliance with defense and audit mandates.
 4.4. Establishes centralized, traceable incident communication.
 4.5. Allows scaling security operations with minimal resources.