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Steven Butterworth
Detection Engineer.
Noise Killer.
Log Tamer.
  • Base:
    United Kingdom
  • City:
    Manchester
  • Clients:
    Global
Splunk ES
LogScale
Detection Engineering
Alert Tuning
Parser Builds
CRIBL
Use Case Dev
Data Normalisation
SIEM Architecture
  • Vetted, Gov/Defence
  • Log Strategy
  • SIEM Strategy
  • DevSecOps Delivery

The LogSmith Playbook

The LogSmith Playbook

Detection Engineering for Modern SIEM

Free Digital Edition

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What You’ll Learn

Part I – The Forge

  • Detection philosophy
  • Data ingest
  • Normalisation
  • Data models

Part II – The Craft

  • Detection lifecycle
  • Correlation rules
  • False positives
  • Risk-based alerting
  • Signal quality

Part III – The Machine

  • Git-First SIEM
  • Machine learning
  • Automation
  • AI
  • Agentic threats
  • Future of SIEM

Part IV – The Mind of the LogSmith

  • Lessons from the forge
  • The Manifesto

Who It’s For

  • Detection Engineers
  • SOC Leads
  • Security Architects
  • Splunk Engineers
  • LogScale Engineers
  • SIEM Consultants

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© 2026 LogSmith • SIEM Detection Engineering by Steven Butterworth
Email: steven@logsmith.io