Surviving the Mythos Era: Richard Bejtlich on the Case for NDR

This contributed article outlines the key ideas from Richard Bejtlich's 'NDR Essentials' and Corelight's approach to Network Detection and Response, emphasizing network interdiction, evidence-driven investigations, hypothesis-led threat hunting, and the role of AI in accelerating triage and tool interoperability; it also offers operational recommendations like a zero-baseline alert strategy and treating alerts as investigation starting points.