security-full-setup

name	security-full-setup
description	Interactive guide for complete Elastic Security setup — discovers data sources, assesses detection coverage, configures rules, and creates security dashboards.

Security Full Setup Workflow

Guide the user through a complete Elastic Security configuration for their deployment.

Trigger

Use when the user asks to:

• "Set up security"
• "Configure SIEM"
• "Security onboarding"
• "Enable detection rules"
• "Security posture"

Also activates on keywords: "security setup", "SIEM setup", "security onboarding", "detection coverage", "security posture assessment"

Do NOT use when:

• "Create a custom rule" (→ use security-detection-engineering)
• "Triage alerts" (→ use security-alert-triage)

Steps

0. Get Cluster Context

Call get_cluster_context to get cached cluster awareness — version, health, installed features, and security capabilities. This determines which security features are available and what data is already flowing.

1. Discover Security Data

Call discover_security_data with no filters to get a complete picture of available security data.

Present the results to the user as a summary:

• How many data sources were found and their categories (endpoint, audit, windows, network, cloud)
• Data freshness status for each source
• Current detection rule coverage (total, enabled, disabled)
• Open alert volume and severity breakdown

2. Generate Security Summary

Call get_security_summary with the discovery results.

Present the posture assessment:

• Overall health rating
• Detection coverage percentage
• MITRE ATT&CK tactic coverage (N/14 tactics)
• Coverage gaps identified
• Recommended actions

3. User Decision Point — Detection Rules

Based on the gaps identified, ask the user which areas to improve:

• Present uncovered MITRE tactics as numbered options
• Suggest enabling disabled high-severity rules
• Offer to enable prebuilt rule packages by category (endpoint, cloud, network, etc.)
• Allow "all recommended" or specific selections

Fast-track alternative: For a quick setup, use siem_quickstart to automatically enable the most impactful prebuilt rules based on available data sources. This skips manual rule selection and is ideal for initial deployments.

4. Enable Detection Rules

For each approved rule category, call manage_detection_rules with operation: "bulk_enable" and the appropriate filters.

Report results:

• Number of rules enabled per category
• Any rules that failed to enable (permission issues, missing dependencies)

5. User Decision Point — Alert Rules

Ask the user if they want threshold-based alerting on security metrics:

• High-severity alert volume spike
• New critical detection rule matches
• Data source health degradation (stale data)

6. Create Alert Rules

For each approved alert, call kibana_api with POST /api/alerting/rule and the configured parameters.

7. User Decision Point — Dashboard

Ask the user if they want a security overview dashboard:

• SOC Overview (alert volume, severity trends, top rules)
• MITRE ATT&CK Coverage Map
• Data Source Health
• Custom combination

8. Create Dashboard

Call kibana_api with POST /api/dashboards/dashboard and the selected dashboard configuration.

9. Summary

Present a final summary:

• Data sources discovered with freshness status
• Detection rules enabled (before → after)
• MITRE coverage improvement
• Dashboards created with URLs
• Alert rules configured
• Suggested next steps (deploy Elastic Defend, add cloud integrations, configure cases)

Tools Used

• get_cluster_context — cached cluster awareness (version, health, capabilities)
• discover_security_data — discover security data sources, rules, and alerts
• get_security_summary — generate posture assessment with gaps and recommendations
• siem_quickstart — fast-track prebuilt rule enablement based on available data
• manage_detection_rules — enable/disable detection rules in bulk
• kibana_api — create dashboards (POST /api/dashboards/dashboard), alert rules (POST /api/alerting/rule), and query rules (GET /api/detection_engine/rules/_find)

API References

• elastic://docs/api/kibana — Kibana REST API reference for security, dashboard, and alerting endpoints
• elastic://docs/api/security — Security-specific API reference for cases, exceptions, and timelines

Prerequisites

• ES_URL and ES_API_KEY (or basic auth) configured
• KIBANA_URL configured for detection rule and dashboard management
• At least some security data flowing into Elasticsearch (Elastic Defend, Auditbeat, cloud logs, etc.)

Related Skills

• security-detection-engineering — create custom detection rules for specific threats
• security-alert-triage — investigate and triage security alerts
• security-case-management — track and manage security investigations
• security-threat-hunting — proactive threat hunting with ES|QL