guides
The Active Response Playbook: Automating Threat Mitigation
Four ready-to-use Active Response playbooks: brute-force auto-blocking, IoT quarantine, after-hours escalation and DDoS rate limiting — with safety rails.
By Tony Martinez
SentinelNerd Blog
Security insights, product updates, and expert guides for UniFi network administrators.
news
Announcing SentinelNerd v2.0: AI-Powered Security for UniFi
SentinelNerd v2.0 is here with AI-powered threat analysis, a redesigned detection engine, new integrations, and a completely overhauled dashboard.
By Tony Martinez
security
UniFi Threat Landscape Report: January 2025
Monthly analysis of threats targeting UniFi networks: SSH brute-force trends, IoT botnet activity, DNS tunneling patterns and what to do about them.
By SentinelNerd Team
guides
How to Set Up Slack Alerts for Your UniFi Network
A complete guide to configuring Slack notifications for SentinelNerd security alerts, including severity routing, message formatting, and best practices.
By SentinelNerd Team
product
Deep Dive: How AI Analysis Catches What Rules Miss
An inside look at how SentinelNerd's AI engine uses Claude and GPT-5 to explain threats, map to MITRE ATT&CK, and cut alert fatigue for UniFi admins.
By Tony Martinez
guides
Writing Custom Detection Rules: A Practical Guide
Learn to write YAML-based detection rules for SentinelNerd, from basic pattern matching to advanced windowed correlation across UniFi event sources.
By Tony Martinez
guides
SIEM Solutions Compared: Why UniFi Admins Choose SentinelNerd
An honest comparison of SIEM options for UniFi networks: SentinelNerd vs Splunk, ELK and Wazuh on features, cost, complexity and UniFi integration.
By SentinelNerd Team
security
Implementing Zero Trust Architecture on UniFi Networks
A practical guide to zero trust on UniFi networks: VLAN segmentation, firewall rules, device profiling and continuous monitoring with SentinelNerd.
By Tony Martinez
community
Building a Home Lab SOC with UniFi and SentinelNerd
Build a home Security Operations Center on UniFi hardware with SentinelNerd: choosing the gear, wiring up ingestion, and running daily monitoring.
By Tony Martinez
security
UniFi Protect Security: Beyond Just Recording Video
Use UniFi Protect as a security tool, not just a recorder: smart detection, camera placement, NVR hardening, and tying it into network monitoring.
By SentinelNerd Team
guides
Getting Started with SentinelNerd
Learn how to set up SentinelNerd and start monitoring your UniFi network in minutes.
By Tony Martinez
security
UniFi IDS/IPS Explained: What Those Alerts Actually Mean
Demystifying UniFi's intrusion detection system and how to respond to common alerts.
By Tony Martinez
security
5 Security Mistakes Every UniFi Admin Makes (And How to Fix Them)
Common security misconfigurations in UniFi networks and practical solutions to harden your setup.
By SentinelNerd Team
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