window.stddev

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Rules

window.stddev(numeric_values)

Description

Returns the standard deviation of input values in a match window.

Param data types

INT|FLOAT

Return type

FLOAT

Code samples

Example 1

This example returns the standard deviation of integers in a match window.

// This rule creates a detection when the file size stddev in 5 minutes for a user is over a threshold.
events:
 $e.user.userid = $userid
match:
 $userid over 5m
outcome:
  $p1 = window.stddev($e.file.size) // yields 4.0 if the event file size values in the match window are [10, 14, 18].
condition:
  $e and #p1 > 2

Example 2

This example returns the standard deviation of floats in a match window.

events:
 $e.user.userid = $userid
match:
 $userid over 5m
outcome:
  $p1 = window.stddev($e.file.size) // yields 4.488686 if the event file size values in the match window are [10.00, 14.80, 18.97].
condition:
  $e and #p1 > 2

Example 3

This example returns the standard deviation in a match window that contains negative numbers.

events:
 $e.user.userid = $userid
match:
 $userid over 5m
outcome:
  $p1 = window.stddev($e.file.size) // yields 48.644972 if the event file size values in the match window are [-1, -56, -98].
condition:
  $e and #p1 > 2

Example 4

This example returns with zero standard deviation when all values in the match window are the same.

events:
 $e.user.userid = $userid
match:
 $userid over 5m
outcome:
  $p1 = window.stddev($e.file.size) // yields 0.000000 if the event file size values in the match window are [1, 1, 1].
condition:
  $e and #p1 > 2

Example 5

This example returns the standard deviation of a match window containing positive and negative numbers.

events:
 $e.user.userid = $userid
match:
 $userid over 5m
outcome:
  $p1 = window.stddev($e.file.size) // yields 1.000000 if the event file size values in the match window are [1, 0, -1].
condition:
  $e and #p1 > 10