Splunk vs Suricata
October 06, 2024 | Author: Michael Stromann
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We make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone—no matter where it comes from. You see servers and devices, apps and logs, traffic and clouds. We see data—everywhere. Splunk offers the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. It enables the curious to look closely at what others ignore—machine data—and find what others never see: insights that can help make your company more productive, profitable, competitive and secure.
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Suricata is a high performance, open source network analysis and threat detection software used by most private and public organizations, and embedded by major vendors to protect their assets.
See also:
Top 10 SIEM software
Top 10 SIEM software
Splunk and Suricata are both cybersecurity tools used for network security monitoring and can detect threats by processing large volumes of data. They collect and analyze logs and alert SecOps about suspicious activities on the network. Both products can integrate with other security software.
But Splunk (released in 2003) is more universal software for log management, IT monitoring, data analytics and is often used as SIEM (Security Information and Event Management). It can handle wide range of data types beyond network traffic, including application logs, metrics and more. Splunk is a commercial product, though it offers a limited free version.
Suricata (2010) is primarily an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) that can be used for network security monitoring and intrusion prevention. Suricata implements deep packet inspection (DPI) and can analyze traffic at a very granular level. It's a fully open-source product originally developed by the international consortium Open Information Security Foundation (OISF).
See also: Top 10 SIEM software
But Splunk (released in 2003) is more universal software for log management, IT monitoring, data analytics and is often used as SIEM (Security Information and Event Management). It can handle wide range of data types beyond network traffic, including application logs, metrics and more. Splunk is a commercial product, though it offers a limited free version.
Suricata (2010) is primarily an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) that can be used for network security monitoring and intrusion prevention. Suricata implements deep packet inspection (DPI) and can analyze traffic at a very granular level. It's a fully open-source product originally developed by the international consortium Open Information Security Foundation (OISF).
See also: Top 10 SIEM software