Top 10 Intrusion Detection Systems

October 08, 2024 | Editor: Michael Stromann


Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) monitor network activity for suspicious behavior and alerts administrators to potential security breaches.
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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.
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OSSEC is a free, open-source host-based intrusion detection system. It performs log analysis, integrity checking, Windows registry monitoring, rootkit detection, time-based alerting, and active response.
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Snort is the foremost Open Source Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in the world. Snort IPS uses a series of rules that help define malicious network activity and uses those rules to find packets that match against them and generates alerts for users.
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The real-time network visibility platform for performance, security, and availability, at any scale.
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Gigamon delivers network-derived intelligence to your cloud, security, and observability tools.
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Tripwire alerts you to unplanned changes and automates remediation to proactively harden your systems and reduce your attack surface. Detect and neutralize threats on-site and in the cloud with superior security and continuous compliance.
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CrowdSec is an open-source and collaborative security stack leveraging the crowd power. Analyze behaviors, respond to attacks and share signals across the community.
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Corelight combines the power of open source and proprietary technologies to deliver a complete Open Network Detection & Response (NDR) Platform that includes intrusion detection (IDS), network security monitoring and Smart PCAP solutions.
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch) provides advanced threat detection, accelerated threat response, and simplified network segmentation using multilayer machine learning and entity modeling.
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Zeek (formerly Bro) is the world’s leading platform for network security monitoring. Flexible, open source, and powered by defenders.
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AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment, is a file and directory integrity checker.
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USM Anywhere delivers powerful threat detection, incident response, and compliance management for cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
Editor: Michael Stromann
Michael is an expert in IT Service Management, IT Security and software development. With his extensive experience as a software developer and active involvement in multiple ERP implementation projects, Michael brings a wealth of practical knowledge to his writings. Having previously worked at SAP, he has honed his expertise and gained a deep understanding of software development and implementation processes. Currently, as a freelance developer, Michael continues to contribute to the IT community by sharing his insights through guest articles published on several IT portals. You can contact Michael by email stromann@liventerprise.com