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Suricata

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What is Suricata?

Suricata is a free and open-source, high performance Network Threat Detection Engine. It is capable of real-time intrusion detection (IDS), inline intrusion prevention (IPS), network security monitoring (NSM) and offline pcap processing. Suricata inspects network traffic using a powerful and extensive ruleset and signature language, leveraging both anomaly-based and signature-based detection mechanisms. It is commonly used by security professionals for network security monitoring, threat hunting, and incident response.

What other technologies are related to Suricata?

Suricata Competitor Technologies

Snort is an open-source intrusion detection and prevention system (IDS/IPS) that performs similar functions to Suricata, making them direct competitors.
mentioned alongside Suricata in 25% (1.3k) of relevant job posts
Fidelis is a commercial network security solution that offers intrusion detection and prevention capabilities, making it a competitor to Suricata.
mentioned alongside Suricata in 26% (158) of relevant job posts
Trellix offers network security solutions that have intrusion detection and prevention capabilities, making it a competitor to Suricata.
mentioned alongside Suricata in 2% (325) of relevant job posts

Suricata Complementary Technologies

Zeek (formerly Bro) is a network analysis framework that complements Suricata by providing high-level event logs and insights based on network traffic. It provides a different perspective and is often used alongside Suricata.
mentioned alongside Suricata in 68% (1.1k) of relevant job posts
YARA is a pattern matching swiss army knife that can complement Suricata rules.
mentioned alongside Suricata in 21% (599) of relevant job posts
Arkime (formerly Moloch) is a full packet capture and indexing system, providing valuable data for investigating alerts generated by Suricata.
mentioned alongside Suricata in 69% (124) of relevant job posts

Which organizations are mentioning Suricata?

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Corelight
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Rapid7
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