Wazuh
Wazuh is a leading open-source security monitoring platform that helps organizations detect, analyze, and respond to security threats across their IT infrastructure. Developed as a fork of the popular OSSEC project, Wazuh offers a comprehensive suite of security capabilities, including intrusion detection, log management, vulnerability detection, and compliance monitoring.
At the core of Wazuh’s functionality is its host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS), which monitors system logs, file integrity, and system configuration changes in real-time to identify potential security incidents. By analyzing log data and system events, Wazuh can detect a wide range of threats, including malware infections, unauthorized access attempts, and suspicious network activity.
Splunk
Splunk is a leading platform for analyzing and monitoring machine-generated data, providing organizations with valuable insights into their IT infrastructure, applications, and security posture. As a powerful data analytics and visualization tool, Splunk enables organizations to collect, index, search, and correlate large volumes of data from diverse sources in real-time.
One of Splunk’s core functionalities is its ability to ingest and index data from a wide range of sources, including log files, event streams, databases, cloud services, and IoT devices. By centralizing data collection and storage, Splunk provides organizations with a single source of truth for monitoring and analyzing their IT environment.
