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 Security Onion includes everything you need to monitor your network and host systems:
 
-*   **Security Onion Console (SOC)**: A unified web interface for managing your grid and analyzing data.
-*   **Elastic Stack**: Powerful search and visualization with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
+*   **Security Onion Console (SOC)**: A unified web interface for analyzing security events and managing your grid.
+*   **Elastic Stack**: Powerful search backed by Elasticsearch.
 *   **Intrusion Detection**: Network-based IDS with Suricata and host-based monitoring with Elastic Fleet.
-*   **Network Metadata**: Detailed network logs generated by Zeek.
+*   **Network Metadata**: Detailed network metadata generated by Zeek or Suricata.
 *   **Full Packet Capture**: Retain and analyze raw network traffic with Suricata PCAP.
 
 ## � Security Onion Pro