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Security Onion

Security Onion is a free and open Linux distribution for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring, and log management. It includes a comprehensive suite of tools designed to work together to provide visibility into your network and host activity.

Features

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.
  • Intrusion Detection: Network-based IDS with Suricata and host-based monitoring with Wazuh.
  • Network Metadata: Detailed network logs generated by Zeek.
  • Full Packet Capture: Retain and analyze raw network traffic with Stenographer.

<EFBFBD> Security Onion Pro

For organizations and enterprises requiring advanced capabilities, Security Onion Pro offers additional features designed for scale and efficiency:

  • Onion AI: Leverage powerful AI-driven insights to accelerate your analysis and investigations.
  • Enterprise Features: Enhanced tools and integrations tailored for enterprise-grade security operations.

For more information, visit the Security Onion Pro page.

☁️ Cloud Deployment

Security Onion is available and ready to deploy in the AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud (GCP) marketplaces.

🚀 Getting Started

Goal Resource
Download Security Onion ISO
Requirements Hardware Guide
Install Installation Instructions
What's New Release Notes

📖 Documentation & Support

For more detailed information, please visit our Documentation.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to get involved.

🛡️ License

Security Onion is licensed under the terms of the license found in the LICENSE file.


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