Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) Project Tutorial | Suricata & Zeek | Filebeat

Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) Project Tutorial | Suricata & Zeek | Filebeat
Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) Project Tutorial | Suricata & Zeek | Filebeat

Table of Contents

Suricata : Intrusion detection system

Suricata
Suricata 
  • Deep packet inspection using rules and signatures
  • Capable of operating in both IDS and
  • IPS configurations
  • Rules follow the format used by Snort
  • Application Layer Aware
  • Multithreaded for performance

Zeek: Network Security Monitor

  • Extensive logging of network traffic
  • Almost any protocol can be parsed into useful meta data
  • Scripting Language for internal data transformation
  • Custom Plugins
  • Essential for Network Threat Hunting

Beats: Lightweight Data Shipper

  • Small agents written in GO
  • Can take multiple types of Inputs
  • Lots of output options including directly to Elasticsearch
  • Modules mean quick setup
  • Ingest Pipelines have given Beats a dominating role

Network Intrusion Detection System

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