Security Operations Tools
Security operations tools for SIEM, SOAR, threat hunting, incident response, and security operations center (SOC) management.
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A honeypot system that allows you to set up a decoy API to detect and analyze potential security threats.
An SDN honeypot tool for detecting and analyzing malicious activities in Software-Defined Networking environments.
A honeypot tool to detect and log CVE-2019-19781 scan and exploitation attempts.
Collection of Yara rules for file identification and classification
A tool for creating compact Linux memory dumps compatible with popular debugging tools.
Yaraprocessor allows for scanning data streams in unique ways and dynamic scanning of payloads from network packet captures.
Lists of sources and utilities to hunt, detect, and prevent evildoers.
A demonstration of a method to delete a locked executable or currently running file from disk.
DMG2IMG converts Apple compressed DMG archives to standard HFS+ image files supporting zlib, bzip2, and LZFSE compression formats.
Orochi is a collaborative forensic memory dump analysis framework.
KLara is a distributed system written in Python that helps Threat Intelligence researchers hunt for new malware using Yara.
A low-interaction SSH authentication logging honeypot that logs all authentication attempts in JSON format.
Dynamic binary analysis library with various analysis and emulation capabilities.
Assembler/disassembler for the dex format used by Dalvik, Android's Java VM implementation.
Web interface for the Volatility Memory Forensics Framework
SysmonSearch makes event log analysis more effective by aggregating Microsoft Sysmon logs and providing detailed analysis through Elasticsearch and Kibana.
MalConfScan is a Volatility plugin for extracting configuration data of known malware and analyzing memory images.
Investigate malicious logons by visualizing and analyzing Windows Active Directory event logs with LogonTracer.
PowerForensics is a PowerShell digital forensics framework for hard drive forensic analysis.
Powershell Threat Hunting Module for scanning remote endpoints and collecting comprehensive information.
An interactive command line application for Open Source Intelligence collection and artifact management that enables investigation of IP addresses, domains, email addresses, file hashes, and other digital artifacts.
Create deceptive webpages to deceive and redirect attackers away from real websites by cloning them.
Security Operations Specializations
1895 tools across 9 specializations · 1138 free, 757 commercial
Cyber Range Training
Cyber Range Training platforms and simulation environments for hands-on cybersecurity training and incident response exercises.
Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) tools for digital forensic analysis, evidence collection, malware analysis, and cyber incident investigation.
Extended Detection and Response
Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platforms that integrate multiple security products for unified threat detection and response across endpoints, networks, and cloud.
Security Operations Tools FAQ
Common questions about Security Operations tools, selection guides, pricing, and comparisons.
SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) collects, correlates, and analyzes security logs from across your environment to detect threats. SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response) automates incident response workflows and playbooks. XDR (Extended Detection and Response) integrates detection across endpoints, network, cloud, and email in a unified platform. Many organizations use SIEM for compliance and broad visibility, XDR for detection, and SOAR for response automation.
It depends on your requirements. XDR provides superior detection by correlating telemetry across multiple security layers. However, SIEM is still needed if you have compliance requirements for long-term log retention, need to ingest logs from non-security sources (applications, databases), or want custom correlation rules. Many organizations are consolidating from SIEM to XDR for detection while keeping SIEM for compliance and log management.
MDR (Managed Detection and Response) provides 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response delivered as a managed service. Choose MDR if: your team is too small to staff a 24/7 SOC (typically requires 8-12 analysts), you lack threat hunting expertise, or you need rapid security operations maturity. Build in-house when you need full control over detection logic, have unique threat models, or have the budget for a dedicated security operations team.
DFIR (Digital Forensics and Incident Response) tools help investigate security incidents by collecting and analyzing evidence: disk images, memory dumps, network captures, and log artifacts. You need DFIR capabilities when responding to confirmed breaches, conducting malware analysis, supporting legal proceedings, or performing proactive threat hunting. Many organizations outsource DFIR to specialized incident response firms.
