This week, I will introduce Wazuh, an open-source project that is really worth your attention. Rarely will you come across an open-source project that has such a holistic approach to a specific subject. It is not a exaggeration the title Wahuz Zero Cost Maximum Protection.
In this article, I will describe how your company can benefit from this software. More articles will follow that will show how you can use the product to get the most out of it based on what technologies you are running. This tool can significantly enhance your security and compliance. I will briefly explain the core use cases of Wazuh; I don’t think any modern company won’t find a use case, no matter what kind of technology is used specifically.
1. Configuration Assessment
Monitor and analyze configuration settings for compliance and misconfiguration.
2. Malware Detection
Identifies harmful activities and indicators of compromise through established rule sets, ensuring your security is always a top priority
3. File Integrity Monitoring
Monitors the file system, identifying changes in content and permissions.
4. Threat Hunting
Log retention, indexing, and querying capabilities help you investigate threats that may have bypassed initial security controls.
5. Log Data Analysis
Identify known vulnerable software with continuously updated CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure) databases.
6. Regulatory Compliance
Check your regulatory compliance with PCI DSS, NIST, TSC, and HIPAA regulations.
7. Containers Security
Monitors Docker hosts, containers, and applications behavior and detects threats, vulnerabilities, and anomalies.
8. Workload Protection
Integrates with cloud platforms like AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, Microsoft 365, and GitHub to monitor services, virtual machines, and the activities occurring on these platforms.
9. Automated response
Automatically responds to threats to mitigate the impact on your infrastructure.
10. Alerting & Notification
Receive real-time alerts and notifications when security incidents occur.
Key Takeaways for Wazuh:
- Wazuh is an open-source cybersecurity tool that provides a variety of mechanisms that help analyze, detect, and respond to security-related incidents.
- As it is open source, it is free, and you can use it commercially.
- It is customizable and offers integrations with external tools and platforms, enhancing its effectiveness as it provides a more tailored experience for each business-specific use case.
Wahuz Zero Cost Maximum Protection reflects reality as Fortune 100 organizations and hundreds of thousands of companies, including banks, trust the product. I will follow up with specific articles written for widely used technologies from businesses so subscribe to our newsletter or connect on LinkedIn. You can also complimentary use a monitoring system for this which we recommend some in this article.
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 | About Alexios Pappas – Alexios Pappas has worked internally in IT Departments in multi-role technical and management positions for many years. In parallel, Alexios led IT multinational projects across several countries globally as an IT Freelancer. He repeatedly got Top Rated Plus distinction and also 100% satisfaction rate for over one and a half-decade, resulting from the Client’s feedback. Since 2015 he has been focused on informing and helping Businesses that want to improve and excel in their IT Section. |
