SIEM

NSClient++ is a monitoring agent/daemon for Windows systems that makes it easier to collect performance metrics by Nagios. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install and configure NSClient++ nagios monitoring agent for Windows systems. Follow through the following steps to install NSClient++. Download NSClient Agent Download the latest version of NSClient from here. Agent Installation Once the download is done,...

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install and set up AlienVault OSSIM 5.5 SIEM on VirtualBox. If you are a Blue Team security analyst, in one way or another you must have heard of or interact with not one, not two SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) solutions. Well, AlienVault is one of the leading SIEM...

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install IBM QRadar Community Edition SIEM on VirtualBox. IBM QRadar CE is a fully-featured and free version of QRadar that is low memory, low EPS intended for individual use like testing and familiarizing oneself with functionalities of IBM QRadar SIEM. To install QRadar CE on VirtualBox, ensure that the following...

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install and configure AlienVault HIDS (Host Intrusion Detection) agents on a Linux as well as a Windows system. AlienVault uses OSSEC HIDS agents for Host Intrusion Detection. To actively monitor all aspects of system activity; file integrity monitoring, log monitoring, rootcheck, and process monitoring, OSSEC agents that collect all these...

In this guide, we are going to learn how to install IBM QRadar CE v7.3.1 on VirtualBox. The QRadar Community Edition v7.3.1 is the latest release that comes with new and improved features such as; Support for IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence which provides IP reputation data for users Password policy updates Updated user interface New Event Collection service...

There are two ways in which AlienVault HIDS agent can be installed on a Microsoft Windows system. Automatically install a pre-configured agent on the host from the AV server or download it and install it on the host yourself. The pre-configured installer has the server IP and authentication key configured automatically. Download a binary installer and manually install and...

In this guide, we are going to learn how to configure Nagios Availability Monitoring on AlienVault USM/OSSIM. We will cover how to configure host as well as service availability monitoring. Host monitoring reports whether an asset is up or down while Services monitoring discovers services on an asset and monitors their availability. AlienVault uses Nagios by default for host availability...

In this article, we are going to learn how to import assets to AlienVault USM/OSSIM using CSV file. The assets in this case refers to hosts, servers, routers, or any other device or endpoint you want to monitor for HIDs, NIDs, file integrity, vulnerability using AlienVault USM/OSSIM server. In our previous article, we learned how to install and set up...