Here are examples of cyber security automation tools that apply to the majority of businesses.
Cyber Security Automation Tools
Security Monitoring and Alerting Tool (SMAAT)
SMAAT is a cyber security automation tool that works like a surveillance system for your organization’s network. It will monitor all the activities that happen across the network and will alert you of any anomalies or security incidents. These alerts will not only help you to detect threats but also give you a heads up on what threat you might be facing so that you can take appropriate measures.
Security Configuration Management Tool
SCM tools monitor and change the configuration of your systems. This is by defining what configurations are necessary for the systems. Also, monitoring those configurations, automatically making changes when those configurations are changed without authorization. And then monitoring those changes as well as reverting those changes when necessary.
Vulnerability Management Tools
Vulnerability management tools are similar to SCM tools, but they focus on vulnerabilities instead of configuration settings. These tools can scan hosts for open ports, outdated software versions/patches, missing patches/updates, etc.
Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS)
NIDS monitors traffic across the network in order to detect intrusions from outside users or malicious insiders within an organization. It can detect suspicious activity such as port scans, denial of service attacks/flooding attacks, packet sniffing or unicast flooding attacks, etc.
Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (NIPS)
NIPS monitors traffic across the network and will block suspicious activity such as port scans, denial of service attacks/flooding attacks, packet sniffing or unicast flooding attacks, etc.
Network Penetration Testing Tools
Penetration testing tools can scan hosts for open ports, outdated software versions/patches, missing patches/updates, etc. They are similar to vulnerability scanning tools but they focus on penetration or brute force attacks instead of configuration issues or vulnerabilities.
Security Logging Tools
Logging tools can monitor access to resources so that administrators can track what is happening on the network. It can track users’ activities, system activities, resource usage, etc. You can also use it in security incident post-mortem analysis.
You can collect log data from various sources including firewall logs, web server logs, database logs, proxy logs, router logs, etc. Logs can also be collected at different levels of granularity – host level, application level, or transaction level if needed. There are several log formats available including Syslog format and XML format.
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Tools
SIEM tools are used to consolidate all security-related information from various sources into one place where they can be analyzed. SIEM tools collect data from different sources including firewall logs, database logs, etc., normalize that data into a common format, and then store that data into the SIEM repository for future analysis.
It also helps to correlate different events together in order to identify bigger threats for further investigation. SIEM tools also provide threat intelligence based on the collected data about known threats so that administrators can take appropriate actions to mitigate the risks of those threats.
Moreover, SIEM helps to identify any cyber-attacks happening in real-time. So that appropriate steps can be taken by the administrators before any damage is done. These tools help in identifying insider threats as well as external threats so that organizations can take additional measures to protect their business against these threats.
