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The Enterprise SOC Architecture leverages a comprehensive stack of open-source and industry-standard security technologies. Each component serves a specific purpose in the detection, analysis, and response pipeline.

Core Components

Wazuh

SIEM/XDR PlatformUnified security platform providing event visualization, correlation, custom dashboards, and EDR capabilities.Status: Planned

Elasticsearch

Data Storage & SearchHigh-performance search and analytics engine for centralized event storage and log analysis.Status: Planned

TheHive

Incident ManagementSecurity incident response platform for case management and collaborative investigation.Status: Planned

Cortex

SOAR PlatformSecurity Orchestration, Automation and Response for automated incident response workflows.Status: Planned

Detection Layer (IDS/IPS)

Suricata

High-Performance IDS/IPSAdvanced intrusion detection and prevention system with multi-threaded architecture and protocol detection.Status: Planned

Snort

Rule-Based IDSIndustry-standard network intrusion detection system using signature-based detection rules.Status: Planned

Log Aggregation & Processing

Logstash

Data Processing PipelineServer-side data processing pipeline for ingesting, transforming, and forwarding log data.Status: Planned

Fluentd

Unified Logging LayerOpen-source data collector for unified logging layer, supporting multiple data sources and outputs.Status: Planned

Infrastructure Monitoring

Prometheus

Metrics & AlertingReal-time metrics collection and alerting system with powerful query language (PromQL).Status: Planned

Zabbix

Infrastructure MonitoringEnterprise-class monitoring solution for availability, performance, and health metrics.Status: Planned

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Infrastructure ProvisioningInfrastructure as Code tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely.Status: Planned

PyInfra

Configuration ManagementPython-based automation and configuration management for infrastructure deployment.Status: Planned

Long-Term Roadmap Components

The following components are planned for long-term implementation and are not part of the initial core architecture.

Honeypots-Proxmox

Deception TechnologyVirtualized honeypot systems to attract, detect, and analyze attack patterns.Status: Long-term

OPNsense

Perimeter FirewallOpen-source firewall and routing platform for network segmentation and traffic control.Status: Long-term

Tailscale VPN

Secure Remote AccessMesh VPN solution built on WireGuard for secure remote access to SOC infrastructure.Status: Long-term

Technology Summary

ComponentPurposeTypeStatus
Snort/SuricataIntrusion DetectionIDS/IPSPlanned
Logstash/FluentdLog AggregationPipelinePlanned
ElasticsearchEvent StorageDatabasePlanned
WazuhSecurity PlatformSIEM/XDRPlanned
ZabbixInfrastructure MonitoringMonitoringPlanned
PrometheusMetrics & AlertsMonitoringPlanned
TheHiveIncident ManagementTicketingPlanned
CortexOrchestrationSOARPlanned
Terraform/PyInfraAutomationIaCPlanned
Honeypots-ProxmoxDeceptionSecurityLong-term
OPNsensePerimeter SecurityNetwork SecurityLong-term
TailscaleRemote AccessVPNLong-term
Current Status: All components are in the conceptual design phase. No implementation has begun.

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