Samhain Alternatives

Samhain is described as 'The Samhain host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) provides file integrity checking and log file monitoring/analysis, as well as rootkit detection, port monitoring, detection of rogue SUID executables, and hidden processes' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Samhain for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Web-based, Mac, Windows and SaaS apps. The best Samhain alternative is Wazuh, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Samhain are CrowdStrike Falcon, Ossec, Matano and AIDE.

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  1. Wazuh icon
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    Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments.

    25 Wazuh alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  2. CrowdStrike Falcon Host integrates seamlessly into your current environment, enabling your security team to effectively and efficiently detect and block adversary activity – ultimately preventing damage to your organization through SaaS-based next-generation endpoint protection.

    59 CrowdStrike Falcon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Ossec icon
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    OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System. It performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Matano icon
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    Matano is an open source security lake platform for AWS. It lets you ingest petabytes of security and log data from various sources, store and query them in a data lake, and create Python detections as code for realtime alerting.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. AIDE icon
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    AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a file and directory integrity checker.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Tripwire icon
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    Open Source Tripwire software is a security and data integrity tool useful for monitoring and alerting on specific file change(s) on a range of systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Multilayered endpoint protection solution featuring advanced threat defense, full disk encryption, cloud sandbox analysis, cross-platform support, cloud or on-premises management, real-time threat prevention, centralized control, and improved data security compliance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Mugsy is a Linux file integrity monitor. It runs as a daemon and any file modifications made to your system on directories you've specify to monitor are logged locally and optionally sent to your elasticsearch server(s).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9.  2 likes

    Periodically collects system configuration for changes, it can even run external commands and store their stdout and stderr for change monitoring. Sends periodic reports via e-mail.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Compliance Warden is an AI-powered compliance platform that scans every pull request in real time, giving developers instant fix guidance and compliance teams audit-ready visibility.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
  11. Deepengine is an affordable and simple platform for vulnerability scanning, helping SMBs build robust products, ease compliance, and save money.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Wiz icon
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    Use the Wiz Cloud Security Platform to build faster in the cloud, enabling security, dev and devops to work together in a self-service model built for the scale and speed of your cloud development.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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