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Here you will find generous amounts of technical resources for Aanval, Snort, and Suricata, as well as anything else relating to intrusion detection, information security, etc.

About Aanval

Aanval 8 Console

Aanval is a commercial Snort, Suricata, and syslog intrusion detection, correlation, and threat management system. Aanval has been in active development since 2003 and remains one of the longest running Snort-capable management consoles in the industry.

Government security, defense organizations, weapons manufacturers, technology corporations, global financial organizations, space explorations, educational institutions, healthcare providers, and many others depend upon Aanval as a part of their security infrastructure.

With more than 6,000 customers in more than 100 countries, Aanval has a proven record of success, quality, and history upon which each of our customers can rely.

Aanval has been designed to correlate event data and logs from hundreds of vendor products and solutions including those listed below.

About Tactical FLEX, Inc.

Tactical FLEX, Inc. is a privately owned software development firm based in Washington, specializing in information security research, engineering, technology design, and production. With the technological development of Aanval, Tactical FLEX, Inc. has become a global provider of information security vulnerability and risk management software solutions that protect businesses and organizations. The firm also provides IT consulting and professional services.

The steps and guides below will get you started with an Aanval setup and solution.

Step One: Download Aanval

Download Aanval

Step Two: Install Aanval and Your IDS

Install Aanval	Install and Configure Snort, Suricata, and Barnyard2
Aanval 8 Installation and Sensor Setup Guide
Aanval 7 (SAS) to Aanval 8 Upgrade Guide
Aanval 8 and Snort Installation Guide for OS X El Capitan (10.11)
Aanval v7 (SAS), Snort, and Barnyard2 Installation Guide for OS X Yosemite (10.10) ]	Managing Multiple Snort Instances and Interfaces with Aanval (Includes Snort and Barnyard installation and configuration)
	Snort Install Guide
	Suricata Install Guide
	Barnyard2 Install Guide

Step Three: Connect, Configure, and Manage Your Sensors and Signatures

IDS Sensors	IDS Signatures	Syslog Sensors
Adding a MySQL Sensor	Signature Management	Adding a Syslog Sensor
Adding a Unified2 Sensor	Signature Sources	Syslog Filter Assignment
Managing Your MySQL and Unified2 IDS Sensors

Additional Configuration Tools and Options

Aanval Tools and Configuration
Action Management / Automation
Advanced Search
Console Events
Datastore Management
Event Suppression
Event Validation
Live Event Correlation, Live Event Monitor, Live GeoLocation
Network Host Scanning
Reports (Detailed, On-Demand, and Scheduled)
Signature Processing Reports
Situational Awareness
Syslog Mirroring

Support and Services

Self Support	Commercial Support	Security Services
FAQs	Aanval Training
Troubleshooting Guide

Library

Industry Focus	Technology	Threats and Security	Definitions
Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical	Aanval, IDS, and SIEM	Utilizing SIEM	Aanval/Aanval SAS
Education	Big Data	Hackers Inside Hotels	Barnyard/Barnyard2
Energy and Utilities	Network Operations Center and Managed Service Provider	SIEM Moderates Cost of Cyber Crime	Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
Enterprises	Situational Awareness	Compliance Doesn't Equal Security	Nmap
Financial and Business Services	Snort, Suricata, and IDS		Oinkmaster Code (Oink Code)
Government and Military			SIEM
Healthcare			Snort
Legal			Suricata
Reseller			Syslog
Small Business			Unified2

Webinars and Videos

Webinars	Videos
Previous and Upcoming Webinars

External Links

Aanval	Snort and Suricata