Privacy Ratings

Intrusion detection

Suricata privacy rating

Network intrusion detection and prevention engine and network security monitoring tool that inspects traffic against rule sets and logs protocol events and alerts.

United States Five EyesLicense: GPL-2.0Platforms: Linux · Windows · macOS

Summary

Suricata scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the intrusion detection criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

Score 50 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

  • Yes

    Open source Weight 3 of 3

    Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

    GPL-2.0.

    github.com

  • No

    No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3

    Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

    The engine has no telemetry, but the website privacy policy lists Google Analytics, Google AdWords and Facebook tracking.

    suricata.io

  • Yes

    No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

    Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

    Developed by the non-profit Open Information Security Foundation, funded by consortium memberships and training, with no ads or data sales.

    oisf.net

  • No

    Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

    Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

    No independent audit is published.

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