Are you the kind of person with more endpoints than a small business? Do you love stats, enjoy making life more complicated than it needs to be, want to enhance your cybersecurity, and you are comfortable with Linux and PowerShell?

If so, you might be wondering if you need a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution at home.

Enter Wazuh, an open-source SIEM that’s relatively easy to use. It’s excellent for log collection, intrusion detection (both HIDS and NIDS), and offers a great dashboard to visualize what’s happening in your environment.

To get started, install the Wazuh stack (server, Elastic Stack, and dashboard) by following the official guide here. Then, install the Wazuh agent on each of your endpoints to begin monitoring.

Do you absolutely need this? No. But if you’re interested in what’s going on with your devices and network, Wazuh is an incredible open-source tool to dive into. Let me know how it goes—and how badly your home PCs fail the audits! 😊