Perpetual Complexity

Found a wonderful website SecViz, which contains the exact info I was looking for on visualizing security.

I found a very relevant website, SecViz (Security Visualization), and found info I’ve been looking for – which types of graph are network analysts interested in. Since I am not a security analyst, it is really helpful for me when design the user interface.

1.  Relevant Graph Examples:
   • Web Server Log
   • Worm Attack Graph   
   • Trust Relationship Graph(SSH Session)
   • Treemap Graph                      
   • Autonomous System Core Graph
2. Open-source graphing tools:
   • Graphviz (wiki)
   • Gnuplot (wiki)
   • AfterGlow is a tool to
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3. Intrusion Detection Systems:

• Snort sensor and its web front-end, BASE (Basic Analusis and Security Engine)
• psad by Mischael Rash

Noticed a tool called lanmap which passively monitors a network and bulds a picture of what it sees.