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The Open Information Security Foundation is a non-profit foundation organized to build community and to support open-source security technologies like Suricata, the world-class IDS/IPS engine.

2016 SuriCon

Join us from November 9–11, 2016 for our 2nd Annual SuriCon, this year in WASHINGTON, DC.

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September 23, 2016September 23, 2016 by kelley

Expanded Suricata Roadmap Development Session @ SuriCon

We are excited to offer an expanded community brainstorming session on Suricata’s Road Map Development at this year’s SuriCon . Don’t miss your chance to particpate in this important discussion – register for SuriCon today – http://suricon.net What did we accomplish during last year’s discussion? Here is a quick synopsis: Last year’s list included the following ‘top priority’ ideas:… Read More

September 7, 2016 by kelley

Important Release – Suricata 3.1.2

We are excited to announce the release of Suricata 3.1.2. This release fixes some important issues, so we highly recommend updating. Get the release here: http://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/suricata-3.1.2.tar.gz Changes you can expect from this new release include: Feature #1830: support ‘tag’ in eve log Feature #1870: make logged flow_id more unique Feature #1874: support Cisco Fabric Path… Read More

August 19, 2016 by kelley

Agenda Announced for 2016 SuriCon

We are excited to share with you the exciting line-up of speakers and talks for the 2nd annual Suricata user conference – SuriCon – November in Washington, DC! Day 1: Wednesday, November 9 Keynote Speaker – Ron Gula, former COB of Tenable Network Security Suricata Today – Victor Julien, Founder and OISF Core Team Hyperscan in Suricata: State of the… Read More