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NexDefend

NexDefend is designed to provide real-time system monitoring, AI-powered threat detection, alerts and automated incident response management that traces from Suricata logs, stores, analyzes and displays the results with dashboards.

Architecture

graph TD;
    A[Suricata IDS/IPS] --> B[Go Data Ingestion];
    B --> C[Python Analysis];
    C --> D[Machine Learning & Anomaly Detection];
    A -->|Real-time Traffic| B;
    B -->|High-performance Data Pipelines| C;
    C -->|Analyzes Data| D;
    E[PostgreSQL Data Storage] --> F[Python Automation & Integration];
    F --> G[Dashboards & Visualization];
    G --> H[Alerts & Threats];
    H --> I[Real-time Alerts];
    H --> J[Threat Reports];
    H --> L[Incident Response];
    H --> K[Notifications];
    D -->|Stores Data| E;
    F -->|Integrates Data| G;

Prerequisites

Before setting up NexDefend, ensure the following are installed on your system:
Suricata
PostgreSQL

Setup Instructions

To install

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/thrive-spectrexq/NexDefend.git

cd NexDefend

Option 1: Running on Windows (via PowerShell)

Run the nexdefend_setup.ps1 script:
```
.\nexdefend_setup.ps1 start
```

Option 2: Running on Linux/macOS

Run the nexdefend_setup.sh script:

chmod +x nexdefend_setup.sh

./nexdefend_setup.sh

Optional, run nexdefend_setup.sh docker script:
```
./nexdefend_setup.sh docker
```

Option 3: Running Manually

Install python packages:

pip install -r nexdefend-ai/requirements.txt

Run the application:
```
python nexdefend-ai/api.py
```
Open a new terminal and run:
```
go mod tidy
```
Run the application:
```
go run main.go
```
Open a new terminal and navigate to the frontend directory:
```
cd nexdefend-frontend
```
Install the frontend dependencies:
```
npm install
```
Start the frontend application:
```
npm start
```

In Development

NexDefend Real-Time System Monitoring and Threat Detection

LICENSE

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license