01 / Evidence
Evidence over assumptions
Alerts are treated as indicators requiring validation. Decisions are supported through correlation across multiple telemetry sources rather than relying on a single detection engine.
About SynapticSOC
A practical open-source SOC engineering project
SynapticSOC is an independent cybersecurity engineering project focused on designing, integrating, validating, and documenting a practical open-source Security Operations Center.
Why It Exists
Practical SOC engineering, documented openly
SynapticSOC was created to explore how open-source security technologies can be integrated into a practical and operationally meaningful Security Operations Center. The project documents successful implementations as well as the challenges, limitations, trade-offs, and design decisions encountered throughout the process.
By publishing the build journey, SynapticSOC aims to contribute to a clearer understanding of SOC engineering, detection workflow, evidence handling, analyst accountability, and compliance-driven security operations.
Project Focus
From telemetry to defensible security decisions
The project examines how network telemetry, endpoint visibility, detection engineering, correlation, triage, evidence handling, and compliance-oriented operational controls can be combined into a cohesive security operations workflow using open-source technologies.
02 / Documentation
Documentation over memory
Architecture decisions, implementation challenges, operational findings, workflow improvements, and control implementations are documented through build journals and technical records.
03 / Compliance
Compliance-driven design
Retention, auditability, analyst accountability, evidence preservation, and access control considerations guide architectural and operational decisions.
04 / Focus
Current focus
Firewall telemetry, IDS visibility, endpoint monitoring, event normalization, enrichment, correlation, triage workflow, analyst acknowledgment, and evidence retention.
05 / Stack
Technology stack
pfSense, Wazuh, Graylog, OpenSearch, Zeek, Snort, Suricata, Grafana, n8n, and supporting open-source components.
06 / Scope
Project scope
SynapticSOC is an engineering and research project. It is not a commercial SIEM platform, managed SOC service, or security product.
Maintainer
Created and maintained by Md Bashir Ahmed
The project is maintained as part of an independent cybersecurity engineering effort focused on practical open-source SOC architecture, detection workflow, evidence handling, and compliance-driven security operations.