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Shieldlix Security Monitoring

Intrusion detection, file integrity monitoring, security configuration assessment, and compliance frameworks in one platform.

Architecture

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Technology Stack

Rust
Core runtime — memory-safe, zero-cost abstractions, no garbage collector
Axum
HTTP framework — type-safe routing, tower middleware, WebSocket support
Tokio
Async runtime — work-stealing scheduler, millions of concurrent I/O operations
Quickwit
Full-text search engine — IDS event indexing, FIM log search
ClickHouse
Columnar analytics — posture score aggregation, compliance reporting
Kafka
Event streaming — IDS/FIM/SCA event pipeline, exactly-once semantics
Next.js 16
React 19 SSR/SSG — streaming, server components, optimistic UI
React 19
UI framework — concurrent rendering, transitions, Suspense

Core Features

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Intrusion Detection (IDS)

Ingest IDS events with severity, confidence, source/dest IPs, and entity tracking.

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File Integrity Monitoring

Track file changes: create, modify, delete, rename, permission, hash, signature changes.

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Security Configuration Assessment

Assess systems against baselines with pass/fail/warn/exception status per control.

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Compliance Frameworks

GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CIS, SOC 2, ISO 27001 with control families and evidence.

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Response Actions

Block IP/domain, quarantine file, kill process, isolate host, disable account, revoke session.

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Evidence Management

Artifacts with retention class, legal hold, access request workflows.

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Security Exceptions

Request, approve, reject, and expire exceptions with scope, owner, and approver.

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Asset Posture

Compute asset security posture scores from control assessments.

Compliance Frameworks

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

PCI-DSS

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

CIS

Center for Internet Security Benchmarks

SOC 2

Service Organization Control 2

ISO 27001

Information Security Management

FIM Change Types

CreateModifyDeleteRenamePermissionHashSignature

How Shieldlix Compares

Feature
Shieldlix
Splunk ES
Elastic
Chronicle
Pricing
Free. No per-asset or per-event fees.
ES license required. $2.65–$8/GB ingested.
$0.85–$2.40/GB ingested.
Google Cloud pricing. Per-GB ingestion.
Architecture
Rust backend + Next.js 16. Self-hosted, no lock-in.
Splunk Enterprise + ES app. Complex deployment.
Elastic Stack (ELK). JVM-based.
Google Cloud SaaS. Vendor lock-in.
IDS
Native IDS event ingestion with severity and entity tracking.
Network Security Monitoring with Snort/Suricata.
Suricata integration via Elastic Agent.
Suricata + custom parsers.
File Integrity Monitoring
Full FIM: create, modify, delete, rename, permission, hash, signature.
OSSEC/Tripwire add-ons required.
Elastic FIM with Auditbeat.
Custom YARA + file monitoring rules.
Security Config Assessment
Built-in SCA with baselines and pass/fail/warn status.
CIS benchmarks via OSSEC.
Elastic Agent SCA with CIS benchmarks.
Custom compliance rules.
Compliance Frameworks
6 frameworks: GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CIS, SOC 2, ISO 27001.
Splunk ES Compliance. Premium feature.
Detection rules mapped to frameworks.
Google Cloud compliance tools.
Response Actions
Block IP/domain, quarantine, isolate, kill process, disable account.
Splunk SOAR integration. Separate product.
Osquery response actions.
SOAR integration required.
Evidence Management
Built-in evidence storage with retention, legal hold, access workflows.
Attachments in notables. No retention policy.
Case management attachments.
Google Cloud Storage integration.
Asset Posture
Automated posture scoring from control assessments.
Asset correlation via ES. Manual configuration.
Asset inventory with risk scoring.
Asset inventory in Chronicle.
Deployment
Docker Compose + K8s. Self-hosted. No vendor lock-in.
Splunk Cloud or on-prem. Complex clusters.
Elastic Cloud or self-managed.
Google Cloud only.

Cost Comparison

Annual security monitoring costs by log volume. Shieldlix is always free.

Daily Volume
Splunk ES
Elastic
Chronicle
Shieldlix
100 GB/day
$96,725/yr
$31,025/yr
$36,500/yr
$0
500 GB/day
$483,625/yr
$155,125/yr
$182,500/yr
$0
1 TB/day
$967,250/yr
$310,250/yr
$365,000/yr
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Splunk ES charges $2–$8/GB. Shieldlix is free.