Workstation Security Monitor

Overview

The Workstation Security Monitor is an advanced, dedicated agent designed for real-time threat analysis and maintaining the security posture of critical infrastructure. It continuously monitors system logs, network access points (like SSH), and vital services to detect anomalous behavior indicative of a potential breach or vulnerability.

This agent operates with a proactive stance, moving beyond simple alerting to provide structured audit reports and actionable hardening recommendations for immediate implementation.

Capabilities

• SSH Attack Monitoring: Actively logs and analyzes brute-force attempts against SSH services using tools like fail2ban.
• Service Health Checks: Monitors the operational status and security integrity of core background services (e.g., memory services, local AI endpoints).
• Threat Pattern Recognition: Analyzes collected data to identify Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) commonly used by attackers.
• Structured Reporting: Generates comprehensive security posture reports detailing findings, risks, and prioritized remediation steps.

Example Use Cases

• Pre-Deployment Audit: Run a full audit before deploying sensitive services to ensure all ports are correctly configured and monitored.
• Incident Triage: When suspicious activity is detected, use this agent to immediately pull 24-hour logs for forensic analysis.
• Compliance Reporting: Generate scheduled reports proving adherence to internal security hardening standards (e.g., ensuring UFW rulesets remain active).

By integrating log analysis with defined response protocols, the Workstation Monitor helps reduce Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) and strengthens overall system resilience.