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Here are some tools you can leverage at no cost to improve your environment:

ACTIVE DIRECTORY AUDIT
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pingcastle                                                      | Pingcastle, audit AD, highly recommend

ANALYTICS
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graylog                                                         | This is a big project... but graylog can do it! (SIEM/Compliance/DevOps/IT Operations)
Grafana.org                                                     | Add this to your analytics pipe!
Prometheus                                                      | Very important, all of these packages work together

ANDROID
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DDG Browser                                                     | DuckDuckGo (DDG) Browser, a lightweight fast browser
Blue Mail                                                       | Bluemail, a nice email client with lots of support
Signal                                                          | Signal, a great replacement for SMS

CODE ANALYSIS
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Awesome Static Analysis Tools                                   | Various awesome static code analysis tools
Awesome Dynamic Analysis Tools                                  | Various awesome dynamic code analysis tools
Burp Suite Enterprise                                           | Add this into your CI pipeline
Coverity Scan                                                   | Free JAVA C/C++, c# static analysis
Black Duck                                                      | Manage open source risks
OWASP Zap                                                       | OSAWP Zap can be intergated into your CI/CD pipeline
Sonar Cloud                                                     | Sonar Cloud

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
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rudder                                                          | Built on cfengine and powershell desired configuration.  Recommend

CHROME EXTENSIONS
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EFF HTTPS Everywhere                                            | Good extension which switches sites to https
uBlock Origin                                                   | Good Extension efficient blocker
Decentraleyes                                                   | Forced common javascript libraries across sites to connect to a local repo


CLOUD/Continous Delivery(CI)
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Paxautoma Operos                                                | Pax Automa Operos (Build your own cloud infrastructure on bare metal)
Spinnaker                                                       | Opensource multi-cloud continous delivery platform
Anchore                                                         | Validate docker images as part of your CI
Secure DevOps Kit for Azure (AzSK)                              | Secure DevOps kit for Azure (AzSK)

DISK IMAGING / INITIAL DEPLOYMENT
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FOG                                                             | open source PXE boot Disk imaging and inventory management


LINUX HARDENING
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Lynis                                                           | Security auditing tool for Linux/macOS and Unix based systems
CIS Benchmarks                                                  | CIS Benchmarks (CIS Controls version 7 maps to NIST 800-171)
Top 100 linux security tools                                    | Linux top 100 security tools updated every week
checksec                                                        | Check packages if hardening compile flags set
fail2ban                                                        | Critical application to run

INVENTORY
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osquery                                                         | Facebook released product to investigate your infrastructure
fleet                                                           | Manage osquery

MAIL
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https://www.mail-tester.com                                     | free check the spamminess of your email server
https://www.everycloudtech.com/free-mail-flow-monitor           | free mail flow monitor
https://dmarc.postmarkapp.com                                   | free DMARC analytics
https://www.fraudmarc.com/                                      | more free DMARC analytics
https://starttls-everywhere.org/                                | Don't forget to add your starttls record for your domain!

OFFICE SUITE
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Cloud based office suite -OR-
LibreOffice                                                     | Opensource Office Suite

LOGGING
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syslog-ng                                                       | see our page on syslog-ng hints

WEB FILTERING
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OpenDNS FamilyShield                                            | FamilyShield is a free web filtering system targetting families with children
OpenDNS Home                                                    | Free Minimal setup required with 50 customizable filtering categories for Home Use
OpenDNS Premium                                                 | Free for businesses.  Log/filter security threats and web content
Quad 9                                                          | Free DNS security threats protection (business/home); 18 threat feeds + more
Fortiguard Test your Metal                                      | Fortiguard

WEB APPLICATION FIREWALL
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OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set                                 | OWASP Core Rule Set (free)
Comodo Web Application Firewall                                 | Comodo FREE Modsecurity Rules (nginx/litespeed/apache)


3RD PARTY SOFTWARE UPDATE
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Sumo                                                            | Find missing patches, use as leverage for an autopatching tool
Patch my PC                                                     | Excellent autopatcher
IOBit Driver Booster                                            | Autopatch Drivers

SOFTWARE COMPRESSION
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7-zip                                                           | 7-zip software compression tool.. supports everything

MALWARE CLEANUP
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Malware Remover                                                 | Malware Remover (I always recommend burn-down the host... but...)
Loki IOC Scanner                                                | Loki a great IOC scanner

MALWARE ANALYSIS
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Virus Total                                                     | Virus Total, scan suspect file with multiple virus scanners
Hybrid Analysis                                                 | Do a more detailed analysis of a sample

PASSWORD MANAGEMENT
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bitwarden
1password
duo 2fa
hashicorp vault

WEB SERVER CHECKLIST
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htbridge SSL check                                              | HTBridge SSL Check
qualys SSL check                                                | Qualys SSL check
Comodo SSL Analyzer                                             | Comodo SSL Analyzer
security headers check                                          | Security Headers check
htbridge security headers check                                 | Security Headers check
report-uri CSP monitoring                                       | Use a FREE CSP/XSS/Expect-CT monitoring tool as part of your setup to discover CSP violations
securityheaders for mldlabs.com                                 | See a sample of proper security header values (using mldlabs.com as the subject)
cipherli Strong Ciphers                                         | Website that helps with strong ciphers for your server
varvy page request tool                                         | Check if your web pages need optimizing!
letsencrypt                                                     | Free SSL via ACME
Certify                                                         | Certify SSL Manager for IIS
IISCrypto                                                       | Excellent tool in assisting configuring crytpo settings for windows
pagespeed

FEDERATION
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rcfed FederationMetaData.xml checker                            | Great web tool for checking your FederationMetaData.xml file


WEB SITE STUFF
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Matomo                                                          | Matomo formerly PIWIK, private open source analytics
Cachet                                                          | Put a status page system up for your site!
SMO                                                             | check your markup tags!
brow.sh                                                        | Excellent text based browser

TRADEMARK MONITORING
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htbridge trademark monitoring                                   | htbridge trademark monitoring

WEB SITE ANALYSIS
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urlscan.io                                                      | urlscan.io excellent tool for reputation of remote site
apility.io                                                      | apility.io excellent tools for checking reputation
urlvoid.com                                                     | urlvoid.com, website reputation checker

MOBILE APP SECURITY
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htbridge Mobile App Scanner                                     | Scan both Android and iphone mobile apps for security flaws

MONITORING
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https://certificatemonitor.org/                                 | Free Certificate Expiry Monitor
Hetrix Tools monitoring                                         | Excellent free RBL and service monitor, highly recommend
Uptime Robot                                                    | More monitoring

WINDOWS
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Awesome windows stuff                                           | Various awesome windows tools

WINDOWS HARDENING
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CIS Benchmarks                                                  | CIS Benchmarks (CIS Controls version 7 maps to NIST 800-171)
OS Armor                                                        | Free HIPS (Strongly recommend)
Sys Hardener                                                    | Free System Hardener
Blackbird Windows cleanup                                       | Increase privacy, make windows 10 lighter
Binisoft Windows Firewall Control                               | This is a fantastic tool for people who need an extra layer of security
Immunet                                                         | Supplementary AV, resource draw is noticeable

VULNERABILITY SCANNING
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Qualys FreeScan                                                 | Qualys offers 10 free vulnerability scans a month, easy, quick, no setup required
Beyond Security                                                 | Free 1 continous site vulnerability scan
Tenable.io                                                      | 60 day evaluation


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