# Auditing & Host Security Tools Security auditing, integrity monitoring, and privilege escalation detection. All entries follow → [TOOL-TABLE-SCHEMA.md](../../TOOL-TABLE-SCHEMA.md) | Name | Vendor/Webpage | GitHub Repo | Brief Description | Tags | Latest Commit | Creation Date | Stars | |------|----------------|-------------|-------------------|------|---------------|---------------|-------| | OSSEC | https://www.ossec.net | https://github.com/ossec/ossec-hids | Host-based intrusion detection and file integrity monitoring. | hids, audit, fim | Active | 2008 | High | | Lynis | https://cisofy.com/lynis | https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis | Security auditing and hardening scanner for Linux/Unix. | audit, hardening, compliance | Active | 2007 | 15k+ |