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Sentinel - Roadmap

This document outlines the planned features and improvements from Sentinel. Items are organized by priority and development phases.

Phase 1: Core Functionality (High Priority)

Real-time Alerting System

  • Alert Rule Engine

    • Create AlertRule model in database
    • Implement rule evaluation engine
    • Support time-based thresholds (e.g., "5 events in 10 minutes")
    • Support pattern matching
    • Group events by source IP, event type, etc.

  • Notification Channels

    • Email notifications (SMTP integration)
      • Slack webhook integration
      • Microsoft Teams webhook integration
      • SMS notifications (Twilio integration)
      • Generic webhook support

  • Alert Management

    • Alert suppression (prevent spam)
    • Alert escalation (different severity levels)
    • Alert acknowledgment and resolution
    • Alert history and audit trail

Enhanced Syslog Parsing

  • Multi-format Support

    • RFC 3164 (traditional syslog) parser
    • RFC 5424 (structured syslog) parser
    • CEF (Common Event Format) parser
    • JSON log format support

  • Vendor-specific Parsers

    • FortiGate log parser
    • pfSense log parser
    • Cisco ASA log parser
    • Windows Event Log parser (if received via syslog)
    • Juniper SRX log parser

  • Field Extraction

    • Automatic extraction of common fields (username, src_ip, dst_ip, port, action)
    • Grok pattern support (Logstash-style)
    • Custom field extraction rules
    • Store parsed fields in parsed_data JSON column

SNMP Polling & Monitoring

  • Device Management

    • Device model for storing monitored devices
    • Web UI for adding/editing/deleting devices
    • Device discovery (SNMP walk to find available OIDs)
    • Device grouping and tagging

  • Polling Engine

    • Background polling scheduler (APScheduler)
    • Configurable polling intervals per device/OID
    • Polling profiles/templates for device types
    • Store polled metrics in separate Metric table

  • Performance Monitoring

    • CPU utilization monitoring
    • Memory usage monitoring
    • Interface statistics (bandwidth, errors, discards)
    • Disk space monitoring
    • Custom OID monitoring

Phase 2: User Experience & Visualization (Medium Priority)

Advanced Web Dashboard

  • Real-time Features

    • WebSocket integration (Flask-SocketIO)
    • Live event feed without page refresh
    • Real-time event counters and statistics
    • Live alert notifications in UI

  • Interactive Charts & Graphs

    • Time-series charts for event volume
    • Top source IPs chart
    • Event type distribution pie chart
    • Severity trend analysis
    • Geographic heat map (with GeoIP data)

  • Search & Filtering

    • Advanced search with multiple criteria
    • Date/time range filtering
    • Saved search queries
    • Export search results (CSV, JSON)
    • Elasticsearch-style query syntax

  • Custom Dashboards

    • Drag-and-drop dashboard builder
    • Customizable widgets
    • Multiple dashboard support
    • Dashboard sharing and templates

Event Correlation & Analytics

  • Time-based Correlation

    • Detect event sequences and patterns
    • Sliding window analysis
    • Event clustering algorithms
    • Correlation rule builder

  • Cross-protocol Correlation

    • Link SNMP and Syslog events
    • Network topology awareness
    • Device relationship mapping

  • Baseline & Anomaly Detection

    • Learn normal traffic patterns
    • Statistical anomaly detection
    • Threshold-based alerting
    • Trend analysis

Phase 3: Security & Intelligence (Medium Priority)

Threat Intelligence Integration

  • IP Reputation

    • VirusTotal API integration
    • AbuseIPDB integration
    • Custom threat feed support
    • IP reputation caching

  • Data Enrichment

    • GeoIP location data (MaxMind GeoLite2)
    • Reverse DNS lookups
    • WHOIS data integration
    • ASN (Autonomous System) information

  • IOC Matching

    • Indicators of Compromise database
    • STIX/TAXII feed integration
    • Custom IOC lists
    • Automatic IOC matching against events

Security & Compliance

  • User Authentication

    • Local user accounts with password hashing
    • LDAP/Active Directory integration
    • SAML SSO support
    • Multi-factor authentication (TOTP)

  • Authorization & Access Control

    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
    • Permission levels (admin, analyst, viewer)
    • Resource-based permissions
    • API key management

  • Audit & Compliance

    • User action audit logging
    • Data retention policies
    • Compliance reporting (SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)
    • Data export for external audits

Phase 4: Performance & Scalability (Lower Priority)

Database Optimization

  • Database Migration

    • PostgreSQL support
    • TimescaleDB for time-series data
    • Database connection pooling
    • Query optimization

  • Data Management

    • Automatic data archival
    • Data compression
    • Partitioning strategies
    • Event deduplication

High Availability & Scaling

  • Clustering

    • Multiple collector nodes
    • Load balancing
    • Failover mechanisms
    • Distributed processing

  • Performance Monitoring

    • System health monitoring
    • Performance metrics collection
    • Capacity planning tools
    • Bottleneck identification

Phase 5: Advanced Features (Future)

Machine Learning & AI

  • Anomaly Detection
    • Unsupervised learning models
    • Behavioral analysis (UEBA)
    • Predictive alerting
    • False positive reduction

Integration & Automation

  • API Development

    • RESTful API for all operations
    • GraphQL API support
    • API documentation (Swagger/OpenAPI)
    • Rate limiting and authentication

  • SOAR Integration

    • Phantom/Splunk SOAR connector
    • IBM Resilient integration
    • Custom playbook support
    • Automated response actions

Advanced Visualization

  • Network Topology
    • Visual network maps
    • Device relationship visualization
    • Attack flow diagrams
    • Interactive network graphs

Bug Fixes & Technical Debt

Current Issues

  • SNMP Source IP Extraction

    • Fix source IP extraction in asyncio SNMP listener
    • Consider switching to synchronous pysnmp for reliability
    • Add fallback methods for IP extraction

  • Error Handling

    • Improve error handling in all listeners
    • Add proper logging throughout application
    • Graceful degradation for failed components

Code Quality

  • Testing

    • Unit tests for all modules
    • Integration tests for listeners
    • End-to-end testing
    • Performance testing

  • Documentation

    • Code documentation (docstrings)
    • API documentation
    • Deployment guides
    • Troubleshooting guides

  • Containerization

    • Dockerfile creation
    • Docker Compose setup
    • Kubernetes manifests
    • Container security scanning

Completed Features

  • Basic SNMP trap listener
  • Basic syslog listener
  • SQLite database storage
  • Flask web interface
  • Event normalization (OID mapping)
  • Basic severity assignment
  • Event enrichment processor
  • Multi-threaded listeners
  • Basic HTML dashboard